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Mr. Steiger from Medford, OR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Promote Literacy

My students need non-fiction reading that captivates them and makes them want to flip their pages.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Steiger's classroom raised $506

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My students are the future, a very bright future. They are an amazing group of little people who come to school everyday ready to learn. Many of them have huge obstacles in their lives, but they do not use that as an excuse. They are the most motivated and eager group of nine and ten year olds you will ever meet.

My fourth grade class is made up of thirty-two, incredible students, many of them coming from Spanish speaking households or receiving free or reduced price lunch.

I work at a Title One school. This is a huge testament of the level of poverty the students live under. The achievement gap is not a myth; it is alive. My goal is to fight side-by-side with my students to overcome the barriers they may face!

My Project

Reading should be an activity that brings a smile to a child’s face. When I was in a class that had a plethora of books on animals, what I noticed was an intrinsically motivated group of kids. They wanted to read for pure pleasure. I have noticed that classes that do not have lots of reading options and certain children don’t seem to love the process. If a student can decode words, read for comprehension and summarize what they have read, but do not like to read, then in my opinion, the student has been short-changed.

Non-fiction is the hardest thing for my students.

I am writing this grant in hopes of not only teaching kids to comprehend non-fiction, but to get them to love reading about real things in their world. One hundred percent of this grant will go towards getting non-fiction books.

Mr. Steiger Roosevelt Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Who Was Abraham Lincoln? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Betsy Ross? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Were the Wright Brothers? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Rosa Parks? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Ulysses S. Grant? • Amazon Business $5.51 1 $5.51
Who Is Malala Yousafzai? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.40 1 $5.40
Who Was Anne Frank? • Amazon Business $5.39 1 $5.39
What Was D-Day? • Amazon Business $5.31 1 $5.31
What Was the First Thanksgiving? • Amazon Business $5.03 1 $5.03
What Was the Great Depression? • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00
National Geographic Readers: Plants (Level 1 Co-reader) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
National Geographic Readers: Vikings (L2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Paul Revere? • Amazon Business $4.95 1 $4.95
Who Is Jane Goodall? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.89 1 $4.89
Who Was George Washington? • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
What Was the Battle of Gettysburg? • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
Who Was Albert Einstein? • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
Who Was Ben Franklin? • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
Who Was Sacagawea? • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? • Amazon Business $4.40 1 $4.40
Who Was Neil Armstrong? • Amazon Business $4.40 1 $4.40
Who Was Sitting Bull? • Amazon Business $4.34 1 $4.34
What Was Pearl Harbor? • Amazon Business $4.28 1 $4.28
Who Was John F. Kennedy? • Amazon Business $4.28 1 $4.28
Who Was Robert E. Lee? • Amazon Business $4.22 1 $4.22
Who Was Christopher Columbus? • Amazon Business $4.22 1 $4.22
Who Was Thomas Jefferson? • Amazon Business $4.12 1 $4.12
Who Was Harriet Tubman? • Amazon Business $4.11 1 $4.11
Who Was Theodore Roosevelt? • Amazon Business $4.05 1 $4.05
National Geographic Readers: Mars • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Water • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Water • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Monkeys • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Bears • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Saving Animal Babies • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Prehistoric Mammals • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Cleopatra (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Ellis Island • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Wildfires • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Cats vs. Dogs • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Owls • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Wild Cats (Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Abraham Lincoln (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Alexander Graham Bell (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Amelia Earhart (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Anne Frank (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Sacagawea (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Helen Keller (Level 2) (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Frederick Douglass (Level 2) (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Nelson Mandela (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: George Washington Carver (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Albert Einstein (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Pyramids (Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Night Sky • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Volcanoes! (National Geographic Readers) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Weather • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Seed to Plant • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Bees • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Coral Reefs • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Great Migrations Whales • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Time For Kids: Henry Ford (Time For Kids Biographies) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: George Washington Carver (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Amelia Earhart (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Anne Frank (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Albert Einstein (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Alligators and Crocodiles • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Volcanoes! (National Geographic Readers) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Giraffes • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Koalas • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Alligators and Crocodiles • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Bears • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Skyscrapers (Level 3) • Amazon Business $3.83 1 $3.83
National Geographic Readers: Storms! • Amazon Business $3.74 1 $3.74
National Geographic Readers: Storms! • Amazon Business $3.74 1 $3.74
National Geographic Readers: Wolves • Amazon Business $3.74 1 $3.74
National Geographic Readers: Deadly Predators • Amazon Business $3.74 1 $3.74
Time For Kids: Jesse Owens: Running into History (Time For Kids Biographies) • Amazon Business $3.71 1 $3.71
National Geographic Readers: Deadliest Animals • Amazon Business $3.69 1 $3.69
National Geographic Readers: Level 2 - Pandas • Amazon Business $3.68 1 $3.68
National Geographic Readers: Dolphins • Amazon Business $3.65 1 $3.65
National Geographic Readers: Rosa Parks (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Robots • Amazon Business $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Thomas Edison (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.49 1 $3.49
National Geographic Readers: George Washington (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.39 1 $3.39
National Geographic Readers: Polar Bears • Amazon Business $3.39 1 $3.39
National Geographic Readers: Tigers • Amazon Business $3.39 1 $3.39
National Geographic Readers: Spiders • Amazon Business $3.19 1 $3.19
National Geographic Readers: Cheetahs • Amazon Business $3.19 1 $3.19
National Geographic Readers: Sharks! (Science Reader Level 2) • Amazon Business $3.19 1 $3.19
National Geographic Readers: Barack Obama (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.19 1 $3.19
National Geographic Readers: Weird Sea Creatures • Amazon Business $2.94 1 $2.94
Time For Kids: Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield (Time For Kids Biographies) • Amazon Business $2.94 1 $2.94
National Geographic Kids Readers: Mummies • Amazon Business $2.94 1 $2.94
National Geographic Readers: Titanic • Amazon Business $2.89 1 $2.89
National Geographic Readers: Rocks and Minerals • Amazon Business $2.81 1 $2.81
National Geographic Readers: Planets • Amazon Business $2.48 1 $2.48

Materials cost

$393.49

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$429.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.77

Total project goal

$505.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $505.16

5 Donors

-$252.57

Donations toward project cost

-$214.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.88

match offer

-$252.59

Match offer toward project cost

-$214.70

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.89

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