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Mrs. Donovan from San Diego, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Nonfiction Nook

My students need 21 quality nonfiction books including The Great Kapok Tree, Where Butterflies Grow, Eyes of Grey Wolf and more.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Donovan's classroom raised $270

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are interested in learning about the world around them but are not confident nonfiction readers yet. We have a small nonfiction area in our classroom library. I would like to enrich our nonfiction library with book bins for popular nonfiction writers.

I have students at all reading levels in my classroom this year.

I have mainstreamed special education students who are still working on recognizing sight words and I have students who are reading two and three grade levels ahead. I also have several second language learners who rely on heavily supportive texts to help them make meaning. Regardless of reading level, all of my students find joy in books and "reading time" happens all day long in our room. We are an inner city, Title 1 school and we are also an International Baccalaureate school.

My Project

My students love Jonathan London's Froggy series, but few of them know he's also a brilliant nonfiction writer. I would like to provide them with a book bin full of his nonfiction titles. We have read The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry, but I would like my students to read more of her books and make connections between the topics she chooses. Joanne Ryder has also written many excellent nonfiction books. I would like my students to become familiar with her work as well. These books will help my students become stronger readers as they learn how to navigate nonfiction texts. They will also be used as models to help my students with their nonfiction writing. These three authors were mentioned in a professional development book I recently read so I know they will help me as I teach my class how to read and write nonfiction.

We have many titles in the fiction section of our classroom library, but our nonfiction nook is not as established...yet.

With your help my enthusiastic readers will have access to quality nonfiction books that they can use to practice their reading skills, to gain valuable content knowledge, and to use as models for their own nonfiction writing.

Mrs. Donovan Alice Birney Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Flamingo Sunset Jonathan London, Kristina Rodanas (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.79 1 $13.79
Little Swan Jonathan London, Kristina Rodanas (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.61 1 $14.61
Eyes of Grey Wolf Jonathan London, Jon Van Zyle (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Honey Paw and Lightfoot Jonathan London, Jon Van Zyle (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Condor's Egg Jonathan London, James Chaffee (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Hurricane! Jonathan London, Henri Sorensen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.61 1 $14.61
The Lion Who Had Asthma Jonathan London, Nadine Bernard Westcott (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
The Sugaring-Off Party Jonathan London, Gilles Pelletier (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.64 1 $7.64
A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History Lynne Cherry • Barnes and Noble $5.98 1 $5.98
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest Lynne Cherry, Deborah Halverson (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Snails Spell Joanne Ryder, Joan Ryder, Lynne Cherry (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Armadillo from Amarillo Lynne Cherry, Lynne Cherry (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.98 1 $5.98
Where Butterflies Grow Joanne Ryder, Lynne Cherry (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Flute's Journey: The Life of a Wood Thrush Lynne Cherry, Lynne Cherry (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.80 1 $13.80
Panda Kindergarten Joanne Ryder, Katherine Feng (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.30 1 $12.30
The Waterfall's Gift Richard Jesse Watson (Illustrator), Joanne Ryder • Barnes and Noble $6.79 1 $6.79
Earthdance Joanne Ryder, Norman Gorbaty (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
Little Panda: The World Welcomes Hua Mei at the San Diego Zoo Joanne Ryder, World-Famous San Diego Zoo Staff (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Pair of Polar Bears: Twin Cubs Find a Home at the San Diego Zoo Joanne Ryder, San Diego Zoo (Photographer), Staff of World-Famous San Diego Zoo (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $13.76 1 $13.76
Toad by the Road: A Year in the Life of These Amazing Amphibians Joanne Ryder, Maggie Kneen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.76 1 $13.76
Without Words Barbara Sonneborn, Joanne Ryder • Barnes and Noble $13.63 1 $13.63

Materials cost

$194.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $14.11

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$220.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.45

Total project goal

$269.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $269.16

5 Donors

-$269.16

Donations toward project cost

-$220.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.45

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