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Ms. Watson from Chapel Hill NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Teaching Life Through Reading

My students need engaging texts to foster a love of reading.

  • $443 goal

This project expired on October 11, 2018.

This project expired on October 11, 2018.

My Students

I teach 24 eager third graders that all have a love of learning! I teach a diverse group of learners who love hands-on, engaging projects that allow them to think creatively. My students come to school each day ready to take risks in order to grow in their educational journey.

My students come from various backgrounds and experiences and come together in my classroom ready to learn from each other both academically and personally.

My students are all truly amazing. They teach me new things every day and they all deserve the very best educational opportunities!

My Project

My students have a love of reading. In order to foster that, I want to provide them with diverse, culturally relevant, engaging texts that they can learn life lessons through. Currently, my classroom library is full of books that are outdated and falling apart. I want my students to be excited about reading and learning.

Texts like I Am Enough by Grace Byers will teach my students to love who they are, to respect others, and to be kind to one another.

With these books, students will be able to independently read, buddy read, or read as a class and discuss how these topics relate to our their lives. I hope that these books will help my students develop a love of reading, much like my own.

Ms. Watson
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Warriors Box Set: Volumes 1 to 6: The Complete First Series (Warriors: The Prophecies Begin) • Amazon Business $27.89 1 $27.89
Wonderstruck (Schneider Family Book Award - Middle School Winner) • Amazon Business $17.32 1 $17.32
A House That Once Was • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes • Amazon Business $7.56 2 $15.12
Pink Is for Boys • Amazon Business $14.88 1 $14.88
Love • Amazon Business $14.86 1 $14.86
The Great Dictionary Caper • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race • Amazon Business $14.28 1 $14.28
The Invention of Hugo Cabret • Amazon Business $13.57 1 $13.57
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $13.10 1 $13.10
The Rabbit Listened • Amazon Business $12.75 1 $12.75
What Do You Do With a Chance? • Amazon Business $12.71 1 $12.71
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $12.36 1 $12.36
Wordy Birdy • Amazon Business $11.72 1 $11.72
The Girl Who Drank the Moon • Amazon Business $11.65 1 $11.65
Wolfie and Fly • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
I Yam a Donkey! • Amazon Business $10.43 1 $10.43
Islandborn • Amazon Business $10.27 1 $10.27
Square (Shape Trilogy) • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59
The Candymakers • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
The Candymakers and the Great Chocolate Chase • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library • Amazon Business $7.03 1 $7.03
Rump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Rumpelstiltskin • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
I Love My Hair! • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
One Crazy Summer • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59

Materials cost

$317.03

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$24.73

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.76

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$376.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.44

Total project goal

$442.96

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