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Mrs. Buhrman from Perry IA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Real Life ties to Boost Reading

My students need magazines to tie content across their curriculum to help them understand real life situations!!

  • $235 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I teach second grade in a small rural community. A high percentage of these students receive free or reduced lunch. The majority of our students are English Language Learners. Many of our kids live well below the poverty line.

My students are like my children!!!

I love watching my students when they are able to connect what they have learned to a real life situation. It makes them feel like what they are learning is worth it!!! They seem more engaged when the really understand what they are learning and they are excited to take that information home and share with their families.

My Project

These materials will give students a chance to see how what they are learning in school adapts to real life. They have the opportunity to see real photographs and will be able to work on their nonfiction text features.

We can tie these magazines into our curriculum and they will give them the opportunity to work on main idea and details, compare and contrast, and cause and effect; among many other skills.

Students can take these home to share with families. They can practice their reading skills and strategies they've been learning in class. Many students are Ell's and can get all this information in Spanish, when accessing the online page.

Mrs. Buhrman
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Scholastic News, Grade 2 (min. 10 subscriptions per order) - 32 Issues / Min. 10 Subscriptions / Grade 2 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $5.50 26 $143.00

Materials cost

$143.00

Vendor shipping charges

$14.30

Sales tax

$9.80

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$199.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.16

Total project goal

$234.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$234.40

8 Donors

-$116.50

Donations toward project cost

-$100.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.28

match offer

-$116.49

Match offer toward project cost

-$99.02

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.47

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.41

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$0.00

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