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Mrs. Zangotsis from Burlington, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Zangotsis's classroom raised $399

New Literacy Curriculum Read Alouds

Help me give my students read aloud books to go along with our new literacy curriculum.

Mrs. Zangotsis Marvin B Smith Elementary School
Burlington, NC Grades PreK-2

My Project

Read alouds are used daily in elementary classrooms. Children love to be read to! Read alouds are a way to reach all students, no matter the academic level. This year, our school district is adapting a new literacy curriculum. We are not able to afford all of the recommended texts, that goes along with the units and lesson plans.

My goal is to have a physical book, for each lesson, that goes along with the standards and content being taught.

By donating to my project, you will help give my students books that reach the lessons and standards that are being taught. We will not need to rely on, only technology, to show the books or materials.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

16 students impacted 1 donor
Mrs. Zangotsis Marvin B Smith Elementary School Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Burlington, NC View local requests

Nearly all 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

16 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
T. Rex Time Machine: (Funny Books for Kids, Dinosaur Book, Time Travel Adventure Book) • Amazon Business $16.88 1 $16.88
Caldecott Honor Book - Grand Canyon - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $15.32 1 $15.32
You Can Be a Paleontologist!: Discovering Dinosaurs with Dr. Scott • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Nana Akua Goes to School - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Bee: A Peek-Through Picture Book - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Bee Book (Conservation for Kids) • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
The Bat Book (Conservation for Kids) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Eyewitness Fossil • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $11.00 1 $11.00
The Curious Garden • Amazon Business $10.70 1 $10.70
My Name Is Sangoel • Amazon Business $10.65 1 $10.65
This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World (Easy Reader Books, Children Around the World Books, Preschool Prep Books) • Amazon Business $10.55 1 $10.55
Each Kindness • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $10.17 1 $10.17
Last Stop on Market Street • Amazon Business $8.20 1 $8.20
What If There Were No Bees?: A Book About the Grassland Ecosystem (Food Chain Reactions) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt: (Nature Book for Kids, Gardening and Vegetable Planting, Outdoor Nature Book) (Over and Under) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
My, Oh My--A Butterfly! All About Butterflies (The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
City Green - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Pan de Sal Saves the Day: An Award-winning Children's Story from the Philippines [New Bilingual English and Tagalog Edition] • Amazon Business $6.71 1 $6.71
Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs! - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Crow Boy - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $6.28 1 $6.28
The Ugly Vegetables - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
Insect Pollinators (First Step Nonfiction ― Pollination) • Amazon Business $5.24 1 $5.24
Ivy and Bean - Ivy and Bean Break the Fossil Record (Book 3) - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
First Step Nonfiction - Animal Pollinators - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Explore My World: Honey Bees • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
National Geographic Readers - Bees (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2) - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Prehistoric Actual Size - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $3.94 1 $3.94

Materials cost

$282.54

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $22.04

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$338.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.79

Total project goal

$398.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $398.61

1 Donor

-$398.61

Donations toward project cost

-$338.82

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.79

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