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

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Read Alouds

Help me give my students read aloud books to engage and spark their learning.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Cote's classroom raised $605

This project is fully funded

My Project

There is absolutely no better way to engage students than with fun, informational read alouds. Learning can be brought to life with a great read aloud.

These books will offer a variety of topics and levels that I will be able to read with and to my students to engage, learn, and enjoy!

The topics and levels allow for a variety of entry points for students to connect with. I want these books to spark enjoyment and a love of learning.

My students love talking about new things and expanding their knowledge. These books will foster that growth of knowledge and love for learning and reading.

Mrs. Cote Cumberland Oxford Canal School Grades 3-5

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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

200 students impacted 10donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Decodable Readers: 15 Short Vowel Phonics Decodable Books for Beginning Readers Ages 4-7 Developing Decoders (Set 2) • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Decodable Readers: 15 Long Vowels with Final Silent E Phonics Books for Beginning Readers Ages 4-7 Developing Decoders (Set 7) • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Decodable Readers: 15 Digraphs and Short Vowel Review Phonics Books for Beginning Readers Ages 4-7 Developing Decoders (Set 4) • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Good Things - social emotional learning, grief, love & loss (hardcover picture book, ages 4-8) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $22.00 1 $22.00
Cape - social emotional learning, grief, love & loss (hardcover picture book, ages 4-8) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $22.00 1 $22.00
Big - Caldecott Medal Winner & Coretta Scott King Honor Title (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
The Year We Learned to Fly (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Built to Last (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Bowwow Powwow (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Mother of Sharks (hardcover STEM picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
The Day You Begin (hardcover picture book) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Ohana Means Family (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
I Believe I Can (hardcover picture book, ages 4-8) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
More Than Peach: Bellen Woodard Original Picture Book (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Islandborn (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Stacey's Remarkable Books (hardcover picture book from The Stacey Stories) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
My Favorite Dog Stories: Learning to Read Box Set: A Box of 5 Favorite Dog Books for Beginning Readers (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $15.81 1 $15.81
Who Was...? - Who Is LeBron James? - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.10 3 $15.30
If You Give a Dog a Donut • Amazon Business $14.41 1 $14.41
The ABCs of Black History (hardcover) - picture books for classroom library • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $14.00 1 $14.00
The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Living or Nonliving? (Life Science) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Charge into Reading Decodable Books (Stage 8): 3 Diphthong Decodable Readers to Help First and Second Grade Beginning Readers Learn to Read (OI, OW, and AW Sounds) • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79

Materials cost

$454.40

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $22.72

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$513.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.70

Total project goal

$604.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $604.64

8 Donors

-$576.69

Donations toward project cost

-$492.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$84.00

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.95

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