You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

Mrs. Prichard from Donaldson AR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Every Good Seed Deserves a Good Read!

Help me give my students new non-fiction literature, new scented writing utensils, and flash drives to store classical music.

  • $254 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Our school is a Title I school trying to provide the always changing resources needed to coordinate with the current educational standards which also change often.

With the upcoming school year, I am fortunate enough to be teaching a great group of sixth graders.

This group of students comes from a small, rural school that houses approximately 300 kindergarten through sixth-grade students. Most of these students come from low-income and low socioeconomic status homes.

These particular students are high-energy and have the ability to design and create wonderful things with their academic successes. One obstacle they face is not having the resources needed to support their creativity. Teachers foster independence and thinking "outside the box" to find ways to meet the students' needs the best we can, but the financial needs are greater than most teachers can provide.

My Project

Reading across any content area is a struggle for students who are not on grade level with their reading abilities. With most content reading averaging around the 5th grade reading level, it is no wonder students struggle with not only literacy, but with science, social studies, and even math. Teaching these areas every day, I see the struggles my students have when testing.

In most cases, it's not that my students CANNOT perform a task given to them, it is they cannot read to grasp the foundation of what is being asked.

I know reading is a subject every teacher must teach. My goal is to provide my students with a variety of non-fiction books my students can read. The books I am requesting are the ever-popular "Where Is..." and "What Is..." book series. My students truly enjoy this series and I want to expand my library. Being the math and science teacher, I don't have a large collection of books. I also want to help my students become more motivated to write. As a math teacher, we have worked hard on backing up our math claims this year with evidence and reasoning. New smelly pens will motivate my students to give me more precise, thought out responses and it will be evident in their writing. Finally, I am hoping to encourage my students to spend more time reading by giving them classical background music to listen to as they read. I am requesting flash drives to store music so I am not streaming music, which interferes with our school wifi. Please help me reward great reading habits with "Every Good Seed Deserves a Good Read".

Mrs. Prichard
Grades 6-8

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. Prichard is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kootion 20pcs 1GB USB Flash Drives 1G Flash Drives Memory Stick Swivel Thumb Drives, Black • Amazon Business $49.99 1 $49.99
I'm NOT just a Scribble... • Amazon Business $13.13 1 $13.13
Scentco Glitter Gel Smens - Gourmet Scented Pens, Colored Gel Ink, Medium Point, 4 Count • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
Where Is the Grand Canyon? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Where Is Mount Rushmore? • Amazon Business $5.89 1 $5.89
Where Is Hollywood? • Amazon Business $5.69 1 $5.69
Where Is the Empire State Building? • Amazon Business $5.55 1 $5.55
What Is the Super Bowl? (What Was?) • Amazon Business $5.39 1 $5.39
Where Is Antarctica? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Where Is Niagara Falls? • Amazon Business $4.41 1 $4.41
Where Is Mount Everest? • Amazon Business $4.41 1 $4.41
Where Is the Amazon? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
What Is the World Cup? (What Was?) • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Where Is Alcatraz? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
What Is the World Series? (What Was?) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
What Is NASA? (What Was?) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Where Is the Great Barrier Reef? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Where Is the Colosseum? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Where Is the Great Wall? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
What Is Climate Change? (What Was?) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
What Is the Statue of Liberty? (What Was?) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Where Is Broadway? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Where Is Area 51? • Amazon Business $3.83 1 $3.83
Where Is the Bermuda Triangle? • Amazon Business $3.59 1 $3.59

Materials cost

$168.76

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$13.92

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$215.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.98

Total project goal

$253.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$253.19

1 Donor

-$126.60

Donations toward project cost

-$107.61

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.99

match offer

-$126.59

Match offer toward project cost

-$107.60

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.99

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Support your local school!

Donate directly to any school in the US. Your donation will go towards directly purchasing urgent supplies.

Find a local school

Project Activity

{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"Donaldson","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[1909771],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"AR","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":3,"name":"Middle School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":4791050,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/every-good-seed-deserves-a-good-read/4791050/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":60,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. Prichard","isEquityFocus":false,"authorIds":{"1909771":{"owner":"Mrs. Prichard","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[4791050],"proposalHash":"976600403","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1909771_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1462763287153","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":310241,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":1909771,"schoolCounty":"Hot Spring","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"AR","name":"Arkansas"}}