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Mrs. Small from Livermore CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Plants Need Water, Readers Need Books!

Help me give my students new books for our class library and a comfortable rug to read them on!

  • $352 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

Every single day, my students come to school eager and ready to learn. Every day, my students are excited to open their books, journals, and minds and enter the beautiful world of exploration.

My students are constantly expanding and discovering their interests when it comes to learning.

As second graders, they are beginning to discover who they are, what they love, and what they might not like.

Each of my students loves learning, though they all learn in different ways. We incorporate a variety of learning styles, seating options, and kinesthetics to meet everyone's needs.

My Project

A classroom library is one of the most important parts of a classroom. I believe this is especially true for primary grades as the students are constantly developing interests and still learning to read, but also reading to learn! The library should be fun, bright, and full of possibilities. Unfortunately, as a new 2nd grade teacher, my class library is still quite small.

Reading is a gift of imagination, wisdom, and escape.

Books take the reader out of the real world and into a world of imagination, mystery, and knowledge. My students are constantly growing, and what better way to help them discover new interests than through BOOKS!

My students will be able to use these books as part of our daily routine. They will begin each morning by choosing a book to take them to a new world.

With a library expansion, my students will be able to travel to new worlds that they never could have imagined!

Mrs. Small
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
My Weird School 21-Book Box Set • Amazon Business $52.99 1 $52.99
Amulet #1-7 Box Set • Amazon Business $48.61 1 $48.61
Unique Loom Sofia Collection Traditional Vintage Gray Area Rug (5' x 8') • Amazon Business $45.87 1 $45.87
Amelia Bedelia Chapter Book 10-Book Box Set • Amazon Business $27.60 1 $27.60
The Bad Guys Box Set: Books 1-5 • Amazon Business $20.42 1 $20.42
Stink: The Super-Incredible Collection: Books 1-3 • Amazon Business $13.10 1 $13.10
Henry and Mudge Ready-to-Read Value Pack: Henry and Mudge; Henry and Mudge and Annie's Good Move; Henry and Mudge in the Green Time; Henry and Mudge ... and Mudge and the Happy Cat (Henry & Mudge) • Amazon Business $11.17 1 $11.17
Fly Guy Phonics Boxed Set • Amazon Business $9.09 1 $9.09
Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #5) • Amazon Business $6.10 1 $6.10
Hi! Fly Guy • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Fly Guy Presents: Sharks (Scholastic Reader, Level 2) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$242.93

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$22.23

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$298.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.73

Total project goal

$351.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$351.53

2 Donors

-$321.30

Donations toward project cost

-$298.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$30.23

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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