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Mrs. Curry from Secaucus NJ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Ready to Read! Books for the Bibliophiles of Our Room

My students need new novels to spruce up our classroom library

  • $363 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

This is my very first year in the fourth grade. For my entire teaching career, I have always taught fifth grade. This year we are changing things up and I couldn't be more excited. My fourth graders are full of energy and a love for reading. I need to freshen up my classroom library in order to keep up with my ever-evolving bibliophiles. Having taught 5th grade my entire career, I am in need of age-appropriate novels for my new students.

My Project

Having moved down to fourth grade, my classroom library is in serious need of a makeover. Reading should not be presented as a chore, but offered as a gift. Please help give my students the chance to explore new and exciting genres. Book choices tell us a lot about our students. Help me learn about their interests and dreams for the future by creating a library that has a variety rich in literature, from sports to make believe. The novels will be used for individual reading, read aloud, and book club. Help me spark a love for books inside my students.

Mrs. Curry
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
My Brother Is a Superhero • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
My Gym Teacher Is an Alien Overlord • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Wringer (Trophy Newbery) • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98
Million-Dollar Throw • Amazon Business $6.97 2 $13.94
Fish in a Tree • Amazon Business $6.81 2 $13.62
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory • Amazon Business $6.39 2 $12.78
Heat • Amazon Business $6.33 2 $12.66
Loot • Amazon Business $6.29 2 $12.58
Class Dismissed • Amazon Business $6.29 2 $12.58
The Homework Machine • Amazon Business $6.15 2 $12.30
One for the Murphys • Amazon Business $6.00 2 $12.00
The BFG • Amazon Business $5.93 2 $11.86
The Graveyard Book • Amazon Business $5.48 2 $10.96
The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable • Amazon Business $5.44 2 $10.88
A Handful of Stars • Amazon Business $5.28 2 $10.56
Fairy-Tale Detectives (The Sisters Grimm #1): 10th Anniversary Edition (Sisters Grimm, The) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Matilda • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Wish • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Crenshaw • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
How to (Almost) Ruin Your Summer • Amazon Business $7.58 1 $7.58
The Hunt for the Seventh • Amazon Business $7.57 1 $7.57
Ghost (Track) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
As Brave As You • Amazon Business $5.64 1 $5.64
The Thing About Jellyfish • Amazon Business $5.45 1 $5.45
Because of Mr. Terupt • Amazon Business $5.40 1 $5.40
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story • Amazon Business $3.83 1 $3.83

Materials cost

$274.43

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.12

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$308.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.45

Total project goal

$363.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$363.00

2 Donors

-$363.00

Donations toward project cost

-$308.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.45

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$0.00

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