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Ms. Roche from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Nonfiction Reading Projects, Part 2

My students need a varied collection of more than 40 high-interest nonfiction books to support our informational reading and writing units.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Roche's classroom raised $571

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My Students

My class is about to embark on a series of informational reading and writing units.

I work in an urban, high-poverty school in California.

My students are enrolled as fifth graders in a highly gifted magnet school. They are avid readers and my current selection of nonfiction books will not sustain them for the year. My students have given me a list of titles and topics they would like to learn more about this year.

My Project

When I asked my students what topics they would like to learn more about in their informational reading and writing units, they did not hesitate to give me an exhaustive list. We are currently studying early European explorers and Early American Colonies. Many of the books on the list are related to that topic. We are also preparing a Revolutionary War Unit in Social Studies. I did add one PBS documentary about the Revolutionary War so that I could also include digital texts into our curriculum. My students need a varied collection of more than 45 high-interest nonfiction books to support our informational reading and writing units.

These books will have a great impact on my students.

They will definitely make use of the resources as they are avid readers and enjoy learning about social studies in particular.

Ms. Roche Multnomah Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Liberty! The American Revolution • Amazon $26.06 1 $26.06
Roanoke: The Lost Colony--An Unsolved Mystery from History • Amazon $12.78 2 $25.56
Land Ho! Fifty Glorious Years in the Age of Exploration • Amazon $24.98 1 $24.98
Adventures of Marco Polo • Amazon $15.00 1 $15.00
DK Eyewitness Books: Explorer • Amazon $14.52 1 $14.52
Phillis's Big Test • Amazon $14.40 1 $14.40
The Gold Rush (Life in the Old West) • Amazon $7.16 2 $14.32
Sacagawea (Carter G Woodson Award Book (Awards)) • Amazon $13.22 1 $13.22
DK Eyewitness Books: Ancient China • Amazon $12.98 1 $12.98
The Civil War for Kids: A History with 21 Activities (For Kids series) • Amazon $12.96 1 $12.96
George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War • Amazon $6.36 2 $12.72
The Virginia Colony (True Books) • Amazon $6.26 2 $12.52
Pirate (DK Eyewitness Books) • Amazon $12.18 1 $12.18
Aztec, Inca & Maya (DK Eyewitness Books) • Amazon $12.18 1 $12.18
The Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson (Scholastic Biography) • Amazon $5.71 2 $11.42
Sybil's Night Ride • Amazon $9.86 1 $9.86
Black Women of the Old West • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
Explorers Who Got Lost • Amazon $8.09 1 $8.09
Colonial Women (Colonial People) • Amazon $8.06 1 $8.06
Lewis and Clark: Explorers of the American West • Amazon $6.78 1 $6.78
A Picture Book of Sojourner Truth (Picture Book Biography) • Amazon $6.78 1 $6.78
The New Americans: Colonial Times: 1620-1689 (The American Story) • Amazon $6.78 1 $6.78
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Abigail Adams • Amazon $6.26 1 $6.26
The Spanish Missions of California (True Books: American History) • Amazon $6.26 1 $6.26
The Massachusetts Colony (True Books) • Amazon $6.26 1 $6.26
The New Jersey Colony (True Books) • Amazon $6.26 1 $6.26
The Georgia Colony (True Books: American History) • Amazon $6.26 1 $6.26
The Revolutionary War (True Books: American History) • Amazon $6.26 1 $6.26
Colonial Life (True Books: American History) • Amazon $6.26 1 $6.26
The New York Colony (True Books) • Amazon $6.26 1 $6.26
Explorers of North America (True Books: American History) • Amazon $6.25 1 $6.25
The Underground Railroad: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose Books) • Amazon $6.25 1 $6.25
Dear Benjamin Banneker • Amazon $6.19 1 $6.19
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? (Paperstar) • Amazon $6.18 1 $6.18
Weather • Amazon $6.18 1 $6.18
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (Fact Finders: American Colonies) • Amazon $6.08 1 $6.08
The New York Colony (Fact Finders) • Amazon $6.08 1 $6.08
Sybil Ludington's Midnight Ride (On My Own History) • Amazon $5.56 1 $5.56
A Voice of Her Own: Candlewick Biographies: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
The Plymouth Colony (We the People (Compass Point Books Hardcover)) • Amazon $4.00 1 $4.00
Children of the Wild West • Amazon $3.98 1 $3.98
Easy Origami (Dover Origami Papercraft) • Amazon $3.56 1 $3.56

Materials cost

$411.53

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $37.65

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$485.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.65

Total project goal

$571.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $571.00

1 Donor

-$503.00

Donations toward project cost

-$427.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$75.45

match offer

-$68.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$57.80

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.20

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