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Ms. Kertesz from Brooklyn NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Help Us Learn American History!

My students need 15 copies each of the books Thanksgiving on Thursday, Pilgrims: A Nonfiction Companion to Thanksgiving on Thursday and Revolutionary War on Wednesday. These books are from the Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne.

  • $243 goal

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Hello! I am a fourth grade teacher at an urban public elementary school in New York. All of my 22 students receive free lunch. My students truly enjoy reading. We are now in the process of learning about the colonial period and will also study the revolutionary period. I would like to continue to enhance their joy for reading, writing, and social studies through historical fiction book clubs. The books that I am requesting are three books from the Magic Tree House Series written by Mary Pope Osborne. These books are a great tool for motivating my students to learn about history. I would like the students to work in book clubs so they can have conversations around this period in American history. In order to do this, multiple copies of these books are needed. This will allow the students to have better conversations around the same book, and develop better interpersonal skills. As a lover of reading myself, I cannot imagine a world without being able to indulge in great books. Please help me to promote reading while teaching about American history.

Ms. Kertesz
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Revolutionary War on Wednesday (Magic Tree House Series #22) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator), Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 15 $53.85
Pilgrims: A Nonfiction Companion to Thanksgiving on Thursday Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce, Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 12 $53.88
Thanksgiving on Thursday (Magic Tree House Series #27) Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 15 $53.85

Materials cost

$161.58

Vendor shipping charges

$16.16

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$199.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.68

Total project goal

$242.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$242.68

1 Donor

-$234.12

Donations toward project cost

-$199.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.12

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.56

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$0.00

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