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Mr. Oliver from Saint George, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Oliver's classroom raised $841

Place Magic in the Hands of Every Student

Help me give my students amazing class sets of literature for my daily Read-Aloud, which include my favorite book, Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl.

Mr. Oliver Sunset Elementary School
Saint George, UT Grades 3-5

My Students

My students are highly motivated to learn. I'm impressed by their willingness to try their best each day at school, despite the challenges going on in the world (and for some, at home). I am lucky to be their teacher and recognize the privilege I have to help inspire them.

I see my students' abilities continue to grow, and my goal is to help them keep that momentum.

When given opportunities to shine, my students rise to the occasion. I look forward to going to work every day because they are heading in the right direction. I am a firm believer that our world will be in good hands with the rising generation because of the continual successes I see in my students.

My Project

One of my favorite times of each school day is reading to my students out loud. It gives all students a well-earned break after learning math concepts and/or language arts skills. During this read-aloud time, my students and I discuss themes of the book being read, and these discussions are educational, fun, and engaging. Some of these discussions touch on social-emotional learning as well. Students make predictions about upcoming events in the story, ask questions about unfamiliar vocabulary, and identify examples of figurative language. In addition to reading a good story, one of the great outcomes of this daily activity is that students learn skills from the language arts core curriculum. These specific learning outcomes are what students need in light of COVID-19.

The four books on my project list are titles that engage students and inspire them.

I am extremely mindful when choosing literature for my class read-aloud books. I read them with passion (because they are my favorites) and see this same enthusiasm in my students as we traverse each book from beginning to end. I have read each of these four titles (Danny the Champion of the World, Because of Winn-Dixie, Walk Two Moons, and Who Was Bruce Lee?) aloud for years, but my students merely listen as I read.

The focus of this project is to provide each student with books that they can use during our read-aloud sessions. This will further engagement in each book and help struggling, moderate, and advanced readers improve their fluency and comprehension skills. Once again, these learning outcomes are what students need in light of COVID-19. These books will only be used in the classroom. However, if my school transitioned to online learning, I would not hesitate to send a copy of our current read-aloud book home with each student.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

27 students impacted 1 donor
Mr. Oliver Sunset Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Saint George, UT View local requests

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

27 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Danny the Champion of the World • Amazon Business $7.69 27 $207.63
Because of Winn-Dixie • Amazon Business $7.00 27 $189.00
Who Was Bruce Lee? • Amazon Business $5.29 27 $142.83
Walk Two Moons (Trophy Newbery) • Amazon Business $4.99 27 $134.73

Materials cost

$674.19

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.11

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$714.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$126.05

Total project goal

$840.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $840.35

1 Donor

-$840.35

Donations toward project cost

-$714.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$126.05

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 $0.00

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