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Mrs. Gilger from Shelby, OH is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Digging Deep into Nonfiction Text

Help me give my students the gift of nonfiction reading with high interest engaging resources.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Gilger's classroom raised $199

This project is fully funded

My Students

My happy and kind classroom is full of second graders who have such imaginative and creative sides. They are full of energy and love for others and learning. They are working on developing independence and responsibility in 2nd grade in our room.

I have a great group of students currently in my classroom who come from a variety of life experiences and opportunities.

The majority of my students are on free or reduced-price lunch and breakfast with limited experiences.

My Project

My students need to have access to high interest engaging nonfiction text. My classroom has many great novels but these resources will provide examples of nonfiction text relevant to my students and their lives. I think the pair text would be great to show the differences between fiction and nonfiction text features based on the same topic.

With your help, my students will gain access to a wealth of knowledge through nonfiction text.

I have many struggling readers that find s connection with nonfiction text and those students would really benefit from these great texts in our classroom.

Mrs. Gilger Dowds Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Shelby, OH View local requests

Half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Scholastic News Science Reader: Animals Grade 2 • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $2.95 20 $59.00
HH152 Fiction Nonfiction Paired Passages Gr 3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
Science Spin®, Grade 2 (min. 10 subscriptions per order) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $0.99 20 $19.80

Materials cost

$128.79

Vendor shipping charges

$7.88

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$168.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$29.75

Total project goal

$198.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$198.35

2 Donors

-$90.05

Donations toward project cost

-$88.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

match offer

-$94.18

Match offer toward project cost

-$80.05

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.13

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.13

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$0.00

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