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Mr. Swinea from McFarland, WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Swinea's classroom raised $760

Diverse Books to Help Turn Students Into Lifelong Readers

My students need a wide variety of engaging books to read that cover different topics, interests and levels.

This project expired on August 3, 2018.

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Mr. Swinea Waubesa Intermediate School
McFarland, WI Grades 3-5

My Students

My fourth grade students live in a small, rural village in the Midwest just outside of Madison, Wisconsin. They come to school with a wide range of abilities, backgrounds, cultures, and interests. They are eager to learn and grow as readers. While many of my kids are already voracious readers, devouring any title thrown at them, others still haven't found that one book that will turn them into lifelong readers. My students are appreciative, kind children who would be grateful for any additions to our classroom library.

My Project

My experience teaching reading to kids has taught me that the most effective way to turn a kid into a voracious reader is by putting the right book into his/her hands. Most of us can identify the one or two books that turned us into readers, the book where everything clicked and we were lost into a world of words and wonders and friendships and loss and victory and adventure. Finding that book for my kids is one of the most significant things I can do as a reading teacher. As famed reading expert Nancie Atwell states, our jobs as adults is "to move heaven and earth to put that book into a child's hands.”

Students enter my classroom with a wide range of abilities and interests.

I may have some students entering my classroom reading at a second grade level, while others leave my classroom reading at a middle school level. This project will help me meet the needs of my struggling readers, who desperately need to find that book that will turn them into lifelong readers. An added challenge for these readers is their books are shorter and read more quickly, which requires a greater number of texts for them to choose from.

24 students impacted 3 donors
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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box Set Collection (10 Books) • Amazon Business $52.18 1 $52.18
Captain Underpants: 10 Book Set • Amazon Business $35.98 1 $35.98
The Complete Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist: Lunch Walks Among Us; Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid; The Invisible Fran; The Fran That Time Forgot; ... The Fran with Four Brains; The Frandidate • Amazon Business $29.39 1 $29.39
The Marvels • Amazon Business $28.18 1 $28.18
Dog Man: The Epic Collection: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #1-3 Boxed Set) • Amazon Business $21.21 1 $21.21
Wonderstruck (Schneider Family Book Award - Middle School Winner) • Amazon Business $20.36 1 $20.36
Roald Dahl Magical Gift Set (4 Books): Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator • Amazon Business $19.69 1 $19.69
The 78-Story Treehouse (The Treehouse Books) • Amazon Business $9.43 2 $18.86
Ivy & Bean's Secret Treasure Box (Books 1-3) • Amazon Business $14.71 1 $14.71
The Invention of Hugo Cabret • Amazon Business $14.14 1 $14.14
The REALLY Big Treehouse Boxed Set: (The 13-Story Treehouse; The 26-Story Treehouse; The 39-Story Treehouse) (The Treehouse Books) • Amazon Business $13.97 1 $13.97
Echo • Amazon Business $13.60 1 $13.60
Bad Kitty's Very Very Bad Boxed Set (#2): Bad Kitty Meets the Baby, Bad Kitty for President, and Bad Kitty School Days • Amazon Business $12.32 1 $12.32
Wishtree • Amazon Business $12.31 1 $12.31
The Super Life of Ben Braver • Amazon Business $10.77 1 $10.77
The Wild Robot Escapes • Amazon Business $10.68 1 $10.68
The Wild Robot Escapes • Amazon Business $10.68 1 $10.68
Wonder • Amazon Business $10.19 1 $10.19
The 65-Story Treehouse (The Treehouse Books) • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $9.51 1 $9.51
Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea (A Narwhal and Jelly Book #1) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Attack of the Kraken (The Yeti Files) • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
Monsters on the Run (The Yeti Files #2) • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
Invisible Emmie • Amazon Business $7.61 1 $7.61
Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
The Case of the Missing Moonstone (The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency, Book 1) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Poop Fountain!: The Qwikpick Papers • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Dog Man and Cat Kid: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #4) • Amazon Business $6.40 1 $6.40
Restart • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Secrets!: The Secret Life of David Mortimore Baxter • Amazon Business $6.05 1 $6.05
The Truth!: David Mortimore Baxter Comes Clean • Amazon Business $6.05 1 $6.05
Manners!: Staying out of Trouble with David Mortimore Baxter • Amazon Business $6.05 1 $6.05
Monsters and Mold (Zoey and Sassafras) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
STAT: Standing Tall and Talented #2: Double Team • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 4: Attack of the Swamp Thing (Volume 4) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Pod and The Bog (Zoey and Sassafras) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
STAT #4: Schooled (STAT: Standing Tall and Talented) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Batter Up! (Jake Maddox Sports Stories) • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
The Princess in Black • Amazon Business $5.77 1 $5.77
STAT: Standing Tall and Talented #1: Home Court • Amazon Business $5.69 1 $5.69
Caught Stealing (Jake Maddox Sports Stories) • Amazon Business $5.65 1 $5.65
The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow: 10 Easy-to-Read Stories • Amazon Business $5.50 1 $5.50
Strange Case of Origami Yoda (Origami Yoda #1) • Amazon Business $5.41 1 $5.41
Merhorses and Bubbles (Zoey and Sassafras) • Amazon Business $5.39 1 $5.39
Goldie Blox and the Best Friend Fail! (GoldieBlox) (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) • Amazon Business $5.36 1 $5.36
The Princess in Black and the Hungry Bunny Horde • Amazon Business $5.06 1 $5.06
Let's Get Cracking!: A Branches Book (Kung Pow Chicken #1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Digging for Dinos: A Branches Book (Haggis and Tank Unleashed #2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Let's Get Cracking!: A Branches Book (Kung Pow Chicken #1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Super Rabbit Boy vs. Super Rabbit Boss!: A Branches Book (Press Start! #4) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The School is Alive!: A Branches Book (Eerie Elementary #1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Locker Ate Lucy!: A Branches Book (Eerie Elementary #2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Super Rabbit Boy vs. Super Rabbit Boss!: A Branches Book (Press Start! #4) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Quarterback Comeback (Team Jake Maddox Sports Stories) • Amazon Business $4.71 1 $4.71
Ada Lace, on the Case (An Ada Lace Adventure) • Amazon Business $4.54 1 $4.54
Hockey Meltdown (Jake Maddox Sports Stories) • Amazon Business $4.40 1 $4.40
Super Rabbit Boy Powers Up! A Branches Book (Press Start! #2) • Amazon Business $4.24 1 $4.24
The Ember Stone: A Branches Book (The Last Firehawk #1) • Amazon Business $4.19 1 $4.19
Stranger Things: A Branches Book (Looniverse #1) • Amazon Business $3.93 1 $3.93
Dragons and Marshmallows (Zoey and Sassafras) • Amazon Business $3.77 1 $3.77
Win or Lose (Team Jake Maddox Sports Stories) • Amazon Business $3.52 1 $3.52
Game Over, Super Rabbit Boy! A Branches Book (Press Start! #1) • Amazon Business $3.49 1 $3.49
The Crystal Caverns: A Branches Book (The Last Firehawk #2) • Amazon Business $2.86 1 $2.86

Materials cost

$606.26

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$645.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$113.89

Total project goal

$759.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $759.24

3 Donors

-$758.71

Donations toward project cost

-$645.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$113.36

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.53

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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