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Ms. Giardini from Ypsilanti, MI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reads Well With Others

Help me give my students books to complete a book choice novel study among our 3rd grade classrooms.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Giardini's classroom raised $630

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our students show up to school each day excited to be back in the classroom. They are active participants who are kind to one another and bring a variety of backgrounds to our learning space. It is such a joy seeing them engage with our learning and to watch their eyes light up with a smile behind their mask.

Our school community is a strong one with 75% of students qualifying for free lunch.

The staff and families are dedicated to providing the best educational opportunities for our students. They are so deserving of our support!

My Project

Our third grade team is thrilled to present our students with a choice novel study. Throughout the year, students don't often have the opportunity to make a book selection based on interest, but rather are required to read the next story in our curriculum. With this novel study, students in three classes will get to select a reading group based on interest, and will join that teacher to engage in vocabulary, reading comprehension, and character development. The books we have selected reach across genres and represent the various backgrounds in our community. We are so excited by this opportunity and are incredibly thankful to those that can help make this happen!

Ms. Giardini Brick Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Ypsilanti, MI View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

75 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dragons and Marshmallows (Zoey and Sassafras, 1) • Amazon Business $5.99 28 $167.72
I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 • Amazon Business $5.99 28 $167.72
The Mouse and the Motorcycle • Amazon Business $5.79 28 $162.12

Materials cost

$497.56

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$535.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.42

Total project goal

$629.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$629.44

3 Donors

-$629.43

Donations toward project cost

-$535.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$94.41

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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$0.00

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