My school, located in the heart of downtown St. Paul, brings together students from incredibly diverse backgrounds. They arrive in my classroom with a variety of viewpoints and life experiences and an intense drive to learn.
During the school year, my students have access to books in our classroom library.
Because opportunities for books at home are not always available, I want to be sure my students start their summers off right by ensuring that each one of them leaves school with one great book of their choosing to read while classes aren’t in session.
My Project
The stakes for children who do not read over summer vacation are high! Research studies show that students experience significant learning loss when they do not participate in educational activities during the summer months. The students who can least afford to lose ground as readers are often the most likely to suffer from summer reading loss and fall behind their peers.
Giving students books to take home on the last day of class is a powerful way to increase the likelihood of summer reading and keep them from losing ground while they are away from the classroom.
What we do during this final month of the school year, can increase the odds that students will choose to read this summer!
I have worked with every student to choose a book that is a great fit for their reading level and interest. Having students choose their own books means they will have something in-hand that will keep their passion for reading alive over the summer and keep them where they need to be to succeed when they return in the fall!
Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume
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$22.14
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$22.14
Little Fires Everywhere
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$16.20
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$16.20
The Land: Founding (Chaos Seeds) (Volume 1)
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$14.99
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$14.99
The Poet X
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$14.88
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$14.88
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven: (Or, How I Made Peace with the Paranormal and Stigmatized Zealots and Cynics in the Process)
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$14.20
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The Kid: A Novel
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$14.08
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Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture
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$13.92
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$13.92
Not Funny Ha-Ha
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$13.62
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One of Us Is Lying
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$12.96
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$12.96
The Russian Assassin: A Max Austin Thriller, Book #1 (Volume 1)
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$12.77
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$12.77
Theonite: Planet Adyn (Volume 1)
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$11.99
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$11.99
The Girl Who Lived: A Thrilling Suspense Novel
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$11.69
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$11.69
Glass Sword (Red Queen)
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$11.04
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$11.04
The Name of the Wind
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$9.99
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$9.99
Me Before You
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$9.68
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$9.68
Burned
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$9.09
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$9.09
Silence (Volume 1)
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$8.83
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$8.83
I'll Give You the Sun
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$8.79
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$8.79
The Program
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$8.24
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History Is All You Left Me
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$8.00
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$8.00
The Illustrated Man
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$7.99
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Perfect: A Novel
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$7.95
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$7.95
Boyfriend Season
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$7.85
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Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle)
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$7.48
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Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle)
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$7.48
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$7.48
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
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$6.69
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$6.69
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4)
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$6.01
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$6.01
The False Prince (The Ascendance Trilogy, Book 1): Book 1 of the Ascendance Trilogy
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$5.89
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$5.89
The Fire (Witch & Wizard)
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$5.70
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Cinder
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$5.54
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Materials cost
$315.68
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$4.74
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$350.42
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$61.84
Total project goal
$412.26
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$412.26
6 Donors
-$262.26
Donations toward project cost
-$222.92
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$39.34
match offer
-$150.00
Match offer toward project cost
-$127.50
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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