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Mrs. Croom from Kinston, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Croom's classroom raised $384

Here a Book, There a Book

Help me give my students more opportunities to become successful readers by adding more books to our classroom.

Mrs. Croom Northwest Elementary School

Kinston, NC Grades PreK-2

My Students

I teach at a Title I neighborhood school, where all children receive free breakfast and lunch. Many of the children have had no preschool and this is the first time the children have been exposed to learning opportunities including learning alphabet skills, book and print awareness, reading opportunities and writing skills.

For many of the children this is the first time they have held a pencil, used scissors and glue, and listened to stories being read.

The children come into the room eager to learn and embrace on new experiences.

My Project

Here a Book, There a Book is designed to provide reading enrichment beyond the basic reading instruction. Students will be divided into groups based on their appropriate instructional reading levels. A diversity of books will be read and discussed. Students will share ideas, engage in collaborations, and relate experiences. Children will be discussing the books in details, telling what happened in the books, discussing characters, and how they may relate to an experience they have encountered. The children who have developed independent reading skills will be allowed to read the books independently then take Accelerated Reading test to earn school wide reading points.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

20 students impacted 5 donors

Project tagged as

Kinston, NC
Grades PreK-2
Early Development
Literacy
Traditional School
Books
Nearly all students from low‑income households

Mrs. Croom Northwest Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Kinston, NC View local requests

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

20 students impacted 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

CR690X - I Can Read! Readers - Complete Series • Lakeshore Learning Materials $145.00 1 $145.00

DK Readers Book Set - Beginning to Read Level 1 • Nasco $74.95 1 $74.95

Learn to Read Books - Level C 1 each of 12 titles • Nasco $39.95 1 $39.95

Materials cost			$259.90
Vendor shipping charges			$11.49
Sales tax			$20.27
3rd party payment processing fee			$3.90
Fulfillment labor & materials			$30.00
Total project cost			$325.56
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$57.45
Total project goal			$383.01
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$383.01
4 Donors			-$189.08
Donations toward project cost			-$164.84
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$24.24
match offer			-$189.08
Match offer toward project cost			-$160.72
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$28.36
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$4.85
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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Here a Book, There a Book

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