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Ms. Kenney from Richmond ME is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

New and Improved Classroom Library to Foster Love of Reading

Help me give my students a classroom library with current books that may pique their interest. My goal is to help each student discover that they are a reader, which is why there are a variety of texts.

  • $760 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

My students are from an extremely rural area and many of them do not have access to the internet from home. We do not live in a very diverse area, and many of them have never heard of refugee camps or project housing but will formulate opinions based on what they hear from their parents. I have found my role in the classroom to be one of utmost importance because I want them to visit new worlds and understand new perspectives when reading.

Many of my students ask thought-provoking questions that I could never plan for before class and they end up having extraordinarily open minds.

Through the avenue of reading, I try to get students to formulate their own opinions, to navigate and interpret the crazy world that is the internet, and to become more active citizens. Every year, I am impressed by how much trust the students put in me in helping them to navigate this unknown territory, and they always surprise me by the amount of growth that they show.

My Project

This year, my main focus is to help students recognize that they can love reading by guiding them to find the books that they enjoy. In order to accomplish this, I need to update and improve the offerings of my classroom library (our school library lacks current choices as well). After surveying the interests of students that I will have next year and after asking a variety of people about their recommended reads, I have created this list of books as a starting point.

Research shows that the more that students read and discuss what they are reading, the more successful they will be in life.

I think that classics are important as mentor texts, but many students are pushing aside their reading and merely skimming in order to "complete" assignments because it is assigned. This is not preparing them for the literacy skills that they will ultimately need.

Therefore, I think that by incorporating student input on the reading selection and conferencing regularly, I will be able to hold students accountable for actually reading. Students will be given class time to browse and switch out books depending on their interest. I plan to keep track of the popular books and to conference with students regularly to help them pick and choose what they may want to read next. Please help me to foster a love of reading for ALL students!

Ms. Kenney
Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
John Green Box Set • Amazon Business $29.57 1 $29.57
The Kane Chronicles Collection 3 Books Set Pack RRP: £28.97 (Rick Riordan) • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) • Amazon Business $24.71 1 $24.71
My Dad, Yogi: A Memoir of Family and Baseball • Amazon Business $17.70 1 $17.70
Flight: A Novel • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Ten Little Indians • Amazon Business $15.00 1 $15.00
Vegas and the Mob • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Namesake: A Novel • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Atonement: A Novel • Amazon Business $14.07 1 $14.07
Sarah's Key • Amazon Business $14.03 1 $14.03
Red Mountain: A Novel • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
The Cleaner (John Milton Thrillers) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (20th Anniversary Edition) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Girl Who Lived: A Thrilling Suspense Novel • Amazon Business $12.91 1 $12.91
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
The Toughest Indian in the World • Amazon Business $12.20 1 $12.20
Hey, Kiddo (National Book Award Finalist) • Amazon Business $12.17 1 $12.17
The Woman in the Window: A Novel • Amazon Business $12.17 1 $12.17
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir • Amazon Business $12.15 1 $12.15
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time • Amazon Business $12.00 1 $12.00
The Assassin (An Isabella Rose Thriller) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir • Amazon Business $11.91 1 $11.91
Interpreter of Maladies • Amazon Business $11.75 1 $11.75
Into the Wild • Amazon Business $11.67 1 $11.67
Everything I Knew to be True • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Orphan Train • Amazon Business $10.64 1 $10.64
The Hate U Give • Amazon Business $10.43 1 $10.43
Reservation Blues • Amazon Business $9.90 1 $9.90
Little Women • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
The Woman in Cabin 10 • Amazon Business $9.41 1 $9.41
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers • Amazon Business $9.08 1 $9.08
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society • Amazon Business $9.02 1 $9.02
The Catcher in the Rye • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel • Amazon Business $8.97 1 $8.97
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit • Amazon Business $8.84 1 $8.84
Scrappy Little Nobody • Amazon Business $8.78 1 $8.78
Long Way Down • Amazon Business $8.59 1 $8.59
Feed • Amazon Business $8.54 1 $8.54
In Cold Blood • Amazon Business $8.26 1 $8.26
The Outsiders • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Uglies • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Dumplin' • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
God Emperor of Dune • Amazon Business $7.81 1 $7.81
Long Way Gone • Amazon Business $7.58 1 $7.58
Red Queen • Amazon Business $7.53 1 $7.53
The Night Diary • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Indian Killer • Amazon Business $7.18 1 $7.18
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $5.80 1 $5.80

Materials cost

$578.40

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $28.92

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$646.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$114.00

Total project goal

$760.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $760.00

2 Donors

-$380.00

Donations toward project cost

-$323.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.00

match offer

-$380.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$323.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.00

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