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Mrs. Rafalowitz from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Novel Study Books for 4th Grade

Help me give my students books to read for our novel study unit!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Rafalowitz's classroom raised $231

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our school is a public school in an urban and low-income community in Chicago.

Our amazing school has students from more than 60 countries.

Some have been here for a while; others just came to the States a few months ago. With this comes the challenge of providing reading material for students of all levels. With distractions all around us, we know how important sitting and focusing on a text is and how difficult that can be.

I would like to start off the year with a novel study, a common text we can read together that will help set a foundation for all the reading skills.

My Project

We would love to have a novel study for all of 4th grade, using the book, "Mr. Popper's Penguins."

This book is one that students can read and understand independently, adding an engaging and fun element to their reading!

It will set a good foundation for their learning by applying what we will be learning about all year with a real-life example: their own novel! By having their own novel, they are able to annotate and write in it, while highlighting key skills and forming their own ideas.

This is an engaging text that can be referenced as the year goes on as well.

Mrs. Rafalowitz Budlong Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than 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

25 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mr Poppers Penguin • AKJ Education $5.83 27 $157.41

Materials cost

$157.41

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$195.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$34.55

Total project goal

$230.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $230.32

2 Donors

-$230.32

Donations toward project cost

-$195.77

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.55

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