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Ms. McDevitt from Covington, GA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Gift of Reading: Unwrapping a Journey Between the Pages

Help me give my students their individual copy of a historical fiction sequel to a novel we studied as a class.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. McDevitt's classroom raised $1,284

This project is fully funded

My Students

Recent state scores have labeled our elementary school as under-performing. Therefore, it is important for us, as teachers, to foster their love for reading, while teaching them the required state standards of excellence that will improve their college-career readiness.

Our 4th-grade students are bright, young people that, as a majority, are living in a low income and poverty-stricken community.

Their unanimous love for a recent historical fiction novel read as a class, has inspired the 4th-grade teachers to want to gift them their own copy of its sequel.

My Project

As a result of a recent novel study of George Washington's Socks in 4th grade, our students fell in love with historical fiction. They were truly engaged and riveted to the unfolding of the story set during the American Revolution. Due to their excitement for the plot, they were able to perform academically higher than expected on reading standards that focus on character analysis, summarizing, paraphrasing, and key details, all while tying fiction with social studies standards.

Where our struggling readers will often avoid reading grade-level texts or historical fiction because of its difficulty, we hope that providing their own copy of its sequel will further their excitement to grow as an independent reader.

Ms. McDevitt South Salem Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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

140 students impacted 27donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
George Washington's Spy (Time Travel Adventures) • Amazon Business $6.99 140 $978.60

Materials cost

$978.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $67.52

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,090.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$192.49

Total project goal

$1,283.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,283.29

24 Donors

-$960.00

Donations toward project cost

-$819.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$141.00

Matching donations from our partners

-$319.78

Match offers toward project cost

-$271.81

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.97

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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 $0.00

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