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Mrs. Laverriere from Saco, ME is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Our 5th Grade Class Loves to Read!

Help me give my students some of their most desired upper elementary novels.

  • $173 goal

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My Project

My vision is to give my classroom library a little update. I've analyzed my current selection, noted holes in genres and categories, and made it a goal of mine to acquire more high-interest, relevant books for my students. I plan to purchase some new books, with the goal in mind of exhausting all options to help all of my students become motivated readers. I believe that purchasing books that are a better fit for my current population of students will help me with this process, and help motivate my readers.

Reading is so important.

Donalyn Miller says, “I hear many teachers say that they cannot set aside time for students to read because they have so much content to cover, but to what end? Because reading has more impact on students' achievement than any other activity in school, setting aside time for reading must be the first activity we teachers write on our lesson plans, not the last. It is said that we make time for what we value, and if we value reading, we must make time for it” (The Book Whisperer, 2009, p. 52).

We, as teachers, have the opportunity to create lifelong, motivated readers, and I am going to give it my best this year to provide high-interest, quality books that my students can take steps toward becoming readers.

Mrs. Laverriere C.K. Burns Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Saco, ME View local requests 21 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Baby-sitters Club Graphic Novels #1-7: A Graphix Collection: Full-Color Edition (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix) • Amazon Business $40.19 1 $40.19
Jessi's Secret Language: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-sitters Club #12) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-sitters Club #13) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix) • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Claudia and the New Girl: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-sitters Club #9) (9) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix) • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-sitters Club #11) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix) • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29
Kristy and the Snobs: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-sitters Club #10) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix) • Amazon Business $8.64 1 $8.64
The Lucky Baseball Bat • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Kid Who Only Hit Homers • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Logan Likes Mary Anne!: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-sitters Club #8) (8) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix) • Amazon Business $6.47 1 $6.47

Materials cost

$109.33

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $5.47

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$146.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.84

Total project goal

$172.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $172.28

2 Donors

-$98.63

Donations toward project cost

-$83.84

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.79

match offer

-$73.65

Match offer toward project cost

-$62.60

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.05

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 $0.00

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