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Fridays in Action!

Help me give my students novels to encourage reading with First Chapter Fridays!

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

My students come from all socioeconomic backgrounds, and therefore, they bring a uniqueness to my classroom and to the learning experience not only for themselves but also for me. My students are bused in from throughout the district to attend our magnet school which focuses on math, science, and career tech, so my classroom is extremely diverse in all areas of life. All students in my county receive free breakfast and lunch. One thing that brings them together is my classroom and the environment I create, and I want to foster an environment that loves reading.

Unfortunately, many students in today’s world have lost their love of reading.

However, I believe J.K. Rowling said it best when she stated, “If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book”.

First Chapter Fridays would allow me to show students that reading is an adventure. As the grandfather in The Princess Bride said to his grandson about reading, “Are you kidding? Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles.” My hope is my students’ response will be like the grandson’s, “Doesn’t sound too bad. I’ll try to stay awake.” The variety of books like The Grave Yard Book, will hopefully encourage them to read more and put technology down. I do believe First Chapter Fridays will spark interest in reading independently, and this project will allow me to add books to my classroom library for my students to check out after hearing the first chapter.

Ms. Roberts
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Volume 2 • Amazon Business $16.43 1 $16.43
The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Volume 1 • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
The Places We Sleep • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Forbidden City (3) (City Spies) • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Spy School the Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $9.33 1 $9.33
Spy Camp the Graphic Novel (Spy School) • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29
Golden Gate (2) (City Spies) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Blackbird Girls • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Becoming Muhammad Ali • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
What About Will • Amazon Business $8.50 1 $8.50
March: Book One • Amazon Business $8.25 1 $8.25
The Graveyard Book • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Carry Me Home • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Canyon's Edge • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
When You Look Like Us • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
For Black Girls Like Me • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl • Amazon Business $7.91 1 $7.91
Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two • Amazon Business $7.87 1 $7.87
The Radium Girls: Young Readers' Edition: The Scary but True Story of the Poison that Made People Glow in the Dark • Amazon Business $7.86 1 $7.86
Alone • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
The Girl Who Drank the Moon • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
Dress Coded • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Soccer Switch (Jake Maddox Graphic Novels) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
City of Ghosts (1) • Amazon Business $6.87 1 $6.87
Game Changer • Amazon Business $6.62 1 $6.62

Materials cost

$233.26

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $19.01

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$285.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.43

Total project goal

$336.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $336.20

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 $336.20

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