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Ms. Hammer from Tucson, AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Readers Are Better Learners

Help me give my students the opportunity to build their literacy skills through various types of high interest nonfiction and fiction books.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Hammer's classroom raised $600

This project is fully funded

My Project

Over the past few years, as teachers, we have noticed that our students reading abilities and skills have decreased. By using high interest non-fiction books, and narrative non-fiction and fiction books help to build vocabulary and the ability to ask deeper questions for learning

As students have the opportunity to read each and every day in the classroom, they become stronger readers and better learners!

They build vocabulary and become engaged in the process of learning, especially in the areas of science and social studies. This variety will give students the option to explore many topics.

Ms. Hammer Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Tucson, AZ View local requests 30 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
NEW SET! The Bad Guys Series 7 Books Set: Book 6 - 12 • Amazon Business $39.50 1 $39.50
Creature Features: Twenty-Five Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do • Amazon Business $16.19 2 $32.38
SCS Direct, Tall Tales Story Telling Board Game - The Educational Family Game of Infinite Storytelling - 5 Ways to Play - Promotes Creativity and Language Skills • Amazon Business $29.69 1 $29.69
The Storymatic Kids – Writing Prompts for Young Writers – Storytelling Games – Teacher Tool • Amazon Business $27.67 1 $27.67
The Storymatic Classic – Creative Writing Prompts and Story Games – Storyteller Cards – Teacher Tool • Amazon Business $27.67 1 $27.67
The City of Ember Complete Boxed Set (The City of Ember; The People of Sparks; The Diamond of Darkhold; The Prophet of Yonwood) • Amazon Business $20.99 1 $20.99
What Makes a Monster?: Discovering the World's Scariest Creatures (The World of Weird Animals) • Amazon Business $15.79 1 $15.79
Big as a Giant Snail (The World of Weird Animals) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist (Women in Science Books, Marine Biology for Kids, Shark Gifts) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring: The Accidental Invention of the Toy That Swept the Nation • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Just Like Rube Goldberg: The Incredible True Story of the Man Behind the Machines • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Awesome Robotics Projects for Kids: 20 Original STEAM Robots and Circuits to Design and Build (Awesome STEAM Activities for Kids) • Amazon Business $12.18 1 $12.18
Science Comics: Cats: Nature and Nurture • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Tani's New Home: A Refugee Finds Hope and Kindness in America • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Apostrophe Games Blank Playing Cards – 180pcs Blank Playing Cards to Write On – Custom Card Deck with Luxurious Matte Finish – Fun and Cool Playing Cards for Kids and Adults • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin (Amazing Scientists) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Stink Fights, Earwax, and Other Marvelous Mammal Adaptations (Picture Book Science) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Spit Nests, Puke Power, and Other Brilliant Bird Adaptations (Picture Book Science) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Human Computer: Mary Jackson, Engineer (Picture Book Biography) • Amazon Business $9.93 1 $9.93
Be You! • Amazon Business $9.71 1 $9.71
Animal Adaptations (My Science Library) • Amazon Business $8.86 1 $8.86
New Kid • Amazon Business $8.64 1 $8.64
Rain Forest Animal Adaptations (Amazing Animal Adaptations) • Amazon Business $8.10 1 $8.10
Ocean Animal Adaptations (Amazing Animal Adaptations) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Feathers: Not Just for Flying • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Desert Animal Adaptations (Amazing Animal Adaptations) • Amazon Business $7.79 1 $7.79
Polar Animal Adaptations (Amazing Animal Adaptations) • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $7.32 1 $7.32
Animal Adaptations: How We Live in Our Habitat • Amazon Business $7.31 1 $7.31
Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
National Geographic Readers: Weird Sea Creatures • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$441.10

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$31.54

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$509.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.87

Total project goal

$599.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$599.13

1 Donor

-$599.13

Donations toward project cost

-$509.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$89.87

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$0.00

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