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Ms. Mextorf from Alexandria VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Our Way to 2nd Grade

Help me give my students meaningful books to add to our classroom library.

  • 2 donors
  • $330 still needed

expires Aug 25

  • 2 donors
  • $330 still needed
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My Project

I am requesting meaningful books to add to our classroom library and be used as read alouds. There is so much power in books and I have chosen ones that will be used to meet specific needs and goals. In elementary school, books are often used as launches for lessons in order to get students interested in a topic or familiar with a concept. These books will be used to help support student thinking and learning. The books chosen are aimed at student interests and will provide students with a highly engaging opportunity to access content.

Ms. Mextorf
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
This Plus That: Life's Little Equations • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
I Wanna Iguana • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Rise and Shine) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!, The • Amazon Business $12.65 1 $12.65
Animalogy: Animal Analogies (Arbordale Collection) • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
The Curious Garden • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! • Amazon Business $11.38 1 $11.38
They All Saw a Cat (Brendan Wenzel) • Amazon Business $9.64 1 $9.64
Pigeon Needs a Bath!, The-Pigeon series • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
Ploof • Amazon Business $9.35 1 $9.35
My Dog Is As Smelly As Dirty Socks: And Other Funny Family Portraits • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Ladybugs • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Should I Share My Ice Cream?-An Elephant and Piggie Book • Amazon Business $8.81 1 $8.81
Elephants Cannot Dance!-An Elephant and Piggie Book • Amazon Business $8.78 1 $8.78
I Broke My Trunk!-An Elephant and Piggie Book • Amazon Business $8.75 1 $8.75
Let's Go for a Drive!-An Elephant and Piggie Book • Amazon Business $8.48 1 $8.48
Can I Play Too?-An Elephant and Piggie Book • Amazon Business $8.48 1 $8.48
There Is a Bird On Your Head!-An Elephant and Piggie Book • Amazon Business $8.13 1 $8.13
Happy Pig Day!-An Elephant and Piggie Book • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark (A Pout-Pout Fish Adventure, 2) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
What Presidents Are Made Of • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Greedy Triangle (Scholastic Bookshelf) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Great Estimations • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
My Friend is Sad-An Elephant and Piggie Book • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
I'm a Frog!-An Elephant and Piggie Book • Amazon Business $7.80 1 $7.80
Pigs Make Me Sneeze!-An Elephant and Piggie Book • Amazon Business $7.79 1 $7.79
Dirt: The Scoop on Soil (Amazing Science) • Amazon Business $7.70 1 $7.70
The Kid Who Invented the Popsicle: And Other Surprising Stories about Inventions • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Tuesday: A Caldecott Award Winner • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
From Seed to Plant • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
I Want to Be a Zookeeper • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$286.72

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$321.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.65

Total project goal

$377.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $377.67

1 Donor

-$30.00

Donations toward project cost

-$28.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

match offer

-$15.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$12.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $329.14

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