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Mrs. Ferrara from Sandy, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading and Connecting: Teacher and Student

Help me give my students an opportunity to connect with them through some fantastic monthly read aloud picture books. There is also a fantastic collection of book series to hook some of my more reluctant readers.

  • $997 goal

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My Students

This is the first year I have taught third graders. I have learned they are very special souls! I am also coming to understand the needs that this generation, specifically students who have experienced the challenges of COVID, have.

These children are special because they have grit.

They love to be successful and they are learning how to be in the classroom full time again. Many of them have fallen behind academically and need to work hard every day to learn their grade level content. I admire some of their work ethic and their ability to identify where they are and set goals to improve. They have been through so much stress and change - they are resilient.

My Project

I chose to use this opportunity to start a themed monthly read-aloud with my students. The themed picture books will be read throughout the month combined with other books I currently have. The series that I added to my list are to help foster a love of reading for some of my more reluctant readers. These are popular series that they cannot get enough of and I do not personally have enough of in our classroom library.

I want the opportunity to laugh and connect with my students through interesting, beautiful picture books.

They seemed to have, on various levels, lost a love for reading. My hope is, they will connect with these chosen books and we will connect together as a class.

Mrs. Ferrara
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bone Collection: 10 Book Set: Includes All 9 Books, Plus the Prequel Rose. • Amazon Business $111.99 1 $111.99
Who Would Win Complete Collection | 25 Books | Book Series Kids • Amazon Business $98.80 1 $98.80
A to Z Mystereis Series 26 Books Set The Complete Collection Dink Josh Ruth Rose. • Amazon Business $58.86 1 $58.86
The Classic Goosebumps Series 20 Books Collection Set By R. L. Stine • Amazon Business $57.99 1 $57.99
EllRay Jakes Series • Amazon Business $52.99 1 $52.99
Thankful • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Fall Walk (Seasonal Walks) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Summer Walk (Seasonal Walks) • Amazon Business $16.97 1 $16.97
Blizzard • Amazon Business $16.39 1 $16.39
One Green Apple • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Little White Rabbit • Amazon Business $15.91 1 $15.91
Little Pear Tree • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Because of an Acorn: (Nature Autumn Books for Children, Picture Books about Acorn Trees) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Golden Glow • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
This Is Not My Hat • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Sometimes Rain • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? (Mr. Tiffin's Classroom Series) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Love Letter • Amazon Business $12.86 1 $12.86
Babushka: A Christmas Tale • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade (Bank Street College of Education Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (Awards)) • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
The Wall in the Middle of the Book • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Wolf in the Snow • Amazon Business $10.29 1 $10.29
Love Is: (Illustrated Story Book about Caring for Others, Book About Love for Parents and Children, Rhyming Picture Book) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Ox-Cart Man • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Gardener • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
The Little Fir Tree • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Bear Hugs: Romantically Ridiculous Animal Rhymes • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Insect Detective: Read and Wonder • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
An Egg Is Quiet: (Picture Book, Kids Book about Eggs) (Family Treasure Nature Encylopedias) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Roller Coaster • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Over and Under the Snow • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Flora's Very Windy Day • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Fiona's Luck • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale • Amazon Business $7.79 1 $7.79
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything • Amazon Business $7.18 1 $7.18
Jamie O'Rourke and the Pooka • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
That's What Leprechauns Do • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter's Wonder (Weather Books for Kids, Winter Children's Books, Science Kids Books) • Amazon Business $6.70 1 $6.70
A Seed Is Sleepy: (Nature Books for Kids, Environmental Science for Kids) (Family Treasure Nature Encylopedias) • Amazon Business $6.59 1 $6.59
Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch (paperback) • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
Scarecrow • Amazon Business $5.69 1 $5.69
Orange Pear Apple Bear (Classic Board Books) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$804.56

Vendor shipping charges

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Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$846.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.41

Total project goal

$996.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $996.04

1 Donor

-$996.04

Donations toward project cost

-$846.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$149.41

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