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

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Oh.. To Get Lost in a Book!

My students need an All-Purpose Mobile Teaching Easel, a Classroom Display Bookstand and book boxes.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Crews's classroom raised $613

This project is fully funded

My Students

Do you remember the last time you read a book that you refused to put down until you finished? Do you remember where you were when reading that book? My guess is that you were not sitting in a cold straight chair at your desk. Unfortunately, that is where my students spend their school days reading!

Our school has a great learning environment that includes students from our neighborhood, students with special needs, and students who have been assessed as gifted or talented.

My first grade students are those who have been identified as gifted and as a result receive a rich and accelerated learning experience. These students hunger for the opportunities to get lost in a book and let their imaginations lead their way.

My Project

In order to make our classroom library more inviting, I am requesting classroom library book bins to help organize our classroom books. In order to know what books we have, students need to be provided with a hassle-free system. I am also requesting a mobile teaching cart. You may think this will not help students "get lost in their book", but this will be a place where students will be able to write down their imaginations and ideas while they are on the different adventures they take when reading a book. Finally, what else is a better way to show the most popular book(s) of the week or of the season then by having a book display holder. My goal is that these items will continue to encourage students to take that extra time of out their day to "get lost in a book".

By donating to this project, you will help foster a learning environment that invites students to develop a love for reading.

I believe Dr. Seuss said it best when he said, "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go." — Dr. Seuss, "I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!"

Mrs. Crews Coonley Elementary School Grades PreK-2 Chicago, IL View local requests 28 students impacted 22donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
FF712 - Classroom Display Bookstand • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
LM520 - All-Purpose Mobile Teaching Easel - Elementary • Lakeshore Learning $329.00 1 $329.00
GG963X - Help-Yourself Book Boxes - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 3 $119.85

Materials cost

$478.80

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$520.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.94

Total project goal

$612.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$612.92

14 Donors

-$612.92

Donations toward project cost

-$520.98

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$91.94

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$0.00

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