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How to Get Lost in a Book, in 5th Grade!
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My Students
Fifth grade...... so much change, such insecurity, so much emotion! So what better way to get away from it all than with a good book? It’s been seven years since I was a classroom teacher and it’s time to update my collection of classroom library books.
My students are headed to middle school in just one year- I want to give them the world through the lens of diverse authors and illustrators. After all, we live in a global society.
My Project
Lucky number 13! This will be my 13th year teaching and I’m headed back into the classroom as a 5th grade teacher. I’m beyond excited, but feeling ill prepared. I’ve spent the past seven years as an ESL teacher, not general ed, which means I haven’t been building up my classroom library, especially with books for 5th graders!
These books are curated from the International Literacy Association 2019 choice reading list - both from students and teachers. The books are hot off the presses and I’m excited to get them into the hands of my adolescents. While I haven’t met my students yet, I’ve tried to create a collection for every taste- and reading level.
I’ve purposely selected a majority of books that are fictional. Why? Well, several reasons. First, Common Core State Standards have a heavy focus on non-fiction reading. I want my students to enjoy fiction just as much and GET LOST IN A GOOD BOOK. Secondly, my schools reading program has a great selection of Non-fiction text that my students will be working with regularly. I’m envisioning these books being stored in book boxes to be read during free choice reading time, not reading groups.
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Materials
Cost
Quantity
Total
AA758X - Connect & Store Book Bins - Set of 6 Colors
• Lakeshore Learning Materials
$27.99
2
$55.98
TT769X - Neon Connect & Store Book Bins - Set of 6 Colors
• Lakeshore Learning Materials
$27.99
2
$55.98
Smart Cookie
• Amazon Business
$16.19
1
$16.19
Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
• Amazon Business
$14.84
1
$14.84
Sewing the Rainbow: A Story About Gilbert Baker
• Amazon Business
$13.55
1
$13.55
The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs: The Story of Ken Nedimyer and the Coral Restoration Foundation
• Amazon Business
$12.91
1
$12.91
Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot's World War II Story
• Amazon Business
$12.75
1
$12.75
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injustice
• Amazon Business
$12.37
1
$12.37
Rebound (The Crossover Series)
• Amazon Business
$11.91
1
$11.91
Illegal
• Amazon Business
$11.91
1
$11.91
Love, Penelope
• Amazon Business
$11.89
1
$11.89
All the Things That Could Go Wrong
• Amazon Business
$11.72
1
$11.72
Ebb and Flow
• Amazon Business
$11.72
1
$11.72
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
• Amazon Business
$11.19
1
$11.19
Wrapped Up Vol. 1
• Amazon Business
$11.14
1
$11.14
Be Prepared
• Amazon Business
$11.09
1
$11.09
It Wasn't Me
• Amazon Business
$10.76
1
$10.76
Granted
• Amazon Business
$10.48
1
$10.48
Alice: From Dream to Dream
• Amazon Business
$10.39
1
$10.39
Ghost Boys
• Amazon Business
$9.98
1
$9.98
How to Properly Dispose of Planet Earth
• Amazon Business
$9.93
1
$9.93
Meet the Sky (Blink)
• Amazon Business
$9.78
1
$9.78
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal)
• Amazon Business
$8.99
1
$8.99
Kid Normal
• Amazon Business
$8.98
1
$8.98
Click (A Click Graphic Novel)
• Amazon Business
$8.00
1
$8.00
Camp (A Click Graphic Novel)
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Elle of the Ball (Hoops)
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
How to Sell Your Family to the Aliens
• Amazon Business
$7.98
1
$7.98
Lucky Little Things
• Amazon Business
$7.58
1
$7.58
No Slam Dunk
• Amazon Business
$7.19
1
$7.19
Lifeboat 12
• Amazon Business
$7.19
1
$7.19
The Crossover (The Crossover Series)
• Amazon Business
$6.95
1
$6.95
The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Clair
• Amazon Business
$6.81
1
$6.81
Booked (The Crossover Series)
• Amazon Business
$6.81
1
$6.81
Breakout
• Amazon Business
$6.81
1
$6.81
The Boy, the Bird & the Coffin Maker
• Amazon Business
$6.57
1
$6.57
Amal Unbound
• Amazon Business
$6.29
1
$6.29
Materials cost
$460.59
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$6.91
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$497.50
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$87.79
Total project goal
$585.29
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$585.29
-$291.00
Donations toward project cost
-$251.10
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$39.90
-$289.88
Match offer toward project cost
-$246.40
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$43.48
Excluded support for DonorsChoose
-$4.41
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