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Mrs. Lessmeister from Chicago IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Reading Rocks!

Help me give my students chapter books to send home for class read alouds.

  • $339 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

I have a wonderful group of second-grade students who are ready to learn. Although our classroom looks different this year, we are a team. Our goals are the same and together my students will succeed. The places my students can go to are boundless as long as they have the right tools to get there.

My classroom includes students at all levels of learning.

Most of my students come from low-income homes. Many of them are English language learners who absorb words like sponges. They love both reading and math and are always up for a challenge. My students are always learning both in and outside the classroom. They are a hardworking bunch!

My Project

Reading aloud to my students is my favorite time of the school day. I love to hear "awwww" when I tell them we will read more tomorrow, my students love this time too! The three books I chose are high-interest books that will be sent home with my students and allow them to follow along as I read during our virtual class time. This project will allow my students to follow along and stay engaged during class read-aloud time.

The books I chose are perfect for second graders getting their feet wet in the world of chapter books.

Your generous donation will allow students to read mysteries and realistic fiction books that will encourage my children to fall in love with reading!

Mrs. Lessmeister
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Fish Face • AKJ Education $4.37 20 $87.40
AZ Mysteries The bald bandit • AKJ Education $4.37 20 $87.40
Cam Jansen: The Mystery of the Dinosaur (Bones #3) • AKJ Education $3.64 20 $72.80

Materials cost

$247.60

Vendor shipping charges

$6.00

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$287.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.70

Total project goal

$338.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$338.01

3 Donors

-$166.80

Donations toward project cost

-$141.78

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.02

match offer

-$171.21

Match offer toward project cost

-$145.53

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.68

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$0.00

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