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Ms. Ploutz from Greenwood IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Encouraging Emergent Readers!

Help me give my students copies of high interest books that are levels F and G.

  • $200 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Why sit at a desk, when you can be learning all over the room? I believe that movement, peer interaction, and hands-on activities are essential for student success and I make sure to incorporate them every day. I teach at a public, Title I school in a neighborhood school in the Midwest. My students love to learn through doing and are always eager to try something new!

My students are toad-ally frog-tastic!

My students love STEM, social studies, and reading nonfiction books. Recently we've been learning about ancient Greece and Greek myths.

My Project

I have some eager little readers who are in need of books at reading levels F and G. I am requesting books at these levels that are of high-interest topics and ones that are sure to ensure student laughter.

Reading is fundamental, but it should be fun, too!

I will be using these books with students daily during our small reading group time. Each day students work on phonics by sounding out words and reviewing sound chunks. We also read a story and these books are just the right level for my eager little readers! It can be difficult to find books at these levels that are of topics of interest to students, so I spent time picking out ones that would be just right. My students also enjoy funny books, so I also made sure to pick out some books that will bring laughter and smiles to our reading group time. There is no doubt that these books will assure my students are eager and excited for reading group time. These books will be used by many students this year and for many years to come!

Ms. Ploutz
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
I Love Being Me! (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $4.99 2 $9.98
A Pig, a Fox, and Stinky Socks (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 2 $9.98
Moo Bird (Scholastic Reader, Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98
Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox (Hello Reader!, Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98
More Spaghetti, I Say! (Scholastic Reader Level 2) • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98
Buzz Said the Bee, Grade 1 (Hello Reader) • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98
Two Crazy Pigs (Hello Reader, Level 2) • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98
The First Grade Friends: Lunch Box Surprise (Hello Reader, Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98
What is That? Said the Cat (Scholastic Hello Reader, Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98
Silly Milly (Scholastic Reader, Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98
Ice Cream Soup (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98
Cat Traps (Step-Into-Reading, Step 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98
The The Long Dog (Scholastic Reader, Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98
Dancing Dinos Go to School (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98
Shampoodle (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98
Tyrannosaurus Rex (StoryBots) (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $3.54 2 $7.08
Big Shark, Little Shark (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $3.47 2 $6.94

Materials cost

$137.72

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$169.79

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$29.96

Total project goal

$199.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$199.75

2 Donors

-$199.75

Donations toward project cost

-$169.79

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.96

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$0.00

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