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Ms. Cully from Lake City, FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Great Spruce! Books for Life!

Help me give my students an opportunity to read these trade books that will inspire writers and readers in this ever changing world.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Cully's classroom raised $623

This project is fully funded

My Students

I have a class of eager first graders. It is a time to instill the love of learning. They start out barely reading when they come to me. They come on many levels and many interests but all full of energy.

I love the excitement of the children as they improve their reading skills and the look on their faces as they learn something new from a book they read.

The students have a lot to learn and enjoy what they do in school. Joy is an important aspect required to absorb information. I am inspired to provide this as their teacher.

My Project

These books will match our curriculum in teaching several genre types and styles of today's authors. It will instill a love of learning , listening, and studying a wide variety of interesting children's books.

Good books inspire readers as well as writers as we introduce our students to some of the best books available.

I am excited to open those covers for the first time and walk through the pages with the children, talking , wondering, and imagining as we go.

These books will enhance the specific points made in our teaching. We go over structure of stories, plot, conclusions, sentences, paragraphs, fact, fiction and style.

Ms. Cully Belmont Academy Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Lake City, FL View local requests

More than a third 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

18 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cloudette • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion • Amazon Business $17.06 1 $17.06
How to Find an Elephant • Amazon Business $16.14 1 $16.14
The Big Bed • Amazon Business $16.14 1 $16.14
Hoot and Peep • Amazon Business $14.57 1 $14.57
If Your Monster Won't Go To Bed • Amazon Business $14.47 1 $14.47
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Commended) • Amazon Business $14.46 1 $14.46
The Great Spruce • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
The Darkest Dark • Amazon Business $14.05 1 $14.05
School's First Day of School • Amazon Business $14.00 1 $14.00
Maddi's Fridge • Amazon Business $13.83 1 $13.83
I Wanna Iguana • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
The Bad Seed • Amazon Business $13.66 1 $13.66
Caring for Your Lion • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
I Wanna New Room • Amazon Business $13.37 1 $13.37
BE QUIET! • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Thunder Underground • Amazon Business $12.56 1 $12.56
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $12.25 1 $12.25
Duck! Rabbit! • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
How to Read a Story • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Hey, Little Ant • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Nerdy Birdy • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
Real Cowboys • Amazon Business $10.67 1 $10.67
Ida, Always • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale • Amazon Business $9.77 1 $9.77
Stephanie's Ponytail (Classic Munsch) • Amazon Business $8.90 1 $8.90
Ralph Tells a Story • Amazon Business $8.50 1 $8.50
Pumpkin Soup: A Picture Book • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
A Plump And Perky Turkey • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Farfallina & Marcel • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig • Amazon Business $7.89 1 $7.89
Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Peter's Chair (Picture Puffins) • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Sylvie • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Roller Coaster • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Over and Under the Snow • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Alligators and Crocodiles • Amazon Business $7.41 1 $7.41
Chameleons Are Cool: Read and Wonder • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Perfect Pet • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Fireflies • Amazon Business $6.64 1 $6.64
Yo! Yes? (Scholastic Bookshelf) • Amazon Business $6.64 1 $6.64
Honey... Honey... Lion! • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
I Don't Want to Be a Frog • Amazon Business $6.21 1 $6.21
National Geographic Readers: Dolphins • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
National Geographic Readers: Cheetahs • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
National Geographic Readers: Spiders • Amazon Business $4.49 1 $4.49
Henry And Mudge First Book • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Red is Best • Amazon Business $3.10 1 $3.10

Materials cost

$492.09

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$529.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$93.44

Total project goal

$622.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$622.91

1 Donor

-$601.67

Donations toward project cost

-$529.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.20

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$21.24

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$0.00

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