You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Menu
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Mrs. Bower from WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Mrs. Bower is requesting

March Book Madness 2022

Help me give my students a chance to participate in the middle grade March Book Madness for 2022!

  • $514 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I teach English Language Arts to a passionate and energetic group of sixth graders. I have avid readers and readers still searching for a book with which they can fall in love. I also have those who once loved reading, but have fallen out of love with it. Middle school can most certainly be a turning point in a student's reading life, so I aim to find that "just right" book for every student. In sixth grade we are doing everything we can to inspire our students to grow, ignite, or rediscover their love of reading.

I am fortunate enough to interact with sixty students on a daily basis; sixty students who I hope to motivate by offering a wide variety of books to love.

We are the youngest grade in a middle school and we are working diligently to foster a love of reading. We are using Reader's Workshop and refining our practice in order to provide students with the opportunities and the skills to make reading choices of their own. I think that there is no better time than sixth grade to foster a love of reading and guide students toward a lifelong love of books.

My Project

Over the last several years we have been participating in the March Book Madness. It is an online bracket-style tournament created originally by two teachers in their own classrooms in Ohio. Fortunately for the rest of us, these two teachers shared their brilliant idea on the internet. Each year they carefully select sixteen novels for elementary, middle grade, and young adult readers. I hope to provide my students with access to this year's sixteen novels for the middle grade bracket. Students will preview, read, and even create a bracket based on their knowledge of the novels. The March Book Madness inspires students to fall in love with "their" book or books and motivates them to stay actively involved by reading and voting throughout the entire month.

Not only does this opportunity impact reading during the month of March, but it motivates students to read before voting and sparks interest to read from the list long after the voting has ended.

It has been such a success in the past that I am hoping to offer this year's sixth grade students the chance to participate. In 2019 I was fortunate enough to have a project funded for March Book Madness by the generosity of family, friends, and through this wonderful organization and its donors. In the years prior to 2019 and after, I have purchased the novels myself. When this is the case, I am unable to purchase more than one copy of each book. Through this project I hope to receive two copies of each novel to offer students throughout my three blocks of ELA. I have no doubt that given the opportunity, my students this year will fall in love with March Book Madness.

Mrs. Bower
Grades 6-8

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. Bower is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team (Newbery Honor Book) • Amazon Business $20.99 2 $41.98
The In-Between • Amazon Business $16.99 2 $33.98
The Great Peach Experiment 1: When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie • Amazon Business $15.99 2 $31.98
Linked • Amazon Business $15.49 2 $30.98
The Lion of Mars • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
Ground Zero • Amazon Business $14.39 2 $28.78
Millionaires for the Month • Amazon Business $14.39 2 $28.78
Long Distance • Amazon Business $12.49 2 $24.98
Chunky • Amazon Business $11.99 2 $23.98
Ahmed Aziz’s Epic Year • Amazon Business $11.99 2 $23.98
Miles Morales: Shock Waves (Original Spider-Man Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $9.40 2 $18.80
Allergic: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $9.39 2 $18.78
Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza, 1) • Amazon Business $8.49 2 $16.98
Last Gamer Standing • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
The Usual Suspects • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Becoming Muhammad Ali • Amazon Business $7.32 2 $14.64

Materials cost

$400.56

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$436.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.04

Total project goal

$513.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $513.61

16 Donors

-$513.61

Donations toward project cost

-$436.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.04

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mrs. Bower and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"WALL TOWNSHIP","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"teachersOnPage":[5532338],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"NJ","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":3,"name":"Middle School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":6102671,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/march-book-madness-2022/6102671/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":true,"numStudents":60,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. Bower","isEquityFocus":false,"authorIds":{"5532338":{"owner":"Mrs. Bower","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[6102671],"proposalHash":"465014898","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5532338_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1547420632137","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":21341144,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":5532338,"schoolCounty":"Monmouth","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"NJ","name":"New Jersey"}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.