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Mrs. Martin from Tarrant, AL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Revolution with a Reading Relay

My students need 31 contemporary young adult novels, including "Prime Choice (Perry Skky Jr. Series #1)" and "Dirty South (Kimani Tru Series)".

  • $404 goal

This project expired on August 13, 2010.

This project expired on August 13, 2010.

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Mrs. Martin Tarrant High School
Tarrant, AL Grades 6-8

My Students

Reading takes you to places you may never visit, allows you to experience adventures, and live a life you may never have the chance to live. My students have yet to understand this or even realize reading can be a pleasurable experience.

My students are wonderful, bright, and full of potential.

However, they attend an urban school that has a 91% free and reduced lunch rate, and the majority comes from a one parent household. The population of our student body is approximately 90% minority. What my students lack financially, they make up for with perseverance, intelligence, and personality. The character of my students is displayed in their giving. Several times this year, they have completed fundraisers for those in need. For instance, they raised money for the people in Haiti, for residence of the local nursing home, and gave to Toys for Tots.

My Project

I am asking for young adult contemporary novels for a Reading Revolution project. These books will be matched to students based on their reading levels and according to their interests. They will participate in a Reading Relay in which they will be divided into teams. The team that completes the relay first by reading a certain number of books and completing a project on them will be declared the winner. The books will be kept in the Reading Corner which will consist of a rug, bean bag chairs, lights, and music. This will be a place that they can relax and read for pleasure and even come to study or work together. The students will learn that reading can be a pleasurable experience and that not all books are boring. By increasing the amount of time they read for pleasure, they will inadvertently improve their reading skills, and this will help them in all subject areas as well as provide them as basis for life long learning.

Reading for pleasure is extremely important, for it carries over into every aspect of life.

I had attempted to start this project on a small scale last year. Some of my students really enjoyed reading the novels; however, I did not have enough books to keep it going. They were willing to read, even hooked on reading, but they read all that I had. The libraries often do not carry many young adult contemporary material. Therefore, the students turn off reading.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

120 students impacted
Mrs. Martin Tarrant High School Grades 6-8

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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

120 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
First Part Last Angela Johnson • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Twilight Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $7.91 1 $7.91
Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely Series #1) Melissa Marr • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Feed M. T. Anderson • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Breathing Underwater Alex Flinn • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Hate List Jennifer Brown • Barnes and Noble $12.23 1 $12.23
Jumped Rita Williams-Garcia • Barnes and Noble $12.23 1 $12.23
Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope Don Van Ryn, Newell Cerak, Whitney Cerak, Susie Van Ryn, Colleen Cerak • Barnes and Noble $11.51 1 $11.51
Son of the Mob Gordon Korman • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Hungry: A Young Model's Story of Appetite, Ambition and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves Crystal Renn, With Marjorie Ingall • Barnes and Noble $18.00 1 $18.00
Muchacho LouAnne Johnson • Barnes and Noble $11.51 1 $11.51
Upstate Kalisha Buckhanon • Barnes and Noble $6.94 1 $6.94
Jason and Kyra Dana Davidson • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Identical Ellen Hopkins • Barnes and Noble $12.95 1 $12.95
Push Sapphire, Ramona Lofton • Barnes and Noble $9.36 1 $9.36
The Pledge (Kimani Tru Series) Chandra Sparks Taylor • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Lesson Learned (Kimani Tru Series) Earl Sewell • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Decision Time (Kimani Tru Series) Earl Sewell • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
If I Were Your Boyfriend (Kimani Tru Series) Earl Sewell • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Keysha's Drama (Kimani Tru Series) Earl Sewell • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Chasing Romeo (Kimani Tru Series) A. J. Byrd • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Next Semester (Kimani Tru Series) Cecil R. Cross II • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
16 Isn't Always Sweet (Kimani Tru Series) Cassandra Carter • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
The Pact (Kimani Tru: Indigo Summer Series #3) Monica McKayhan • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Dirty South (Kimani Tru Series) Phillip Thomas Duck • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Dirty Jersey (Kimani Tru Series) Phillip Thomas Duck • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Indigo Summer (Indigo Summer #1) Monica McKayhan • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Pressing Hard (Perry Skky Jr. Series #2) Stephanie Perry Moore • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Prayed Up (Perry Skky Jr. Series #4) Stephanie Perry Moore • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Problem Solved (Perry Skky Jr. Series #3) Stephanie Perry Moore • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Prime Choice (Perry Skky Jr. Series #1) Stephanie Perry Moore • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95

Materials cost

$288.56

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $23.52

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.33

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$351.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.51

Total project goal

$403.92

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