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Mrs. Garrett from Accomac VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mentor Texts for First Grade

Help me give my students mentor texts that go with the Rooted in Reading Program to help learn about summarizing, story elements, genres, and so much more!

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Rooted in Reading is based on a read aloud where the teacher is reading to the students. The teacher models fluency, expression, thinking out loud, and understanding a text. This ensures that the students take all of those best practices and put them into place when they are reading independently. Having the actual book rather than listening to the story online will be more beneficial. This is a wonderful way to open children's minds to deeper reading and connection to the text! My students LOVE being read to and will be thrilled to have brand new stories to listen to!

Mrs. Garrett
Never Before Funded Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Oskar and the Eight Blessings • Amazon Business $17.82 1 $17.82
Nerdy Birdy • Amazon Business $17.39 1 $17.39
Naughty Mabel • Amazon Business $17.26 1 $17.26
Hoot and Peep • Amazon Business $16.65 1 $16.65
Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion • Amazon Business $15.59 1 $15.59
The Big Bed • Amazon Business $14.59 1 $14.59
Ida, Always • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Real Cowboys • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Penguin in Peril • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
If Your Monster Won't Go To Bed • Amazon Business $14.28 1 $14.28
Cloudette • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
The Darkest Dark • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Koala Who Could • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
The Mermaid • Amazon Business $12.54 1 $12.54
The Bad Seed (The Food Group) • Amazon Business $12.46 1 $12.46
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (Caldecott & Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Great Spruce • Amazon Business $11.78 1 $11.78
The Animals' Santa • Amazon Business $11.30 1 $11.30
Amazing Grace (Grace-picture Books) • Amazon Business $10.33 1 $10.33
Jabari Jumps (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) • Amazon Business $9.92 1 $9.92
Thunder Underground • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
We Don't Eat Our Classmates: A Penelope Rex Book • Amazon Business $9.40 1 $9.40
I Don't Want to Be a Frog • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Honey... Honey... Lion! • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
School's First Day of School • Amazon Business $8.77 1 $8.77
The Scarecrow's Hat • Amazon Business $8.52 1 $8.52
Chicks and Salsa • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Alligators and Crocodiles • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Make Way for Ducklings • Amazon Business $7.24 1 $7.24
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World (Dragonfly Books) • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Over and Under the Snow • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Sylvie • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Pumpkin Soup: A Picture Book • Amazon Business $7.08 1 $7.08
Chameleons Are Cool: Read and Wonder • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
A Plump and Perky Turkey • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
Maddi's Fridge • Amazon Business $6.60 1 $6.60
Boundless Grace: Sequel to Amazing Grace • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Farfallina & Marcel: A Springtime Book For Kids • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin (Amazing Scientists, 1) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$446.27

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$482.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.23

Total project goal

$568.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $568.19

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 $568.19

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