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Ms. Wood from Indianapolis, IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Trade Book Bonanza

Help me give my students trade books to support our social studies and science standards.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Wood's classroom raised $1,953

This project is fully funded

My Project

My school uses trade books as part of our reading curriculum. The district does provide us with individual copies of books, but I like to have sets of books for my small groups to read. This allows for every student to have a book in their hand and really be able to dive into the text during independent time, as well as small group reading time.

These books will help to provide my kids with background knowledge in a lot of different areas.

My kiddos come to me with not a lot of outside experiences, so I try to provide as much as I can through our literature and other activities that we do in class.

Ms. Wood James Russell Lowell Elementary School 51 Grades PreK-2

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

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

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth (Magic School Bus (Pb)) • Amazon Business $18.80 6 $112.80
The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body (Magic School Bus (Pb)) • Amazon Business $17.22 6 $103.32
Edwina, The Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct • Amazon Business $15.56 6 $93.36
The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs • Amazon Business $6.99 12 $83.88
Blackout (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $11.99 6 $71.94
Diary of a Worm • Amazon Business $11.69 6 $70.14
Diary of a Spider • Amazon Business $11.69 6 $70.14
Going Places • Amazon Business $11.49 6 $68.94
Many Kinds of Matter: A Look at Solids, Liquids, and Gases (Lightning Bolt Books ® ― Exploring Physical Science) • Amazon Business $9.68 6 $58.08
Me and My Place in Space • Amazon Business $8.99 6 $53.94
Rosie Revere, Engineer: A Picture Book (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $8.14 6 $48.84
Galaxies, Galaxies! (New & Updated Edition) • Amazon Business $7.99 6 $47.94
The Magic School Bus Presents: The Rainforest: A Nonfiction Companion to the Original Magic School Bus Series • Amazon Business $7.99 6 $47.94
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses • Amazon Business $7.64 6 $45.84
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music • Amazon Business $7.38 6 $44.28
Swimmy • Amazon Business $7.19 6 $43.14
My Visit to the Dinosaurs (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) • Amazon Business $6.99 6 $41.94
Fossils Tell of Long Ago (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) • Amazon Business $6.89 6 $41.34
The Planets in Our Solar System (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) • Amazon Business $6.66 6 $39.96
Let's Go Rock Collecting (Let'S-Read-And-Find-Out Science. Stage 2) • Amazon Business $5.99 6 $35.94
There's No Place Like Space! All About Our Solar System (The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) • Amazon Business $5.98 6 $35.88
The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor • Amazon Business $5.90 6 $35.40
What Makes Day and Night • AKJ Education $5.84 6 $35.04
The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip • AKJ Education $5.83 6 $34.98
The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive • Amazon Business $5.69 6 $34.14
The Seven Continents (Rookie Read-About Geography: Continents: Previous Editions) • Amazon Business $5.36 6 $32.16
All About Life Cycles • AKJ Education $5.04 6 $30.24
My First Book of Planets: All About the Solar System for Kids • Amazon Business $4.99 6 $29.94
Amazing Magnetism (Magic School Bus Chapter Book #12) • Amazon Business $4.99 6 $29.94
Magic Tree House #9: Dolphins at Daybreak • AKJ Education $4.54 6 $27.24
Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, No. 1) • Amazon Business $3.93 6 $23.58
Is There Life in Outer Space? • AKJ Education $3.89 6 $23.34
Newton y yo [Newton and Me] (Spanish Edition) (Arbordale Collection) • Amazon Business $10.04 1 $10.04

Materials cost

$1,605.62

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$24.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,659.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$292.89

Total project goal

$1,952.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,952.59

4 Donors

-$1,902.59

Donations toward project cost

-$1,617.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$285.39

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

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$0.00

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