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Ms. Hudson from Saint Louis, MO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The More You Read, the More You Know

Help me give my students the adventure of reading. The kindergartners in our school are advancing in reading faster than I would have ever predicted. They are devouring books and are always looking for more!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Hudson's classroom raised $159

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are young adventurers and explorers. They are creative, hardworking, and beautiful young people. We are a Title 1 school with 100% free lunch. Our students are naturally curious and have great potential. They are interested in robotics, math, and all things STEAM, and I would love to help nurture that natural curiosity. Our students could be the next great inventors, engineers, medical doctors, etc. We just need the supplies and the means. When our students are given more opportunity to work with STEM, it can open up the world beyond St. Louis. In addition to STEAM, our students are finding a new love for reading and writing and have become authors through weekly "book" writing.

My Project

My students have become completed wrapped up in learning to read. They are excited any time new books enter our classroom and they are devouring our books (in the best way possible). As they have grown more and more infatuated by reading, it has become impossible to keep up with their desire to read more independently. These book sets will give our students more material to read independently by giving them a leveled library in the classroom so they are learning to choose books which are appropriate for their reading levels.

In our classroom, books as the ones we are hoping to receive are exactly what we need to open up a new world for our students.

As they grow more independent in their reading, I want to be sure that our classroom library has plenty of material for our students to be able to get comfy in the classroom and curl up with a book they know they can read and understand. This donation is one which can help our students gain more than just a reading education - it can help grant them the confidence they need to continue growing.

Ms. Hudson Shenandoah Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

Saint Louis, MO View local requests

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

25 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
First Little Comics Parent Pack: Levels C & D: 20 Funny Books That Are Just the Right Level for New Readers • Amazon Business $14.20 1 $14.20
First Little Readers Parent Pack: Guided Reading Level C: 25 Irresistible Books That Are Just the Right Level for Beginning Readers • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
First Little Comics Parent Pack: Levels E & F: 16 Funny Books That Are Just the Right Level for Growing Readers • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
First Little Readers Parent Pack: Guided Reading Level B: 25 Irresistible Books That Are Just the Right Level for Beginning Readers • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
First Little Readers Parent Pack: Guided Reading Levels E & F: 16 Irresistible Books That Are Just the Right Level for Growing Readers • Amazon Business $12.42 1 $12.42
First Little Readers Parent Pack: Guided Reading Level D: 25 Irresistible Books That Are Just the Right Level for Beginning Readers • Amazon Business $12.33 1 $12.33
First Little Readers Parent Pack: Guided Reading Level A: 25 Irresistible Books That Are Just the Right Level for Beginning Readers • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
First Little Comics Parent Pack: Levels A & B: 20 Funny Books That Are Just the Right Level for New Readers • Amazon Business $10.83 1 $10.83

Materials cost

$103.44

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$134.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$23.82

Total project goal

$158.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$158.81

1 Donor

-$158.81

Donations toward project cost

-$134.99

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.82

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$0.00

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