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Ms. Feenstra from Portland ME is requesting Books through DonorsChoose, the #1 classroom funding site for teachers.

Reading Is the Best!

Help me give my students authentic books to take home and read to their families after small group instruction at school!

  • 8 donors
  • $714 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students come from many backgrounds. Many are from other countries, finding their way to assimilate to a new culture and environment. Our class has students who are just learning to read and write, and students who are reading many levels above the norm. We have fun learning in an environment of understanding and discovery, at home or in school.

This project is to give us books that can be sent home to guide our learning to read process!!

My Project

This project is for Grade 1 Guided Reading books that the students will read at school during small group instruction and then they will be able to take these books home to read to their families.

This project consists of book sets that will be used to instruct and discuss daily.

Small group instruction is the time when I am able to target the instruction to the students' needs and these books will play a powerful role.

Due to the various backgrounds of our student body, we are in need of materials and tools to narrow the experiential gap of our students, especially those tools which strengthen language development. Our school is an important part of our local community and strengthening our community connection is a priority.

Ms. Feenstra
Grades PreK-2
More than half of students from low‑income households

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8 donors8 donors have given to this project.

This project will reach 20 students.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Guided Reading Collection: Grade 1 Best Sellers (20 books) • AKJ Education $89.26 6 $535.56

Materials cost

$535.56

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

State sales tax

 $26.78

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$606.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$107.01

Total project goal

$713.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $713.38

6 Donors

-$399.26

Donations toward project cost

-$376.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.39

Matching donations from our partners

-$270.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$229.50

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$44.12

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 $0.00

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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 Ms. Feenstra and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

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