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Mrs. Kilquist from Murphysboro IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Developing Creative Thinkers Through Interactive Read Alouds!

Help me give my students access to engaging thematic fiction and non fiction stories!

  • $973 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

There are 150 kindergarten students and each one is unique and special! They love coming to school, putting their best foot forward, and working hard to become creative readers, writers and thinkers! They have a love for reading and a love for learning! For some, school is one of the most safe and consistent things in their live. Coming to school and being with their friends and teachers is much more than learning, it is everything they need and deserve!

My Project

Our kindergarten students have a love for literacy and listening to engaging interactive read alouds. Our kindergarten teachers use these read alouds daily to increase literacy skills as well as social emotional learning!

These thematic stories are one of a kind and will help our students develop a love for reading while increasing their listening compression skills and developing their background knowledge.

These fiction and non fiction stories will enhance our reading program and allow for our students to make connections with texts and serve as a model for fluent reading.

Mrs. Kilquist
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Otis • Amazon Business $13.32 7 $93.24
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale • Amazon Business $12.97 7 $90.79
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon • Amazon Business $11.99 7 $83.93
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Chicka Chicka Book, A) • Amazon Business $10.93 7 $76.51
Chrysanthemum • Amazon Business $7.99 7 $55.93
The Relatives Came • Amazon Business $7.96 7 $55.72
The Dot • Amazon Business $7.50 7 $52.50
Scaredy Squirrel • Amazon Business $7.49 7 $52.43
Bear Snores On (The Bear Books) • Amazon Business $6.99 7 $48.93
Wemberly Worried • Amazon Business $6.79 7 $47.53
Peter's Chair (Picture Puffins) • Amazon Business $6.19 7 $43.33
Bat Loves the Night: Read and Wonder • Amazon Business $5.99 7 $41.93
The Gingerbread Man • Amazon Business $5.99 7 $41.93

Materials cost

$784.70

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$826.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$145.85

Total project goal

$972.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$972.32

12 Donors

-$573.46

Donations toward project cost

-$516.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.77

match offer

-$364.45

Match offer toward project cost

-$309.78

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.67

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$34.41

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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Project Activity

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