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Mrs. DeSilva from Coffeyville, KS is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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For The Love Of Reading

Help me give my students chapter book sets to use during guided reading groups

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. DeSilva's classroom raised $524

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our students are creative, and passionate growing readers. They absolutely love hands-on, active, and engaging challenges that allow them to think outside the box to find solutions in all subjects.

We strive to give our students the fundamentals for reading while instilling a love for it as well.

In order to do this, we need to put a book in every student’s hand! Book sets are a great way to build a love for reading and build our classroom community! Guided reading groups are fundamental for applying the reading strategies taught through engaging stories, while building a long lasting love for reading.

We are a Title I school located in Kansas. Most of our students don’t have access to books at home or the books we do have are very well loved. We are looking to incorporate some newer high interest books to help with our guided reading groups. Each child in our classrooms absolutely loves learning and reading. We incorporate a variety of learning strategies to ensure that each student's needs are met in a fun and exciting classroom full of love and laughter.

My Project

We will use these chapter book sets for students during guided reading groups. The students will be engaged in a book club setting. They will have the opportunity to discuss their reading with their peers in an active academic learning community. Students will be able to apply the fundamental skills taught to them during core instruction time in an engaging up to date book of their choice. We will use these chapter book sets during guided reading groups for students to put their knowledge to work. This will instill a life long love for reading!

Mrs. DeSilva Community 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.

Coffeyville, KS 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

23 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Classroom Library Must-Haves: Grades 2-3 (DonorsChoose Exclusive) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $70.00 5 $350.00

Materials cost

$350.00

Vendor shipping charges

$35.00

Sales tax

$24.68

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$444.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.52

Total project goal

$523.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$523.45

7 Donors

-$504.62

Donations toward project cost

-$444.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.69

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$18.83

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$0.00

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