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Ms. Fair from Sugar Land, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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For the Love of Books

Help me give my students more books. We meet with our reading groups each day to read books, develop reading skills, and establish a love for reading, but we need chapter books.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Fair's classroom raised $1,269

This project is fully funded

My Project

Our school has chapter books for teachers to check out to read with their students. Each day, we meet with small groups of students in our classes to help develop reading skills and foster the love for reading. With our large class sizes, we usually need at least 8 copies of each novel in order for each person in a group to have a copy of the current book of study. Unfortunately, books that originally were purchased for this purpose usually contain 3-5 copies of a book. This makes having reading groups so difficult.

Fifth grade is the perfect opportunity to develop life-long readers that can't wait to put a book in their hands and set sail on the adventures that await them on the pages of great books.

I would love to start to build the 5th grade chapter book library so that the teachers on our team can help establish a love for books with our students and reinforce our students' reading skills.

The books on my wish list will be rotated between the 5th grade reading classrooms throughout the year. I realize that book prices add up very quickly, but my wishlist of books would benefit 180 students this year alone. Let's say these chapter books last us at least 10 years, that comes out to spending a mere $0.79 per student to help build this love for reading. I would appreciate your help with developing this love for books for years to come.

Ms. Fair Oyster Creek 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.

Sugar Land, TX View local requests

More than half 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Lemonade War (The Lemonade War Series, 1) • Amazon Business $9.99 8 $79.92
Alone • Amazon Business $8.99 8 $71.92
Summer of the Monkeys • Amazon Business $8.99 8 $71.92
Where the Red Fern Grows • Amazon Business $8.99 8 $71.92
Beyond the Bright Sea • Amazon Business $8.91 8 $71.28
When You Trap a Tiger: (Newbery Medal Winner) • Amazon Business $8.90 8 $71.20
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal) • Amazon Business $8.68 8 $69.44
DOG CALLED HOMELESS • Amazon Business $7.99 8 $63.92
Paperboy • Amazon Business $7.99 8 $63.92
Crenshaw • Amazon Business $7.94 8 $63.52
Inside Out and Back Again: A Newbery Honor Award Winner • Amazon Business $6.99 8 $55.92
Bridge to Terabithia • Amazon Business $6.99 8 $55.92
Island of the Blue Dolphins • Amazon Business $6.78 8 $54.24
The One and Only Ivan: A Newbery Award Winner • Amazon Business $6.61 8 $52.88
Restart • Amazon Business $6.49 8 $51.92
Wish • Amazon Business $4.89 8 $39.12
The Call of the Wild • Amazon Business $3.00 8 $24.00

Materials cost

$1,032.96

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,078.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$190.31

Total project goal

$1,268.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,268.76

3 Donors

-$1,118.76

Donations toward project cost

-$950.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$167.81

match offer

-$150.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$127.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.50

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$0.00

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