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Mrs. Adams from Boise ID is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

The Power of Fiction and Non-Fiction

My students need high interest nonfiction and fiction selections to strengthen their reading skills.

  • $371 goal

This project expired on February 17, 2018.

This project expired on February 17, 2018.

My Students

We are a rural community in Southern Idaho in one of the lowest funded districts in the state. Many of my students live on farms or help out on farms. We have the maximum allowed number of students in each classroom and are rapidly growing. Our community has very little industry or large business to enhance our tax base for levies/bonds. Our district relies on homeowners to fund through taxes.

Our school is the fifth elementary school in the Kuna School District.

We are a K-6th school with two special ed departments, one being Extended Resource. Many of our students receive free or reduced-price lunch.

My Project

This year I am piloting a new curriculum titled Middle School Units of Study for Reading by Lucy Calkins. This curriculum is designed for a reading workshop format. In this format the class meets for a minilesson then takes the demostrated strategy into their own books to practice. In these two units, The Power of Nonfiction and A Deep Character Study, my students will need access to various non-fiction and fiction titles at their appropriate reading level. This grant will allow my students to unlock their reading skills in a new way with high interest text. I will use this grant to enhance this new curriculum aligned to the Common Core Standards by purchasing new books to use as mentor texts and in independent reading time.

Mrs. Adams
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Guided Reading Collection: Level X Fiction and Nonfiction Combo (40 books) • AKJ Education $264.74 1 $264.74

Materials cost

$264.74

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$16.02

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$314.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.54

Total project goal

$370.27

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