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

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Ready to Battle!

Help me give my students the "Battle of the Books" texts to read.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Goldberg's classroom raised $438

This project is fully funded

My Project

I coach an academic team at my school called Battle of the Books. The Battle of the Books is a city wide competition for students in fourth through sixth grades. Each year Chicago Public School Librarians choose a list of newly published books for students.

The Battle of the Books books for this year are exciting, challenging, and include a wide variety of genres for all readers.

I am asking for copies of the books so that my students have an opportunity to participate. Each team reads and discusses the books throughout the school year. In the spring the Chicago Public schools "battle" in a city-wide competition. Schools compete against each other as students answer questions about the books in a game show style.

This is a great program that gets students reading and talking about books. It's fun and also encourages comprehension.

Mr. Goldberg Armstrong International Studies Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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

20 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gamerville: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $16.01 2 $32.02
Return to Sender: A Novel • Amazon Business $15.19 2 $30.38
Kid-ventors - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $14.59 2 $29.18
A Spoonful of Time: A Novel • Amazon Business $10.19 2 $20.38
Impossible Creatures • Amazon Business $9.59 2 $19.18
Mabuhay!: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $9.46 2 $18.92
Flipping Forward Twisting Backward • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
Return to Sender: A Novel • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Jamie (A Novel) • Amazon Business $7.30 2 $14.60
Will's Race for Home • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Into the Rapids • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
The Trouble with Heroes • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Bog Myrtle • Amazon Business $13.32 1 $13.32
The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Lola - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All: (A Newbery Honor Book) • Amazon Business $6.39 2 $12.78
Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote • Amazon Business $10.61 1 $10.61
Not Quite a Ghost - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $9.63 1 $9.63
On the Block: Stories of Home • Amazon Business $9.36 1 $9.36

Materials cost

$336.55

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$371.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.58

Total project goal

$437.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$437.18

8 Donors

-$434.24

Donations toward project cost

-$371.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.64

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.94

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$0.00

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