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Ms. Hudson from Saint Louis, MO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Growing Into Our Reading!

Help me give my students more higher level books to help them grow as readers!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Hudson's classroom raised $353

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are young adventurers and explorers. They are creative, hardworking, and beautiful young people. We are a Title I school with 100% free lunch. Our students are naturally curious and have great potential.

My students are very energetic and imaginative.

We do most of our learning through movement and hands-on experiences such as robotics and group projects. My students are special to me because I was once a part of their demographic. It has been an honor to work with kids from my own neighborhood.

My Project

Our classroom was lucky enough to have a project funded a couple of years ago where we were able to build an entire leveled library for our kindergartners. Well, those kindergartners are moving to first grade and, as I loop with them, we will need to grow our library as our readers grow.

The leveled library has been a huge hit in the classroom and we are excited to see it grow and expand with higher reading levels.

Students check out books from the independent reading library for them to use for reading practice and they have loved them; however, our library ends at level F. We would love to get books up to level L to last them all through first grade!

Ms. Hudson Shenandoah Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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
First Little Readers: Guided Reading Levels G & H (Classroom Set): A Big Collection of Just-Right Leveled Books for Growing Readers • Amazon Business $66.99 1 $66.99
TT919 - Leveled Books Classroom Library 2 - Books Only - Level I Gr 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $37.00 1 $37.00
TT942 - Leveled Books Classroom Library 2 - Books Only - Level K Gr 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $33.00 1 $33.00
TT917 - Leveled Books Classroom Library 2 - Books Only - Level G Gr 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $32.00 1 $32.00
TT918 - Leveled Books Classroom Library 2 - Books Only - Level H Gr 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $32.00 1 $32.00
TT943 - Leveled Books Classroom Library 2 - Books Only - Level L Gr 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.00 1 $29.00
TT941 - Leveled Books Classroom Library 2 - Books Only - Level J Gr 1-2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $27.00 1 $27.00
World of Reading Marvel Super Hero Adventures: These are the Avengers (Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
The Story of Spider-Man (Level 2) (World of Reading) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$265.72

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$299.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.89

Total project goal

$352.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$352.60

3 Donors

-$186.29

Donations toward project cost

-$158.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.94

match offer

-$166.31

Match offer toward project cost

-$141.36

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.95

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$0.00

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