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Mrs. Johnson from Fishers IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Read Aloud Books to Create a Love of Reading

My students need read aloud books for modeling fluent, expressive reading to help them develop a lifelong love of reading.

  • $685 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

It is so important to introduce the right books that hold students attention, allow them to think critically about what is happening throughout the story, and keep them always wanting to read more.

My students are working on building foundational reading skills that will allow them to enjoy a lifetime love of reading.

Most of my friends would say their favorite part of the school day is when I read aloud to them and this fact is so exciting! Because of our grade level daily read aloud challenge, my students' love of reading has grown so much in just the few short months that I've had them. I am determined to keep that love growing!

My Project

The fulfillment of this grant will put many different kinds of picture books and chapter books in my students' hands and in the hands of students in other classrooms. These students love to share good books with their friends in other classrooms. Students will have access to new, popular books that I do not have in our classroom library. Many of these books cannot be found in our school library either.

These read aloud books will allow me to provide foundational reading skills, introduce new vocabulary, and will help me model what fluent, expressive reading looks like.

It is evident that that reading is essential for a child's success. These books will help me, and other teachers in our school, continue to grow our students' love of learning and reading.

Mrs. Johnson
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
When a Dragon Moves In Again • Amazon Business $17.56 1 $17.56
The Most Magnificent Thing • Amazon Business $15.26 1 $15.26
Robo-Sauce • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors • Amazon Business $14.68 1 $14.68
Creepy Pair of Underwear! • Amazon Business $14.32 1 $14.32
The Bad Seed • Amazon Business $14.32 1 $14.32
This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World • Amazon Business $14.32 1 $14.32
Life on Mars • Amazon Business $14.31 1 $14.31
We're All Wonders • Amazon Business $14.24 1 $14.24
Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm • Amazon Business $14.19 1 $14.19
It Came in the Mail • Amazon Business $13.98 1 $13.98
Whoever You Are • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Dear Dragon: A Pen Pal Tale • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Nothing Rhymes with Orange • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
I Wish You More • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
The Case of the Stinky Stench (Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast) • Amazon Business $13.37 1 $13.37
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $13.36 1 $13.36
Are We There Yet? • Amazon Business $13.23 1 $13.23
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole (Irma S and James H Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature (Awards)) • Amazon Business $13.21 1 $13.21
Chopsticks (Place Setting Picture Book) • Amazon Business $13.01 1 $13.01
This Is Not My Hat • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Penguin Problems • Amazon Business $12.78 1 $12.78
After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) • Amazon Business $12.75 1 $12.75
Triangle (Shape Trilogy) • Amazon Business $12.71 1 $12.71
Sam, the Most Scaredy-cat Kid in the Whole World: A Leonardo, the Terrible Monster Companion • Amazon Business $12.36 1 $12.36
A Horse Named Steve • Amazon Business $11.86 1 $11.86
Leonardo, the Terrible Monster • Amazon Business $11.50 1 $11.50
Escargot • Amazon Business $11.48 1 $11.48
Hilo Book 2: Saving the Whole Wide World • Amazon Business $11.19 1 $11.19
A Squiggly Story • Amazon Business $10.93 1 $10.93
Same, Same But Different • Amazon Business $10.88 1 $10.88
Wishtree • Amazon Business $10.46 1 $10.46
Hilo Book 1: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
North, South, East, West • Amazon Business $9.44 1 $9.44
I Will Not Eat You • Amazon Business $9.44 1 $9.44
Big Bad Bubble • Amazon Business $9.40 1 $9.40
Sidekicks • Amazon Business $9.09 1 $9.09
Noisy Night • Amazon Business $8.92 1 $8.92
Ralph Tells a Story • Amazon Business $8.78 1 $8.78
Dog Man Unleashed: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #2) • Amazon Business $8.48 1 $8.48
Dog Man: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #1) • Amazon Business $8.48 1 $8.48
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 1 • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00
Dory Fantasmagory • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
Dory Fantasmagory: The Real True Friend • Amazon Business $6.36 1 $6.36
The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys #1) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Dory Fantasmagory: Dory Dory Black Sheep • Amazon Business $5.44 1 $5.44
The Bad Guys in Mission Unpluckable (The Bad Guys #2) • Amazon Business $5.08 1 $5.08

Materials cost

$543.34

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$581.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$102.62

Total project goal

$684.11

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$684.11

21 Donors

-$651.28

Donations toward project cost

-$581.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.79

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$32.83

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$0.00

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