I am a first year teacher coming into a low-income, title 1 school. A sad reality for many of the children enrolled in the school is the lack of books at home. It is my personal goal to help foster a love of learning in each student that walks through my door. Having just graduated college, my classroom will be nowhere near sufficient in my eyes. If I do not have a wide variety books, manipulatives, and organizational materials, I do not feel that I will be able to successfully reach each student in my classroom. With your help, I will be able to give my students a large library with a variety of reading levels and topics, furniture to create a reading nook the children will WANT to sit in, and be as prepared as I can be for my first year of teaching.
My Project
By offering my students a fun space for reading, I believe that I will find them wanting to read instead of me having to convince them to read. I do not want to go into my first year of teaching with an "empty" room, I want the parents of my students to see the effort I put into creating the warm, loving, respectful learning environment and hopefully be confident that I will bring that same enthusiasm into the school year. Again, being in a very low-income community, I want my students to WANT to come to school and be excited to learn.
I feel that the supplies, while some are costly, are needed in order to reach each student's interest level and learning style.
The chair bands will be very beneficial for fidgety five and six year olds; they will allow the children to fidget, yet stay on task, which will reduce behavior issues and increase learning.
My experience with young readers is that they love the Biscuit, Pete the Cat, and Little Critter books, which is why a majority of my wish list items are from these book series. The idea in my head for my reading nook is to set up the Big Joe beanbag chairs on the outer edge of the rug facing the bookshelves to help create a separate reading space while being inviting to the students.
ClosetMaid 1574 Cubeicals Organizer, 6-Cube, Black
• Amazon Business
$46.83
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$140.49
Bouncy Chair Bands (12-Pack)-Fidget Resistance Chair Bands For Kids With Sensory Needs-Kicking Improves Concentration For Students With Autism ADHD SPD, For School Chairs Desk Classroom
• Amazon Business
$22.87
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$45.74
Big Joe Bean Bag, 98-Inch (Spicy Lime)
• Amazon Business
$39.99
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$39.99
School Smart Backpack Bears Counters - Set of 300 - Assorted Colors
• Amazon Business
$37.99
1
$37.99
Big Joe Bean Bag, 98-Inch, Sapphire
• Amazon Business
$35.00
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$35.00
ETA hand2mind Linking UniLink Cubes (Set of 500)
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$34.82
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$34.82
Ultra Soft 4.5 Cm Thick Indoor Morden Area Rugs Pads, New Arrival Fashion Color [Bedroom] [Livingroom] [Sitting-room] [Rugs] [Blanket] [Footcloth] for Home Decorate. Size: 4 Feet X 5 Feet (Hot pink)
• Amazon Business
$26.47
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$26.47
Learning Resources Wooden Pattern Blocks, Set of 250
• Amazon Business
$25.04
1
$25.04
ETA hand2mind Foam Two-Color Counters with Storage Tub (Pack of 200)
• Amazon Business
$12.91
1
$12.91
Learning Advantage 8837 Pattern Block Activity Cards (Pack of 20)
• Amazon Business
$9.99
1
$9.99
Turtles
• AKJ Education
$3.99
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$3.99
Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach
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$3.64
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$3.64
Biscuit Goes Camping
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$3.64
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$3.64
Biscuit Meets the Class Pet
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$3.64
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$3.64
Bathtime for Biscuit
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$3.64
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$3.64
Biscuit's New Trick
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$2.91
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$2.91
Biscuit Loves the Library
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$2.91
Biscuit Takes a Walk
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Little Critter: Going to the Sea Park
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Little Critter: Just a Little Sick
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Pete the Cat: Scuba-Cat
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Biscuit Plays Ball
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Little Critter: The Fall Festival
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Biscuit in the Garden
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Biscuit Wins a Prize
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Too Cool for School
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Biscuit's Day at the Farm
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Pete the Cat's Train Trip
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Pete the Cat: A Pet for Pete
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Pete the Cat: Sir Pete the Brave
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$2.91
What a Good Kitty
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$2.91
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$2.91
Little Critter: Just a Teacher's Pet
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$2.91
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$2.91
Just a Kite
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Little Critter: Just Critters Who Care
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Scat, Cat!
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Little Critter: This Is My Town This is my Town
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Little Critter Just a Little Love
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Little Critter: A Green, Green Garden
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Little Critter: Snowball Soup
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Axel the Truck: Rocky Road Rocky Road
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Mittens, Where Is Max?
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Biscuit Finds a Friend
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Follow Me, Mittens
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Little Critter: Just Helping My Dad
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Happy Halloween, Mittens
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Little Critter: Just Saving My Money
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Red, White, and Blue: The Story of the American Flag
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$2.91
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Johnny Appleseed
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Bats Creatures of the Night
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Giraffes
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Honeybees
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Butterflies
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Sharks!
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The Very Lonely Firefly
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Dear Tooth Fairy
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You Can't Smell a Flower with Your Ear! All About Your Five Senses
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$2.91
On a Farm
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Little Critter: To the Rescue!
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Biscuit's Big Friend
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Biscuit Wants to Play
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Pete the Cat: Pete's Big Lunch
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Splish, Splash!
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Biscuit Visits the Big City
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How Many Fish?
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What's That, Mittens?
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Biscuit Goes to School
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Mittens
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I See, You Saw
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Thump and Plunk
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Biscuit and the Lost Teddy Bear
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Biscuit and the Baby
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Biscuit and the Little Pup
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Materials cost
$592.86
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$8.89
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$631.75
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$111.49
Total project goal
$743.24
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$743.24
10 Donors
-$566.94
Donations toward project cost
-$504.25
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$62.69
match offer
-$150.00
Match offer toward project cost
-$127.50
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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