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Ms. Vasquez from Weslaco TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Ready Set Read! A Race to the Finish!

Help me give my students some of their favorite comic books like Big Nate and Diary of a Wimpy Kid which makes reading fun for them.

  • $582 goal

This project expired on May 15, 2020.

This project expired on May 15, 2020.

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My Students

Ready Set Read! It's a race to the finish with my students! My students love challenges and are determined to accomplish their word count goals. The students come to class ready to read and check out a different set of books in order to help them obtain their goal. My students love to read comic book series and enjoy the humor and animations created through these books.

My students are always ready to pick up a book and begin reading.

It brings excitement to them knowing there are new and exciting comic books to read throughout the class period. My students enjoy these comic books so much they can complete reading these comic books within one day! The enjoyment they get out of books is one of a kind!

My Project

It's a race to the finish! Our race consist of word count goals. Each grade level has a different end of year word count goal they are obligated to meet. My 3rd graders must read 250,000 words by the end of the year. My 4th Graders must read 450,000 words by the end of the year and my 5th graders have to read 650,000 words by the end of the year. I have decided to make it easier for my students to obtain their goal by creating a race. I am trying to get 100% of my students to obtain their word count goal by the end of the year so that we can celebrate our Big Win!

Comic books are the way to my students hearts!

They love to read comic books and if they had different book series such as Big Nate and Dairy of a Wimpy Kid they wouldn't want to stop reading. I would love to give my students the opportunity to read books they love so that they can obtain their goal and celebrate BIG!

Ms. Vasquez
Never Before Funded Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (14 books) • AKJ Education $162.24 1 $162.24
Big Nate (13 Books) • AKJ Education $112.04 1 $112.04
Dog Man (7 Books) • AKJ Education $55.90 2 $111.80
Captain Underpants (8 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $35.86 2 $71.72

Materials cost

$457.80

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$494.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.29

Total project goal

$581.96

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