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Ms. Blackburn from Martinsburg, WV is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Love That Book

Help me give my students high-interest books they will love reading and discussing!

  • $653 goal

This project expired on July 18, 2025.

This project expired on July 18, 2025.

My Project

Reading is a foundational skill critical to academic success and lifelong learning. I aim to enhance our literacy program by incorporating novel studies into our curriculum. Novel studies allow students to explore themes, character development, and cultural contexts, enhancing their critical thinking and empathy. Analyzing novels also helps students improve their own writing. They can learn how authors structure their plots, develop characters, and build settings, which can be applied to their own creative and academic writing.

Reading novels regularly improves students' reading fluency and comprehension.

As they work through a full text, they learn to connect ideas, follow complex plots, and understand vocabulary in context. Students will also have opportunities for group discussions where they can debate ideas, share opinions, and consider alternative viewpoints. This collaborative learning fosters communication skills and teaches students to respect differing opinions while articulating their own thoughts.

Our current resources are limited, restricting our ability to provide a diverse range of novels that reflect the backgrounds and interests of our students. I am hoping to provide students with the resources they need to develop critical literacy skills and foster a lifelong love for reading.

Ms. Blackburn Potomack Intermediate School Grades 3-5 Martinsburg, WV View local requests

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

HBCU Alum 28 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Love That Dog • Booksource $7.99 28 $223.72
How To Steal A Dog • Booksource $6.74 28 $188.72
I Survived The American Revolution, 1776 • Booksource $3.74 28 $104.72

Materials cost

$517.16

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.76

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$554.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$97.93

Total project goal

$652.85

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