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Mrs. Sloan from Fair Oaks, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Speed Dating With Books

Help me give my students these awesome books for a fun activity that promotes reading.

  • $224 goal

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My Project

Great way to promote reading!

I set up different stations in the library.

Each station contains 15 - 20 books divided by genre or theme. The categories include - Never Been Kissed (brand new books that haven't been checked out, yet), Heartbreakers and Tearjerkers (book that make you ugly cry), Exciting Opening Lines (books that hook readers right from the start), Action-Adventure (who doesn't like a little excitement?), Nonfiction Knock-outs, Last Change for Romance (books that I am considering removing from the collection), and Blind Dates (in this category we cover the book and display a teaser on the outside - good for students who are willing to take a chance...). The stations are decorated with table cloths, a battery-operated candle and a vase with flowers for just the right amount of ambiance. We dim the light just a bit and play soft music in the background to set the mood.

Students spend about 4 minutes at each station looking at the books (picking them up, browsing through the pages, and reading the dust jacket). An online timer is displayed on a large screen to let students know how much time they have. With 30 seconds remaining, the student will jot down titles of the books they perused and rate their dates on the score sheet they use for each dating session. If at any time they find a book they want to check out, they can hold on to that book. All other books get left on the table. Students rotate to the next station and repeat this activity until they make it through all stations.

In the end students leave with a book (or two) in hand! I've even had our most resistant students walk out with books that grab their attention.

Mrs. Sloan Bella Vista High School Grades 9-12

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Fair Oaks, CA View local requests

More than half 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

999 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Wrong Kind of Weird • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Breakup from Hell • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
A Million to One • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Never Ever Getting Back Together • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
The Block (The Second Book of The Loop Trilogy) (2) • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
As Good as Dead: The Finale to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder • Amazon Business $12.72 1 $12.72
Eight Nights of Flirting • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
A Heavy Dose of Allison Tandy • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Good Girl, Bad Blood: The Sequel to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder • Amazon Business $8.41 1 $8.41

Materials cost

$144.55

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $13.23

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$189.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.52

Total project goal

$223.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $223.47

4 Donors

-$130.03

Donations toward project cost

-$118.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.50

Matching donations from our partners

-$84.02

Match offers toward project cost

-$71.42

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.60

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.42

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 $0.00

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