My students need a classroom library that includes 52 new beginning books with decodable text and early sight word text, including books such as "Sheep in a Jeep", "Rain Forest Animals", and "Go Away, Dog".
I am in my second year of teaching first grade at a Title I school. My students come from a variety of cultures and situations. They represent every type of person living in the United States of America - from upper middle class to poverty-level. It is an amazing experience to watch them meld together as a six and seven-year-old community. Though they are often so different from one another, their united desire is to learn to read and to read A LOT. Their reading levels range from pre-primer (just beginning to blend letter sounds into words) to third grade. That is a large range for first grade but not uncommon.
Our typical day starts with welcoming handshakes, journal writing and sight word work. And then we enjoy "Reader's Workshop"! As I rotate teaching small differentiated reading groups, the students read leveled library books. They read independently or with community volunteers. My students love this hour each morning because after they have read their books, they can take an Accelerated Reading (AR) computer test to check their comprehension. We set personal goals at the beginning of each term which are motivating - although many would read lots of books anyway.
I am making a request through Donors Choose to enlarge my classroom library, which is a vital component of Readers' Workshop. Not only do my students read each morning, they also need to take at least two books home every night. While our school library is wonderful, it must service many students. Often my first graders would like to be able to take a book home from our classroom library instead. I accommodate them as much as possible, but would love to have more books. My request is for books which cater to beginning readers - books that are phonics-based and decodable, books with basic sight words, and books with interesting stories, such as the Biscuit books, Flea Gets Wet and Loose Tooth. By helping to provide 52 additional books for our classroom library, you will encourage the love of reading in the lives of 25 boys and girls.
Rain Forest Animals (Compass Point Phonics Readers) Nancy Leber, Wiley Blevins
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Baby Birds Helen Frost, Gail Saunders-Smith (Editor)
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$15.53
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$15.53
Baby, I'm Bigger (I'm Going to Read Level 2) Harriet Ziefert, Kae Nishimura (Illustrator)
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$3.55
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$3.55
Big Machines Melanie Davis Jones, Doreen Gay-Kassel (Illustrator)
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$17.55
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$17.55
Big Pig and Little Pig David McPhail
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$3.55
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$3.55
Big Pig on a Dig Phil Roxbee Cox, Jenny Tyler (Editor), Stephen Cartwright (Illustrator)
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$6.29
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$6.29
Biscuit and the Baby (I Can Read Series) Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator)
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$3.59
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$3.59
Biscuit Finds a Friend (My First I Can Read Book Series) Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories, Pat Schories (Illustrator)
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$3.59
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A Box Can Be Many Things Dana Meachen Rau, Paige Billin-Frye (Illustrator)
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$4.45
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Bubble Trouble Joy N. Hulme, Mike Cressy (Illustrator)
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$4.45
Busy Little Squirrel Nancy Tafuri, Nancy Tafuri (Illustrator)
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$14.39
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$14.39
The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat (An I Can Read Book Picture Book Series) Nurit Karlin
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$5.38
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$5.38
Cat in the Hat: Cooking with the Cat (Step into Reading Books Series: A Step 1 Book) Worth
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The Chick That Wouldn't Hatch Claire Daniel, Lisa Campbell Ernst (Illustrator)
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$3.55
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Flying Spider Jill Eggleton
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I'm Going to Read (Level 1): Christmas Is Coming Chuck Nitzberg, Chuck Nitzberg (Illustrator)
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$3.55
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Click, Clack, Splish, Splash: A Counting Adventure Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin (Illustrator)
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$11.65
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$11.65
Como Yo (Just Like Me)These twin sisters look alike and enjoy many of the same things. But when you get to know them, you'll see how different they are. Barbara J. Neasi, Johanna Hantel (Illustrator)
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Dirty Larry Bobbie Hamsa, Donna Catanese (Illustrator)
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Dragon Egg Loehr
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$3.59
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Eloise Breaks Some Eggs (Ready-to-Read: Kay Thompson's Eloise) Kay Thompson, Hilary Knight, Tammie Lyon (Illustrator)
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Eloise Has a Lesson (Ready-to-Read: Kay Thompson's Eloise) Margaret McNamara, Kay Thompson, Kathryn Mitter (Illustrator)
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Fish Helen Frost
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Flea Gets Wet Jill Eggleton, Astrid Matijasevich (Illustrator)
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$5.23
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$5.23
Dad and the Cake Jill Eggleton, Raymond McGrath (Illustrator)
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Tiger and Monkey Jill Eggleton, Philip Webb (Illustrator)
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Go Away, Dog (My First I Can Read Book Series) Joan L. Nodset, Paul Meisel (Illustrator)
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$3.59
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Gone Fishing Earlene R. Long, Richard Brown, Richard Brown (Illustrator)
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Honey Bees, Vol. 4 Lola M. Schaefer
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I Am an Apple (Hello Reader! Science Series) Jean Marzollo, Judith Moffatt (Illustrator)
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I Can Do It All Mary E. Pearson, Jeff Shelly (Illustrator)
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I Love Rocks Cari Meister, Terry Sirrell (Illustrator)
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$4.45
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Jack-o-Lanterns Lola M. Schaefer
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$5.35
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Loose Tooth (My First I Can Read Series) Lola M. Schaefer, Sylvie Wickstrom (Illustrator), Sylvie Kantorovitz Wickstrom (Illustrator)
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$3.59
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$3.59
Lots of Balloons Dana Meachen Rau, Jayoung Cho (Illustrator)
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$6.25
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$6.25
Monkey See, Monkey Do Dana Regan, Dana Regan (Illustrator)
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$3.59
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$3.59
My Loose Tooth Krensky
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$3.59
Pancakes, Crackers, and Pizza: A Book of Shapes Marjorie Eberts, Margaret Gisler, Steven Hayes (Illustrator)
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$4.45
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Sheep in a Jeep Nancy E. Shaw, Margot Apple (Illustrator)
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$5.35
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$5.35
Shells Betsy Franco, Kristin Sorra (Illustrator)
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$4.45
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All by Myself Mayer
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All Stuck Up: (Step into Reading Books Series: A Step 2 Book) Linda Hayward
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Apples and How They Grow (All Aboard Science Reader Series: Station Stop 1) Laura Driscoll, Tammy Smith (Illustrator)
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Baa-Choo! Sarah Weeks, Jane Manning (Illustrator), Jane K. Manning (Illustrator)
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A Bear's Year (Compass Point Phonics Readers) Amy Levin, Wiley Blevins
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Beef Stew: (Step into Reading Books Series: A Step 2 Book) Barbara Brenner
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$3.59
Bug, a Bear and a Boy (Hello Reader! Series) David M. McPhail
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Buzz, Said the Bee (Hello Reader! Series) Wendy Cheyette Lewison, Hans Wilhelm (Illustrator)
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$3.59
Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain
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$8.09
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$8.09
P. J. Funnybunny Camps Out: (Step into Reading Books Series: A Step 2 Book) Marilyn Sadler
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$3.59
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P.J. Funnybunny's Bag of Tricks Sadler
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Materials cost
$296.71
Vendor shipping charges
$29.67
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$7.42
Fulfillment labor & materials
$17.00
Total project cost
$351.00
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$77.05
Total project goal
$428.05
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$428.05
10 Donors
-$412.95
Donations toward project cost
-$351.00
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