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Ms. Anderson from Saint Marys, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Meaningful Books, Meaningful Learning

Help me give my students books on topics that my Emotional Support students are interested in for our reading classes!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Anderson's classroom raised $279

This project is fully funded

My Project

Reading is not one of my Emotional Support students' favorite subjects, but with this project, I hope it will be! These Who Was, What Was, and Where Is books are all on topics of interest to my students. My students love to read about history, music, toys that they enjoy, and places they have seen on television. With this project, I will be able to incorporate not only my students' interests into our reading classes, but also other academic subjects as well!

The gift card for Teachers Pay Teachers will be used to provide engaging questions and activities that go right along with the books purchased through this project.

Ms. Anderson St Mary's Area Middle School Grades 6-8

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.

Saint Marys, PA View local requests

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

60 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on TPT • TPT $100.00 1 $100.00
Where Is the Mississippi River? • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Who Were the Beatles? (Who Was--?) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Where Is Stonehenge? • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Where Is Chichen Itza? • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Who Was Genghis Khan? • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
What Is Rock and Roll? (What Was?) • Amazon Business $6.74 1 $6.74
Who Was Johnny Cash? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
What Is LEGO? (What Was?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Queen Elizabeth II? • Amazon Business $5.98 1 $5.98
Where Is Area 51? • Amazon Business $5.72 1 $5.72
Where Is the Amazon? • Amazon Business $5.57 1 $5.57
Who Was Elvis Presley? • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
What Was the Ice Age? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Who Was Anne Frank? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Who Was Amelia Earhart? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Who Was Betty White? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Who Was Seabiscuit? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Who Was Harry Houdini? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost

$203.26

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$236.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.70

Total project goal

$278.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$278.01

2 Donors

-$129.90

Donations toward project cost

-$122.40

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

match offer

-$134.01

Match offer toward project cost

-$113.91

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.10

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.10

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$0.00

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