You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Menu
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Mrs. D. from Mandeville LA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Reading A Variety Of Genres

The cost of the books is $1592, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

  • $1,592 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

It is so important for children to read a variety of genres and to see how each genre is written with unique characteristics and for a particular audience. I teach at a wonderful school which encourages differentiated instruction and I would like for my third grade students to have an opportunity to read biographies, realistic fiction, poetry, fables, and non-ficton and to build an understanding of why each story fits into a specific genre. I teach an inclusion class of third grade students who are reading on a variety of levels. Our textbook includes many of the different genres, but I would like for the children to take the knowledge they gain from the textbook stories and with their reading group they could choose another book with the same genre, to read and discuss. I have 20 students in my classroom, but the other six third grade classes would also benefit from sets of books in a variety of genres and reading levels. Our school is just across the lake from New Orleans and many of my students have been affected by Hurricane Katrina in one way or another. I want them to experience reading as a way to use their imaginations and dream.

Mrs. D.
Grades 3-5

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. D. is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Extra Innings: Baseball Poems Scott Medlock (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.30 1 $15.30
The Day It Snowed Tortillas/ El dia que nevaron tortillas Joe Hayes, Antonio Castro L. (Illustrator), Joe Hayes (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
Recycle!: A Handbook for Kids Gail Gibbons, Gail Gibbons (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 6 $43.14
Wild Babies Seymour Simon • Barnes and Noble $7.19 6 $43.14
Bein' with You This Way W. Nikola-Lisa, Lisa W. Nikola, Michael Bryant (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 6 $42.90
Come Back, Salmon: How a Group of Dedicated Kids Adopted Pigeon Creek and Brought It Back to Life, Vol. 0 Molly Cone, Sidnee Wheelwright (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 6 $42.90
How Big Were the Dinosaurs? Bernard Most • Barnes and Noble $6.30 6 $37.80
Matthew and Tilly Rebecca C. Jones, Beth Peck (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 6 $37.74
Appelemando's Dreams Patricia Polacco, Patricia Polacco (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 6 $37.74
Dinosaur Dream Dennis Nolan, Dennis Nolan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 6 $37.74
Julius, the Baby of the World Kevin Henkes, Kevin Henkes (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 6 $37.74
I Have a Sister--My Sister Is Deaf Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson, Deborah Kogan Ray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 6 $37.74
Why the Sky Is Far Away: A Nigerian Folktale As Told by Mary-Joan Gerson, Carla Golembe, Carla Golembe (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 6 $37.74
Akiak Robert J. Blake • Barnes and Noble $6.29 6 $37.74
Tomas and the Library Lady Pat Mora, Raul Colon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 6 $37.74
Back Home Gloria Jean Jean Pinkney, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 6 $37.74
Lost Lake Allen Say, Allen Say (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 6 $37.50
Weather Words and What They Mean Gail Gibbons, Gail Gibbons (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 6 $37.50
Penguins! Gail Gibbons, Gail Gibbons (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 6 $37.50
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman Kathleen Krull, David Diaz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.40 6 $32.40
The First Dog Jan Brett, Jan Brett (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.40 6 $32.40
Look to the North: A Wolf Pup Diary Jean Craighead George, Lucia Washburn (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 6 $32.34
Ruby the Copycat Peggy Rathmann, Peggy Rathman • Barnes and Noble $5.39 6 $32.34
Because You're Lucky Irene Smalls, Michael Hays (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 6 $32.34
Dear Rebecca, Winter Is Here Jean Craighead George, Loretta Krupinski (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 6 $32.34
Author: A True Story Helen Lester, Helen Lester (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 6 $32.10
What's It Like to Be a Fish? Wendy Pfeffer, Holly Keller (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 6 $26.94
Snakes Are Hunters Patricia Lauber, Holly Keller (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 6 $26.94
Dog That Stole Football Plays Matt Christopher, Bill Ogden (Illustrator), Daniel Vasconcellos (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 6 $26.94
Hey, New Kid! Betsy Duffey, Ellen Thompson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 6 $26.94
Julian, Dream Doctor Ann Cameron, Ann Strugnell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 6 $26.94
The Legend of the Hummingbird: A Tale from Puerto Rico Retold by Michael Rose Ramirez, Margaret Sanfilippo (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.45 6 $26.70
The Treasure Hunt (Little Bill Series), Vol. 3 Bill Cosby, Varnette P. Honeywood (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 6 $21.54
A Dog Named Sam Janice Boland, G. Brian Karas (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 6 $21.54
Here Comes the Strikeout: (I Can Read Book Series: Level 2) Leonard Kessler, Leonard Kessler (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 6 $21.54

Materials cost

$1,141.27

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$1,304.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$286.43

Total project goal

$1,591.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,591.26

1 Donor

-$1,565.80

Donations toward project cost

-$1,305.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$260.80

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$25.66

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Support your local school!

Donate directly to any school in the US. Your donation will go towards directly purchasing urgent supplies.

Find a local school

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mrs. D. and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"Mandeville","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[29903],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"LA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":2,"name":"Elementary School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":36465,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":false,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/reading-a-variety-of-genres/36465/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":140,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. D.","isEquityFocus":false,"authorIds":{"29903":{"owner":"Mrs. D.","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[36465],"proposalHash":"-1263925479","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-2_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":22,"teacherChallengeId":81691,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":29903,"schoolCounty":"St Tammany","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"LA","name":"Louisiana"}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.