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Mrs. Upchurch from Frisco TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Readers Are Leaders!

Help me give my students new books for our classroom. I have chosen books that will help my students develop critical thinking skills as well as grow socially and emotionally.

  • $391 goal

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My Students

I love my first graders! I serve a wide range of student with different learning styles. They are eager to learn new things and encourage each other to be independent learners.

My amazing students not only challenge each other, but they also challenge me each day to think outside of the box to meet their needs.

Their desire and curiosity for the world around them is truly amazing. They are destined to be successful with the right encouragement and structure.

My Project

I have been teaching for thirteen years and our classroom library could use a little refresher. I have selected books that will engage the students in STEM activities. I also have chosen books that will help with the development of their social and emotional intelligence. I conduct a morning meeting each day and I will be using a lot of these books for our morning meetings. The stem books will be introduction into our STEM lesson.

I believe that a child's future can be discovered in the pages of a book and I would love to be able to provide new adventures for my students.

Mrs. Upchurch
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Once Upon a Time... Online: Happily Ever After Is Only a Click Away! • Amazon Business $18.87 1 $18.87
How to Code a Rollercoaster • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Neck & Neck • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
B is for Breathe: The ABCs of Coping with Fussy and Frustrating Feelings • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
How to Read a Book • Amazon Business $14.44 1 $14.44
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $13.84 1 $13.84
How to Code a Sandcastle • Amazon Business $13.66 1 $13.66
If I Built a House • Amazon Business $13.31 1 $13.31
I Am Perfectly Designed • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
A Normal Pig • Amazon Business $12.77 1 $12.77
If I Built a School • Amazon Business $12.75 1 $12.75
School People • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
A Boy Like You • Amazon Business $12.14 1 $12.14
Linus The Little Yellow Pencil • Amazon Business $11.72 1 $11.72
I Can't Do That, YET: Growth Mindset • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
The Gruffalo (Picture Books) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Alma and How She Got Her Name • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Stumpkin • Amazon Business $10.48 1 $10.48
Most Marshmallows • Amazon Business $10.28 1 $10.28
Snail Mail • Amazon Business $10.00 1 $10.00
Day at the Beach (Jeter Publishing) • Amazon Business $9.66 1 $9.66
Rude Cakes • Amazon Business $9.38 1 $9.38
If I Built a Car • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Marvelous Me: Inside and Out (All about Me) • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29

Materials cost

$297.42

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$331.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.57

Total project goal

$390.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$390.45

3 Donors

-$390.45

Donations toward project cost

-$331.88

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.57

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$0.00

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