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Mrs. Melissa Crail from Melbourne FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We Are Ready for Chapter Books!

Help me give my students chapter books to increase your my student's transitions from a beginning reader to a more advanced reader.

  • $367 goal

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My Students

I teach kindergarten in a school with over 1,200 students and it continues to grow every day. I have 20 active boys and girls in my classroom. My students come to school excited, eager to learn and to have fun.

Each child has a unique personality and a unique way of learning but we also build a community around what we have in common and our shared experiences.

The greatest joy in working with this age group is seeing how much academic growth each child makes during our year together. They are so enthusiastic about learning, and I especially love watching them learn how to problem-solve collaboratively or on their own.

My Project

Early readers focus on very short books that are light on text and heavy on pictures and illustrations. As they become more confident, children can transition to kids’ chapter books — stories that are long enough to be divided into chapters, but not as extensive or complicated as a novel. Chapter books still feature illustrations, but fewer than early readers’ picture books. I have many students who are ready for this next step in reading. I would like to start literature circles using chapter books with those readers. Literature circles are an EXCELLENT way to keep kids challenged, engaged, and having fun.

Mrs. Melissa Crail
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mercy Watson Boxed Set: Adventures of a Porcine Wonder • Amazon Business $21.39 6 $128.34
Bad Kitty's Very Bad Boxed Set Number 1: Bad Kitty Gets a Bath, Happy Birthday Bad Kitty, Bad Kitty vs. Uncle Murray • Amazon Business $15.81 6 $94.86
The Flat Stanley Collection Box Set: Flat Stanley, Invisible Stanley, Stanley in Space, and Stanley, Flat Again! • Amazon Business $8.99 6 $53.94

Materials cost

$277.14

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$311.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.94

Total project goal

$366.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $366.24

6 Donors

-$230.62

Donations toward project cost

-$196.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.59

match offer

-$135.61

Match offer toward project cost

-$115.27

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.34

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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