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Ms. Searcy from Jacksonville FL is requesting Books through DonorsChoose, the #1 classroom funding site for teachers.

Help Me Learn to Read!

Help me give my students books so they have the love of reading!

  • $536 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are very sweet and are learning to read, do math, science, social studies and language arts. They range in age from 7 to 9. Our school is a Title I school and for many of our students the only meals they get are from the school. Many students parents can not afford to buy schools supplies let alone books.

My students are excited to learn through reading.

They loved to read books that are related to math and science.

My Project

I have taught mostly Math and Science over my teaching career of seventeen years. I have personally provided my students with books to read in the classroom and at home. The current books I have are for the 3rd grade and above. These do not match a second grader's reading level. Currently, students can not check out books from the Library, therefore, they are not practicing reading.

Please help me help my students by providing a classroom library of fiction, non-fiction and informational texts.

My students have had to endure a great deal this year and will continue this pattern until Covid 19 is over.

Ms. Searcy
Grades PreK-2
Nearly all students from low‑income households

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This project will reach 40 students.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Jamaica's Find • AKJ Education $5.83 3 $17.49
Jamaica's Blue Marker • AKJ Education $5.83 3 $17.49
Astronaut • AKJ Education $5.99 2 $11.98
Young Cam Jansen and the Missing Cookie • AKJ Education $3.64 3 $10.92
Nate the Great and the Stolen Base • AKJ Education $4.37 2 $8.74
Molly the Brave and Me • AKJ Education $2.91 3 $8.73
The Horse in Harry's Room • AKJ Education $3.64 2 $7.28
Young Cam Jansen and the Lost Tooth • AKJ Education $3.64 2 $7.28
Kick, Pass, and Run • AKJ Education $3.64 2 $7.28
Small Wolf • AKJ Education $3.64 2 $7.28
Who Will Be My Friends? • AKJ Education $3.64 2 $7.28
Big Brown Bear • AKJ Education $3.64 2 $7.28
Clouds • AKJ Education $3.64 2 $7.28
Henry and Mudge: The First Book • AKJ Education $3.64 2 $7.28
A Monster is Coming! • AKJ Education $3.64 2 $7.28
Fox on the Job • AKJ Education $3.64 2 $7.28
Messy Bessey's Garden • AKJ Education $3.61 2 $7.22
Bugs! • AKJ Education $3.61 2 $7.22
Katie Woo and Her Big Ideas • AKJ Education $3.61 2 $7.22
Hot Rod Harry • AKJ Education $3.61 2 $7.22
It's a Good Thing There Are Insects • AKJ Education $3.61 2 $7.22
Slinky, Scaly Snakes • AKJ Education $3.59 2 $7.18
Danny and the Dinosaur: 50th Anniversary Edition • AKJ Education $3.49 2 $6.98
Dirty Larry • AKJ Education $3.47 2 $6.94
Here Come the Trucks • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Barnyard Math with Farmer Fred • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Helping Mom and Dad • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Scholastic Reader Level 1: A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Scholastic Reader Level 1: "Buzz," Said the Bee • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Just Going to the Dentist (Little Critter) Golden Look-look Book • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Just Go to Bed (Little Critter) • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Sir Small and the Dragonfly • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Kingfisher Readers L1: Busy As a Bee • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
I Just Forgot (Little Critter) • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Snow • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Platypus! • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
The Giraffe Made Her Laugh • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Little Number Stories Subtraction • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Little Number Stories Addition • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Rain • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
How Many? • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
See How It Grows • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Whose Forest Is It? • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Zoom! Boom! Bully • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Corn Aplenty • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Just a Mess (Little Critter) • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Who's Hiding? • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
The Four Seasons • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Henry And Mudge Take the Big Test • AKJ Education $2.91 2 $5.82
Snow Surprise • AKJ Education $2.88 2 $5.76
My Robot • AKJ Education $2.88 2 $5.76
Try Your Best • AKJ Education $2.88 2 $5.76
Scholastic Reader Level 2: More Spaghetti, I Say! • AKJ Education $2.79 2 $5.58
What Is the World Series? • AKJ Education $2.00 2 $4.00
You Can Jump Higher On the Moon (Wow! I Didn't Know That) • AKJ Education $1.75 2 $3.50
Does a Panda Go to School? • AKJ Education $1.75 2 $3.50
Motorcycles on the Move • AKJ Education $1.75 2 $3.50
Rain Forest Animals • AKJ Education $1.75 2 $3.50
Jumping Spiders • AKJ Education $1.75 2 $3.50
Rattlesnakes • AKJ Education $1.75 2 $3.50
Tarantulas • AKJ Education $1.75 2 $3.50
Why Are Animals Purple? • AKJ Education $1.75 2 $3.50
Why Are Animals Orange? • AKJ Education $1.75 2 $3.50
You Can't See a Dodo at the Zoo • AKJ Education $1.75 2 $3.50

Materials cost

$412.71

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

State sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.19

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$454.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.28

Total project goal

$535.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $535.18

4 Donors

-$469.64

Donations toward project cost

-$399.94

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.70

match offer

-$64.66

Match offer toward project cost

-$54.96

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.70

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.88

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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