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Ms. Rudie from Renton, WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Growing Readers and Critical Thinkers!

Help me give my students high quality book club books. These are for our 3rd-5th grade students so they can experience reading rich literature and develop discourse skills and learn from each other.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Rudie's classroom raised $1,634

This project is fully funded

My Project

Help me build our students love of reading, discourse and critical thinking.

They will engage book club conversations to deepen their reading comprehension and learn successful discourse skills which will carry them into middle school, highs school and adulthood.

Our goal is to ensure they have great book sets at a variety of levels so that every student can participate in book clubs.

By having access to these texts, our students can read and discuss the same books and think critically about the complexity of the characters, the life lessons/themes, and consider

They are amazing, curious, and hardworking young humans.

Ms. Rudie Hilltop Heritage 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.

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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

100 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Blended • Amazon Business $7.07 16 $113.12
Save Me a Seat (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $6.92 16 $110.72
Fish in a Tree • Amazon Business $6.90 16 $110.40
Bridge to Terabithia • Amazon Business $6.89 16 $110.24
The Wild Robot (Volume 1) (The Wild Robot, 1) • Amazon Business $6.89 16 $110.24
Love That Dog • Amazon Business $6.89 16 $110.24
The War That Saved My Life: (Newbery Honor Award Winner) • Amazon Business $6.89 16 $110.24
Front Desk (Front Desk #1) (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $6.83 16 $109.28
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 16 $104.96
Return to Sender - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 16 $104.96
The Mouse and the Motorcycle • Amazon Business $5.31 16 $84.96
Charlotte's Web: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Trophy Newbery) • Amazon Business $4.43 12 $53.16

Materials cost

$1,232.52

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$107.85

3rd party payment processing fee

$18.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,388.86

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$245.09

Total project goal

$1,633.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,633.95

1 Donor

-$1,633.95

Donations toward project cost

-$1,388.86

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$245.09

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$0.00

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