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Ms. Perry from Ferguson, MO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Real Readers of Johnson Wabash Book Club

My students need leveled books about the famous pioneer girls Laura Ingalls and Sarah Plain and Tall to do a comparison book study.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Perry's classroom raised $356

This project is fully funded

My Students

It takes a village to raise a child. It also takes a village to educate a child in the twenty-first century. Do you remember the first time you had your very own book to read? What a feeling! My students need to have that feeling at school. Many of my students have not discovered that reading can take you places.

My students are a great bunch of energetic fourth graders who attend a Title 1 school in Ferguson, Missouri.

Our community is still recovering from tornadoes that struck in April of 2011 and May of 2013! My students had to be relocated for four weeks when the school suffered severe water damage due to pipes bursting right outside our classroom door. More than 89% of the student body qualifies for free and reduced priced lunch. Therefore, families are not spending monies to purchase books. Two of my students are English Language Learners. There are many factors that my struggling students face, however, they enjoy reading.

My Project

I have requested the novels Little House in the Big Woods, Sarah Plain and Tall, and several copies of My First Little Book series to do a comparison study of Pioneer Life. I also picked these books because they are high interest and vary in reading level. Now everyone from my lowest reader to my highest can read a different book on the same topic and still complete assignments on this topic of study such as book report, comprehension test ,planning a meal based on items eaten in the books, summarizing each chapter or book, making bottle people of the main characters, and designing a diorama of their favorite part of the book. We will use the books in a literature circle daily. The students will learn new vocabulary words, improve their word recognition, increase their fluency, and find out how a child their aged lived in the plains as a pioneer child in the 1800's. They will also be able to take Accelerated Reader tests on the computer over all the books requested. My desire is to create life long readers.

Donations will help my students become better readers and increase their earning potential as adults.

Their love of reading will increase and they will understand the importance of helping someone in need. These books will also allow them to go back in time and see how others their age lived. Mainly, the books will allow each of my students to enjoy books at their reading level.

Ms. Perry Johnson - Wabash Sixth Grade Center Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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

21 students impacted 11donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Little House in the Big Woods (stock) • AKJ Books $5.10 23 $117.30
Sarah, Plain and Tall (Student Pack) • AKJ Books $9.48 3 $28.44
Laura • AKJ Books $5.83 3 $17.49
A Little Prairie House (Picture Book) • AKJ Books $5.10 3 $15.30
Summertime in the Big Woods (My First Little House Books Ser • AKJ Books $5.10 3 $15.30
Christmas in the Big Woods • AKJ Books $5.10 3 $15.30
Winter Days in the Big Woods (My First Little House Books Se • AKJ Books $5.10 3 $15.30
County Fair • AKJ Books $5.10 3 $15.30
Prairie Day (My First Little House Books Series) Laura Ingal • AKJ Books $5.10 3 $15.30
Animal Adventures: (Little House Chapter Book Series: The La • AKJ Books $4.37 3 $13.11

Materials cost

$268.14

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.02

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$302.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.32

Total project goal

$355.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $355.48

7 Donors

-$235.48

Donations toward project cost

-$200.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.32

match offer

-$120.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$102.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.00

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 $0.00

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