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Mrs. Wiedegreen from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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For the Love of Books

My students need books of all different reading levels to fill our classroom library.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Wiedegreen's classroom raised $379

This project is fully funded

My Students

As a special education teacher in a large urban school district, I struggle with providing enough resources for my students. My school has fostered a love of reading, and my students are given independent reading time on a daily basis. Teaching a group of diverse learners, I struggle to offer a wide variety of texts at my student's independent reading levels. My students are independently reading at different levels and are in need of a rich, engaging library of books to chose from. My students are critical thinkers, questioners, and dreamers. I want to be able to provide an engaging library to continue to foster their passion and love for reading.

My Project

As a diverse learning teacher, I struggle with motivating my students to read books outside of their comfort zone. By boosting my library with fresh, enticing novels, I can help my students learn that reading different genres of book can be fun and exciting.

A library full of exciting new books will provide endless opportunities for my students to engage in their passions for reading.

The addition of these novels to our classroom library will help challenge my students to ask thoughtful questions and engage in rich literature discussions. These books will help open doors to new, exciting worlds for my students to discover. As one of my favorite children authors Dr. Seuss once said, "The more you read, the more things you know. The more that you learn them more places you'll go."

Mrs. Wiedegreen Burley Elementary School Grades 3-5 Chicago, IL View local requests 15 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Eager (Eager Series) • Amazon Business $7.99 4 $31.96
The Sign of the Beaver • Amazon Business $5.99 5 $29.95
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow • Amazon Business $12.35 2 $24.70
Out of My Mind • Amazon Business $7.99 3 $23.97
Loser • Amazon Business $5.59 4 $22.36
Wonderstruck (Schneider Family Book Award - Middle School Winner) • Amazon Business $17.28 1 $17.28
Mae's First Day of School • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
We Don't Eat Our Classmates • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Be Kind • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
Life in a Fishbowl • Amazon Business $11.91 1 $11.91
The War I Finally Won • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
Solo (Blink) • Amazon Business $10.24 1 $10.24
Rise of the Jumbies • Amazon Business $9.24 1 $9.24
Absolutely Almost • Amazon Business $7.38 1 $7.38
The Fourteenth Goldfish • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Sahara Special • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Turtle in Paradise • Amazon Business $6.90 1 $6.90
The Mighty Miss Malone • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
The Ugly One • Amazon Business $6.22 1 $6.22
Belly Up (FunJungle) • Amazon Business $5.64 1 $5.64
Pie • Amazon Business $4.24 1 $4.24

Materials cost

$287.18

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$321.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.73

Total project goal

$378.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$378.22

5 Donors

-$274.81

Donations toward project cost

-$237.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.47

match offer

-$99.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$84.15

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.85

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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$0.00

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