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Mrs. Dewey from Provo, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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For the Love of Reading!

My students need high quality books that will foster a love of reading. A student's future depends on good literacy skills and reading skills comes from reading practice. Book clubs and class libraries are a must!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Dewey's classroom raised $471

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students live in a neighborhood afflicted by poverty. Parents work two to three jobs and are frequently over-qualified for the positions they have. Parents do all they can but the demands of providing for housing and food often leave families strapped to provide the "extra enrichment" of zoo trips, new release books, educational camps or summer programs, or even after school activities. The students in my class face many harsh realities of a life of poverty. Despite the uncertainty of their home lives, the classroom provides them encouragement, stability, and crucial skills.

Student's natural curiosity will fade if they are not not stimulated to untangle the marvels in the world around them through literature.

Research is documenting the hardship poverty creates in education. Over 51 percent of students in our school receive free or reduced meals and a third of them are native Spanish speakers. These are my students and they desire to build a better life for themselves.

In class we experience the wonder of nature, the motivating drive of curiosity, and the self-confidence of mastery. No one needs this kind of life changing, first-hand experience more than under-privileged students.

My Project

School is most challenging for struggling readers. I am convinced that just the right book can inspire students to love reading. Because reading improves only through practice, it is essential to match readers to books that motivate them to read.

Books have the potential to delight and entice children to endless hours of reading.

By providing time-honored classics and fresh tantalizing titles in the classroom, I can drum up a reading frenzy. Children excite each other to read when they experience a intriguing, new-found, favorite author. I am driven to search out and provide those novels and non-fiction books for my students!

Mrs. Dewey Amelia Earhart Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Provo, UT 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

30 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story • Amazon Business $15.80 5 $79.00
Beyond the Bright Sea • Amazon Business $11.89 6 $71.34
Wishtree • Amazon Business $12.31 5 $61.55
The War I Finally Won • Amazon Business $11.89 5 $59.45
When My Name Was Keoko • Amazon Business $7.99 6 $47.94
Thank You, Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet • Amazon Business $12.75 1 $12.75
Poison: Deadly Deeds, Perilous Professions, and Murderous Medicines • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Braced • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Towers Falling • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$364.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.47

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$399.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.58

Total project goal

$470.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $470.55

2 Donors

-$417.61

Donations toward project cost

-$399.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.64

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$52.94

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 $0.00

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