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Mrs. Dewey from Provo, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Hot New Titles From 2021

Help me give my students the newest titles that will capture their imaginations (and provide hours of reading pleasure)!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Dewey's classroom raised $175

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students live in a Utah town in a low-income neighborhood. Hardworking parents often don't have time or don't know how to fully support learning at home. Frequently, the effects of poverty manifest in a child's inability to focus and tune out distractions which are skills needed for learning.

My students love learning and are committed to building a better future through hard work and practice!

Title I schools face the challenges of poverty that other schools do not. Research is documenting the impact that poverty has on education. Nearly 60% of students in our school receive free or reduced-price meals. A third are native Spanish speakers. My students need a school that understands their special challenges and intervenes to help.

We are preparing today's students for the jobs of tomorrow. Essentially, we are teaching students the ways to think critically and not just training them on vocational skills. I do not even know what jobs we will need in thirty years, but I do know that they need to read, do the math, think analytically, and problem solve.

My Project

Research suggests that although digital books and digital reading is ubiquitous, it may not be best for developing reading skills. For a reader to comprehend and become strong in inferential meaning of texts, they must first have powerful imaginations. Children need to create mind movies of the text they read. Also, digital reading results in shallower processing, provides no "visual placeholders" so word mapping is truncated, and the act of scrolling drains our working memory, thus interfering with constructing meaning.

Reading frenzies can begin when a long anticipated sequel is released or when a favorite author releases a new title.

Help me give this excitement to my students with previewed and highly recommended, physical books.

Mrs. Dewey Amelia Earhart Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half of 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

30 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Amber and Clay • Amazon Business $20.38 1 $20.38
Scary Stories for Young Foxes: The City (Scary Stories for Young Foxes, 2) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Beatryce Prophecy • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Sisters of the Neversea • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
What Big Teeth • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Ophie’s Ghosts • Amazon Business $11.60 1 $11.60

Materials cost

$116.82

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$148.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.22

Total project goal

$174.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $174.79

3 Donors

-$106.41

Donations toward project cost

-$103.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.06

match offer

-$53.21

Match offer toward project cost

-$45.23

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.98

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.18

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 $0.00

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