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Mrs. Carly Shields from Wilmington DE is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Holiday and Seasonal Read Alouds!

Help me give my students monthly, seasonal and holiday read alouds through engaging texts!

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Read-alouds are essential to student growth and performance, especially in first grade! This project contains a collection of seasonal and holiday read-aloud and mentor texts that will help students learn to develop their speaking and listening skills.

My students are eager to learn, LOVE to read, and are never more engaged than when they are being read to.

Read-alouds open a child's mind to details, story structure, comprehension, and so much more! I can't wait to use these monthly and seasonal read-alouds to develop the abilities of my first graders!

Mrs. Carly Shields
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Montessori Bookshelf - Book Display Shelf for Toddler - Forward/Front Facing Bookcase Rack Display • Amazon Business $89.96 1 $89.96
The Apple Pie Tree • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Fall Mixed Up • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Groundhog's Day Off • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
I Voted: Making a Choice Makes a Difference • Amazon Business $18.69 1 $18.69
The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin • Amazon Business $16.97 1 $16.97
Love Monster and the Last Chocolate • Amazon Business $16.79 1 $16.79
My Red Balloon • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Mrs. Spitzer's Garden: [Gift Edition] • Amazon Business $7.69 2 $15.38
The Gingerbread Girl • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Miss Mingo and the 100th Day of School • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
Creepy Carrots! (Creepy Tales!) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
How to Grow an Apple Pie • Amazon Business $13.67 1 $13.67
I am George Washington (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $13.20 1 $13.20
Penguin and Pumpkin • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Leaf Thief: (The Perfect Fall Book for Children and Toddlers) • Amazon Business $12.98 1 $12.98
The Scariest Book Ever • Amazon Business $12.72 1 $12.72
I am Abraham Lincoln (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $12.65 1 $12.65
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
A Letter From Your Teacher: On the First Day of School • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Everybody's Tree • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
The Wish Tree • Amazon Business $11.83 1 $11.83
Little Boo • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $11.27 1 $11.27
And Then It's Spring • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Crayon Box that Talked • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? (Mr. Tiffin's Classroom Series) • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
Pumpkin Jack • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Woodrow, the White House Mouse (Little Patriot Press) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Fletcher and the Falling Leaves: A Fall Book for Kids • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Applesauce Day • Amazon Business $9.96 1 $9.96
Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker (Little Boost) • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
Too Many Carrots • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
At the Old Haunted House • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
Turkey's Valentine Surprise (Turkey Trouble) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Little Red Sleigh: A Heartwarming Christmas Book For Children (Little Heroes, Big Hearts) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Snowmen at Halloween • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
Turkey Trouble • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow? • Amazon Business $8.59 1 $8.59
The Gingerbread Boy (Folk Tale Classics) (Paul Galdone Nursery Classic) • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Bear Snores On (The Bear Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Mitten • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Over and Under the Snow • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
I am Brave: A Little Book about Martin Luther King, Jr. (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
The Tiny Seed • Amazon Business $7.64 1 $7.64
When Spring Comes: An Easter And Springtime Book For Kids • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Substitute Groundhog • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Bone Soup • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Planting a Rainbow • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Snowflake Bentley: A Caldecott Award Winner • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Pumpkin Soup: A Picture Book • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
The Gingerbread Man • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
A Turkey for Thanksgiving • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Hat • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
How to Catch a Leprechaun • Amazon Business $6.96 1 $6.96
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything: A Halloween Book for Kids • Amazon Business $6.83 1 $6.83
Too Many Pumpkins • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
Apples • Amazon Business $6.70 1 $6.70
Tiny T. Rex and the Perfect Valentine • Amazon Business $6.51 1 $6.51
The Pumpkin Book • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
If I Ran For President • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
Rocket's 100th Day of School (Step Into Reading, Step 1) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Johnny Appleseed? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Biggest Pumpkin Surprise Ever • Amazon Business $5.89 1 $5.89
This Is the Way the Leprechauns Play: A St. Patrick's Day Nursery Rhyme • Amazon Business $5.75 1 $5.75
Splat the Cat and the Pumpkin-Picking Plan: Includes More Than 30 Stickers! A Fall and Halloween Book for Kids • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
The Snowy Day • Amazon Business $4.19 1 $4.19
Hanukkah Bear • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Worm Weather (Penguin Core Concepts) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Ten Timid Ghosts (Read With Me Paperbacks) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$792.23

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$834.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$147.20

Total project goal

$981.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $981.31

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 $981.31

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