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Ms. Mitchell from West Valley City, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mentor Texts to Mentor Learning

Help me give my students amazing books because literature helps kids get excited to read and learn language arts skills.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Mitchell's classroom raised $1,228

This project is fully funded

My Students

My class is full of energetic, third graders who love learning. My kids enjoy working together. They are optimistic and full of life. They love learning new things. Every day, I look forward to teaching them.

My students are curious and creative.

I am proud of each student because of their ability to try, even when it is tough. My school has a great faculty who all work together to make sure every student is successful. Our school is a wonderful place to be!

My Project

Teaching language arts can be a very exciting thing. I have found that kids have a natural excitement for learning and reading. They love when we read books and I love using those books to help improve their learning. It is amazing to find books that are entertaining and help the kids learn how to read.

My kids love to read new books.

We are excited to use the books on this list. These books will help my kids understand multiple reading skills. We can't wait to use these books in our classroom. Thank you for helping my kids become better readers!

Ms. Mitchell Valley Crest Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

West Valley City, UT 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Napping House by Audrey Wood (1991-05-15) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Who Has These Feet? • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
The Princess and the Pea • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
More Than Anything Else • Amazon Business $17.70 1 $17.70
The Scarecrow • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Leave Me Alone! • Amazon Business $16.59 1 $16.59
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (Millbrook Picture Books) • Amazon Business $15.66 1 $15.66
The Rain Came Down • Amazon Business $15.39 1 $15.39
The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos • Amazon Business $14.80 1 $14.80
The Best Story • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear • Amazon Business $14.35 1 $14.35
We're All Wonders • Amazon Business $14.24 1 $14.24
The Patchwork Quilt • Amazon Business $14.00 1 $14.00
Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade (Bank Street College of Education Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (Awards)) • Amazon Business $13.84 1 $13.84
I Wanna Iguana • Amazon Business $13.77 1 $13.77
Ada Twist, Scientist • Amazon Business $13.74 1 $13.74
The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring: The Accidental Invention of the Toy That Swept the Nation • Amazon Business $13.55 1 $13.55
Owl Moon • Amazon Business $13.47 1 $13.47
Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship • Amazon Business $13.47 1 $13.47
Spoon (The Spoon Series) • Amazon Business $13.18 1 $13.18
Good News, Bad News • Amazon Business $12.73 1 $12.73
They All Saw A Cat (Cat Books for Kids, Beginning Reading Books, Preschool Prep Books) • Amazon Business $12.41 1 $12.41
Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
My Freedom Trip: A Child's Escape from North Korea • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
Stuck • Amazon Business $11.93 1 $11.93
Memoirs of a Goldfish • Amazon Business $11.92 1 $11.92
The Bad Seed • Amazon Business $11.73 1 $11.73
Two Bad Ants • Amazon Business $11.56 1 $11.56
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel • Amazon Business $11.47 1 $11.47
The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes • Amazon Business $11.34 1 $11.34
Verdi • Amazon Business $11.27 1 $11.27
Iggy Peck, Architect • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Owen (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
The Good Egg • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse • Amazon Business $10.29 1 $10.29
Hey, Little Ant • Amazon Business $10.29 1 $10.29
I am Walt Disney (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $10.29 1 $10.29
After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) • Amazon Business $10.05 1 $10.05
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
DK Eyewitness Books: Titanic: Learn the Full Story of This Tragic Ship from its Famous Passengers to the Explo • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Thank You, Mr. Falker • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
You Wouldn't Want to Sail on the Titanic! (Revised Edition) (You Wouldn't Want to…: History of the World) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Stellaluna 25th Anniversary Edition • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage To Be Who You Are • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
The Jelly Donut Difference: Sharing Kindness with the World • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29
Voices in the Park • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Millions of Cats (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Juice Box Bully: Empowering Kids to Stand Up for Others • Amazon Business $8.69 1 $8.69
Rosie Revere, Engineer • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
Babushka's Doll • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Sheila Rae, the Brave • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Suddenly!: A Preston Pig Story • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Seven Blind Mice (Reading Railroad) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Baghead • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Going Home (Trophy Picture Books (Paperback)) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Koala Lou • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Lightning (Smithsonian-science) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Grandfather's Journey • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Even More Parts • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Parts (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Brave Irene: A Picture Book • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
Strega Nona • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
Freedom Song: The Story of Henry "Box" Brown • Amazon Business $7.60 1 $7.60
Actual Size • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
New Shoes • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Roller Coaster • Amazon Business $7.55 1 $7.55
Fly Away Home • Amazon Business $7.53 1 $7.53
The Empty Pot • Amazon Business $7.48 1 $7.48
Chester's Way • Amazon Business $7.48 1 $7.48
Scaredy Squirrel • Amazon Business $7.30 1 $7.30
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
Diary of a Worm • Amazon Business $7.11 1 $7.11
Wind Power: Sailboats, Windmills, and Wind Turbines (A True Book: Alternative Energy) • Amazon Business $7.03 1 $7.03
Swimmy • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Paperboy • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Very Smart Pea and the Princess-to-be • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
More Parts (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Julius, the Baby of the World • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
A Chair for My Mother 25th Anniversary Edition (Reading Rainbow Books) • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Wemberly Worried • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother (Aladdin Picture Books) • Amazon Business $6.69 1 $6.69
A Bad Case of Stripes (Scholastic Bookshelf) • Amazon Business $6.59 1 $6.59
Fireflies • Amazon Business $6.42 1 $6.42
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Milk: From Cow to Carton (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Book) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Milton Hershey? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
My Lucky Day • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig • Amazon Business $5.79 1 $5.79
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Young Reader's Edition • Amazon Business $5.51 1 $5.51
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00
Leah's Pony • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Important Book • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Poppleton • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
National Geographic Readers: Cats vs. Dogs (National Geographic Readers: Level 3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
What Was the Titanic? • Amazon Business $3.79 1 $3.79
Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read Book) • Amazon Business $3.74 1 $3.74
A Day's Work • Amazon Business $3.50 1 $3.50
A Day's Work • Amazon Business $3.50 1 $3.50

Materials cost

$998.48

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,043.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$184.14

Total project goal

$1,227.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,227.60

1 Donor

-$1,227.60

Donations toward project cost

-$1,043.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$184.14

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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