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Ms. Dandoy from Fayetteville NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Incentives for 3rd Grade Academic Success (Title 1 )!

Help me give my students various incentives to help encourage a love of reading and attendance throughout the year!

  • $525 goal

This project expired on May 25, 2020.

This project expired on May 25, 2020.

My Students

I am a third-grade teacher. I have a wonderful group of students! They are constantly impressing me with their hard-working attitudes, amazing work ethics, and overall positive outlooks on life. I am so proud to be their teacher. They deserve the best education possible.

I teach at a rural, Title I school serving approximately three hundred students.

Every child receives free breakfast and lunch. We are located near a large military base and, as a result, serve children of active duty and retired military. Our school serves students from many socioeconomic backgrounds including homeless students, who at times may live with family, friends, or other relatives.

Our students are bright and eager to learn new things. They are hard workers and strive to make their world a better place.

My Project

Each week my students are required to read stories and take quizzes on those stories. This program our whole school uses is called Reading Counts through Scholastic. After every 9 weeks, students are able to earn awards Reading Counts. The awards are for basic goals, challenge goals, 100 point club, 250 point club, and the 500 point club.

My students love this program and the incentive for reading.

They are highly motivated to read and love passing those quizzes.

I want to really encourage and motivate my students. I surveyed my students and they are interested in many prizes large and small. The prizes can be earned by how many points they earn throughout the school year. Some of the prizes include 3D bookmarks, books, science kits, glow in the dark sports balls, math games, and more! I know my students will love these incentives! I want to really encourage them to become life-long learners and readers. Thank you for your time and support of our class! Family engagement can be included because parents can encourage their kids to keep on reading to earn these prizes as well.

Ms. Dandoy
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Magic Tree House Books A Library of Books 1-28 The Ultimate Box Set Of 28 Books 1-28 Books Set Osborne Mary Pope • Amazon Business $65.00 1 $65.00
Who is (Who Was) series collection various ten book set. Harriet Tubman george washington ronald reagan walt disney hellen keller barack obama • Amazon Business $58.90 1 $58.90
Ben Franklin Toys Geology Lab Pad Science Kit • Amazon Business $49.99 1 $49.99
Thames & Kosmos 642106 Ooze Labs: Alien Slime Lab Science Experiment Kit & Lab Setup, 10 Experiments with Slime | A Parents' Choice Recommended Award Winner • Amazon Business $26.99 1 $26.99
GlowCity Light Up Basketball-Uses Two High Bright LED's (Official Size and Weight) • Amazon Business $24.95 1 $24.95
GlowCity Light-Up Soccer Ball – Size 3 Glow-in-The-Dark Mini LED Kick Ball – Fun for a Night Match with Pre-Schoolers, Toddlers, and up to Age 6 or 7 • Amazon Business $24.95 1 $24.95
Multicolor Drawstring Backpack 12pcs, Polyester Cinch Sacks String Backpack for Traveling, Gym, Yoga & Other Outdoor Sports • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Scientific Explorer Disgusting Science Kit • Amazon Business $14.02 1 $14.02
Edupress Splat Game, Addition (EP63759) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Edupress EP63953 Math Splat Game: Multiplication • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Mark-My-Time 3D Shark Digital Bookmark and Reading Timer • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
Super Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokxe9mon): The Need-to-Know Stats and Facts on Over 800 Characters • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Juvale Color Your Own Bookmarks for Kids (24 Pack) Cute Animals and Superhero for Teachers Students Classroom Rewards (6 x 2 Inches) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
24 Game Cards Original Double Digits • Amazon Business $9.77 1 $9.77
Dimension 9 3D Lenticular Bookmark with Tassel, Planets in Space (LBM006) • Amazon Business $8.25 1 $8.25
UNO Minecraft Card Game • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
What Was Ellis Island? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
What Is the Statue of Liberty? (What Was?) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
What Is the Constitution? (What Was?) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
What Was the Titanic? • Amazon Business $3.79 1 $3.79

Materials cost

$380.28

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$29.66

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$445.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.64

Total project goal

$524.28

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