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Mrs. Dabney from Austin TX is requesting Books through DonorsChoose, the #1 classroom funding site for teachers.

Zooming into Reading!

My students need a variety of books that are focused not only on accuracy and text complexity but interest and preferences, community, life events, goals, inquiry and habits.

  • $545 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are energetic 6 and 7 year olds that enjoy learning about the whole world around them. They love to explore new learnings and familiarize themselves with everything "STEAMY!" I work at a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) Academy. My school is wonderful and the environment really allows my students to be innovative thinkers and creators. Although our school is nice, we still service low income families. By providing my students with more books, they can continue to fulfill their goals of becoming great readers!

My Project

I’ve learned that when students have access to books they develop habits of lifelong learning and curiosity. These books will support what I need to teach my students in order for them to grow as readers and they will also help with having a better variety of books to choose from. As a teacher, I want to meet the range of learners in my class and these books will give me a start in doing so. Books are the heart of teaching literacy so I want to ensure our classroom library has what it needs for every student. Having these books will also allow our library to stay fresh with titles that they will want to read over and over again!

Mrs. Dabney
Grades PreK-2
More than a third of students from low‑income households

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16 donors16 donors have given to this project.

This project will reach 20 students.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Jennifer Serravallo Go-To Books for Writing - Grade 1 (15 Books) • AKJ Education $139.23 1 $139.23
Jennifer Serravallo Go-To Books - Grade 1 (15 Books) • AKJ Education $116.82 1 $116.82
Grade 1 Fiction/Nonfiction Paired Studies Set (10 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $58.27 1 $58.27
Grade 1 Nonfiction (10 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $52.25 1 $52.25
Grade 1 High Interest, Low Readability (10 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $34.98 1 $34.98
Halloween Grab-Bag Assortment (20 Book Set) • AKJ Education $25.00 1 $25.00

Materials cost

$426.55

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

State sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$462.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.70

Total project goal

$544.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $544.65

15 Donors

-$544.65

Donations toward project cost

-$462.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$81.70

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 $0.00

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