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Ms. Strachan from Riverton, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Hooking Students With Books

My students need a wide variety of books like Peak, The Goose Girl, and Uglies to appeal to their varied interests.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Strachan's classroom raised $592

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My Students

"Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere." ~Mary Schmich

I teach both gifted kids and students who are below grade level for reading.

With such a huge range of students, it's hard to provide books that can appeal to all of them. I need help expanding my classroom library so that there is something interesting for everyone. I believe that every one of my students can be a reader and develop a love of reading - it just takes finding the right book. My students are all middle school age, and even though their abilities vary greatly, they are each trying to navigate their way through the sometimes difficult and confusing teenage years. I believe reading is one way in which they can discover their place in the world and their connections to each other.

My Project

I am particularly looking for high interest books that will capture the attention of my more reluctant readers. Their lack of confidence and experiences with reading tend to hold them back in many of their other classes. Students in these classes will be reading every day in my room. I am also challenging them to read 20 books this school year. They will write reviews about the books they read and share those reviews with each other.

I am hoping that as we read and talk about books, each student will develop a love for books and grow in both skill and confidence so that they become better readers in all their classes and make reading a lifelong pursuit.

Ms. Strachan Oquirrh Hills Middle School Grades 6-8 Riverton, UT View local requests 165 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Inheritance Cycle 4-Book Trade Paperback Boxed Set (Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance) (The Inheritance Cycle) • Amazon Business $30.38 1 $30.38
Chronicles of Narnia Box Set • Amazon Business $25.94 1 $25.94
The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings (the Hobbit / the Fellowship of the Ring / the Two Towers / the • Amazon Business $21.76 1 $21.76
Gallagher Girls 3-book pbk boxed set • Amazon Business $18.10 1 $18.10
Uglies • Amazon Business $7.31 2 $14.62
Artemis Fowl 3-book boxed set • Amazon Business $13.64 1 $13.64
Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1) • Amazon Business $13.22 1 $13.22
The Help • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
I Even Funnier: A Middle School Story (I Funny) • Amazon Business $10.63 1 $10.63
Inkdeath (Inkheart Trilogy) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Goose Girl (Books of Bayern) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Brown Girl Dreaming (Newbery Honor Book) • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian • Amazon Business $9.63 1 $9.63
Cardboard • Amazon Business $9.21 1 $9.21
Brian's Return • Amazon Business $9.18 1 $9.18
Brian's Winter • Amazon Business $9.18 1 $9.18
If We Survive • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Airman • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Inkspell (Inkheart Trilogy) • Amazon Business $8.85 1 $8.85
Stormbreaker (Alex Rider) • Amazon Business $8.58 1 $8.58
The Face on the Milk Carton • Amazon Business $8.56 1 $8.56
A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive • Amazon Business $8.53 1 $8.53
Brian's Hunt • Amazon Business $8.27 1 $8.27
Soldier Boys • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Woods Runner • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
True Legend • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Ungifted • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Princess Academy • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Steelheart (The Reckoners) • Amazon Business $7.66 1 $7.66
Schooled • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
A Year Down Yonder • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
One Came Home • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Marley: A Dog Like No Other • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Icefall • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
A Long Way From Chicago (Puffin Modern Classics) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Jack's Run • Amazon Business $6.94 1 $6.94
The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Prequel) (The Maze Runner Series) • Amazon Business $6.87 1 $6.87
Inkheart (Inkheart Trilogy) • Amazon Business $6.78 1 $6.78
Thirteen Reasons Why • Amazon Business $6.70 1 $6.70
Holes • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
The River • Amazon Business $6.07 1 $6.07
The One and Only Ivan • Amazon Business $6.00 1 $6.00
Hoot • Amazon Business $6.00 1 $6.00
The People of Sparks: Book of Ember 2 (Books of Ember) • Amazon Business $6.00 1 $6.00
The Death Cure (Maze Runner, Book Three) • Amazon Business $5.80 1 $5.80
Paper Towns • Amazon Business $5.72 1 $5.72
Peak • Amazon Business $5.41 1 $5.41
The City of Ember (The First Book of Ember) • Amazon Business $4.77 1 $4.77
Maniac Magee • Amazon Business $4.11 1 $4.11
Max: Best Friend. Hero. Marine. • Amazon Business $3.93 1 $3.93

Materials cost

$465.56

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$502.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.68

Total project goal

$591.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $591.22

2 Donors

-$591.22

Donations toward project cost

-$502.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$88.68

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