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Mr. Allen from Troy NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Graphic Novels, Chapter Books, and Biographies, Oh My!

Help me give my students some new graphic novels on high interest topics!

  • $184 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I teach fourth grade at a neighborhood school in an impoverished area in Troy, NY. My students are a diverse group with various learning needs and challenges. We are a Title I school, which means a majority of the students receive free or reduced lunch. Many of our students cannot afford basic school supplies.

It is common to walk into our classroom and see students being self-directed learners who collaborate with one another and preserve through difficult work.

They strive to do their best and even when faced with such adversity show up each and every day ready to give their best effort. They couldn't make us more proud!

The students work hard and are dealing with some challenging situations outside of school. Let's work hard to give them the best education and opportunities at school that we can!

My Project

Having new high interest books will make a significant difference in our classroom. These graphic novels provide reluctant readers with texts that they find very interesting. Our fourth grade classroom is severely lacking good books that students can use to learn how to read. My students are eager to become amazing readers and unfortunately, our classroom lacks the resources to make books available to the students appropriate for their reading levels. Having more texts will allow students to expand their reading and comprehension as well as develop a love for reading. At such a young age, it will make all the difference in the world for these kids to be exposed to quality literature and have the books they need to become successful readers. Thank you so much for considering donating to our project!

Mr. Allen
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lunch Lady (10 Books) • AKJ Education $52.30 1 $52.30
The Shadow Door • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
The Elsewhere Chronicles 2 The Shadow Spies • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
End Zone Thunder • AKJ Education $5.25 1 $5.25
Sports Illustrated Kids Graphic Novels: Track Team Titans • AKJ Education $5.25 1 $5.25
Skateboard Breakdown • AKJ Education $5.25 1 $5.25
Sack Attack! • AKJ Education $5.25 1 $5.25
BMX Blitz • AKJ Education $5.25 1 $5.25
Reality Check • AKJ Education $5.25 1 $5.25
Shot Clock Slam • AKJ Education $5.25 1 $5.25
Battle for Home Plate • AKJ Education $5.25 1 $5.25
Full Court Flash • AKJ Education $5.25 1 $5.25
Spotlight Striker • AKJ Education $5.25 1 $5.25
Beastly Basketball • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34

Materials cost

$124.45

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$156.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.59

Total project goal

$183.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$183.91

3 Donors

-$183.91

Donations toward project cost

-$156.32

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.59

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$0.00

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