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Mrs. Brodie from Wetumpka AL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Read with Me: More than Make-Believe

Help me give my students a variety of read aloud books we can use to pair with nonfiction passages within our classroom.

  • $600 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Every year, I am blessed with a wonderful group of diverse students. We have a fantastic year full of teamwork, hands-on learning, and skill building. I say at the end of the year that it can't get any better than that one.

I want to be able to go above and beyond for these precious students.

Although our parents are wonderful supporters, they are unable to give more than the supplies and materials requested at the beginning of the year. Being a Title One school, we have some additional resources but could use all the extra help we can get. I would love to make their learning experiences bigger and better than imaginable when they walk through my door.

My Project

In our classroom, we study a wide variety of genres. I try to expose my children to nonfiction as much as possible, as this is an area that is more difficult but way more informative. However, finding quality and captivating text is often difficult to do.

We would love to have more books to read aloud, especially ones that have each been paired with a similar nonfiction text through an interactive read aloud set I have.

This allows us to connect aspects of the books to things in real life, expand our knowledge base even if we are lacking personal experiences, and to apply skills such as compare and contrast and text features as we read.

Mrs. Brodie
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wolf! • Amazon Business $17.86 1 $17.86
Otis and the Tornado • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Bear Has a Story to Tell • Amazon Business $16.14 1 $16.14
Nightsong • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
More Than Anything Else • Amazon Business $15.44 1 $15.44
The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot • Amazon Business $15.05 1 $15.05
Cobweb Christmas: The Tradition of Tinsel • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad • Amazon Business $14.47 1 $14.47
Goldilocks and Just One Bear • Amazon Business $14.43 1 $14.43
Amelia And Eleanor Go For A Ride • Amazon Business $13.23 1 $13.23
Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise • Amazon Business $12.45 1 $12.45
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
There Might Be Lobsters • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Elmer (Elmer Books) • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Me . . . Jane • Amazon Business $11.87 1 $11.87
The Three Little Javelinas (Reading Rainbow Book) • Amazon Business $11.16 1 $11.16
After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) • Amazon Business $10.84 1 $10.84
The Curious Garden • Amazon Business $10.43 1 $10.43
Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
That's What Leprechauns Do • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Polar Bear Son: An Inuit Tale • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Trees of the Dancing Goats (Aladdin Picture Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Swimmy • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Rough-Face Girl • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Anansi and the Magic Stick (Anansi the Trickster) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Jackalope • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Ruby's Wish • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Princess Hyacinth (The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Tacky and the Emperor (Tacky the Penguin) • Amazon Business $7.97 1 $7.97
The Little Polar Bear • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Turk and Runt: A Thanksgiving Comedy • Amazon Business $7.45 1 $7.45
The Bee Tree • Amazon Business $7.25 1 $7.25
Too Many Tamales • Amazon Business $7.16 1 $7.16
Crickwing • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00
The Raft • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Bone Soup • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Wild Christmas Reindeer • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Happy Lion • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Pumpkin Town! Or, Nothing Is Better and Worse Than Pumpkins • Amazon Business $6.56 1 $6.56
Snowflake Bentley • Amazon Business $6.51 1 $6.51

Materials cost

$437.20

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$35.63

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$509.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.89

Total project goal

$599.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$599.28

1 Donor

-$339.59

Donations toward project cost

-$339.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$199.76

Match offer toward project cost

-$169.80

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.96

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$59.93

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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