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Mrs. Medvecky from Elmwood Park, NJ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fantasizing About Fantasy!

My students need fantasy books for our current unit of study! We are very limited with age appropriate books that students can utilize in the classroom to practice genre specific skills.

  • $917 goal

This project expired on August 25, 2018.

This project expired on August 25, 2018.

My Students

I am a 5th grade reading teacher looking to build our classroom library! With a cozy classroom full of reading nooks and special reading chairs, my students are always excited to get to independent reading! They love to have a chance to choose new reading spots and dig into a good book!

The students in my class are enthusiastic, sweet, and eager to learn.

I am excited to make an impact on 75 students this year and hope to keep encouraging them to grow as readers!

My Project

In our classroom we have studied so many genres of reading! Students have done such a wonderful job learning about realistic fiction, nonfiction, and researching.

We are excited to begin exploring our imaginations with fantasy books!

Unfortunately, we have very few fantasy books in our classroom library. Between what we have in the class, and what we have from the school library, we don't even have enough to have one fantasy book per student! We're forced to share copies of books which makes it difficult for students to continue their reading at home.

We appreciate any and all donations! Thank you so much for your support!

Mrs. Medvecky Gantner Avenue Elementary School Grades 3-5

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Elmwood Park, NJ View local requests

More than a third 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

75 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
BOOKS FANTASY - GRADE 5 SET OF 15 • School Specialty $184.24 1 $184.24
BOOKS FANTASY - GRADE 6 SET OF 15 • School Specialty $171.53 1 $171.53
BOOKS FANTASY - GRADE 4 SET OF 15 • School Specialty $166.70 1 $166.70
BOOKS FANTASY - GRADE 3 SET OF 15 • School Specialty $149.23 1 $149.23

Materials cost

$671.70

Vendor shipping charges

$67.17

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$778.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$137.46

Total project goal

$916.41

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