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Mrs. Papp from Bridgeport, CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Read Aloud & Learn Alot

My students need carefully researched Read Aloud books which will allow explicit teaching to the four Reading Comprehension Strands.

  • $530 goal

This project expired on October 24, 2010.

This project expired on October 24, 2010.

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Mrs. Papp Multicultural Magnet School
Bridgeport, CT Grades 3-5

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Third grade in an inner city school, is a crucial year in each child's reading development. The eight year old develops from being considered a baby to being responsible to take and do well in standardized tests in reading and math. Reading strategies need to be taught explicitly through good books

My third grade students are inner city CT children who are bused to our magnet school.

They come from many different countries and backgrounds. There are eleven different nationalities represented in my class. Many are first generation immigrants whose families have come to America for freedom and educational opportunities.

My Project

Learning to read well is crucial to all third graders. I am requesting a selection of read aloud books for my students to enjoy listening to. Modeling good reading strategies through exciting literature is a sound beginning to develop life long readers. Each book will focus on explicit reading strategies to be taught. The four strands to be explored through shared reading instruction will focus on the four reading strands: Forming a General Understanding, Developing an Interpretation, Making Reader/Text Connections, and Examining Content and Structure. My students will learn how to become better young readers while gaining life-long reading strategies.

As an inner city school in these more difficult financial times, budget cuts don't allow for any new or extra materials.

The granting of my request for carefully chosen read aloud books will guide my explicit reading instruction each day, building stronger readers.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

50 students impacted
Mrs. Papp Multicultural Magnet School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Bridgeport, CT View local requests

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

50 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Honest-To-Goodness Truth (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) Patricia McKissack • Barnes and Noble $12.57 1 $12.57
Melissa Parkington's Beautiful, Beautiful Hair Pat Brisson, Suzanne Bloom (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.59 1 $11.59
Eggbert, the Slightly Cracked Egg Tom Ross, Rex Barron (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Momma, Where Are You From Marie Bradby, Chris K. Soentpiet (Illustrator), Chris K. Soentpiet • Barnes and Noble $12.30 1 $12.30
The Princess and the Pizza Mary Jane Auch, Mary Auch Jane, Herm Auch (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.27 1 $12.27
Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story Cynthia Rylant, Chris K. Soentpiet (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.81 1 $10.81
Uncle Jed's Barber Shop Margaree King Mitchell, James E. Ransome (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.98 1 $12.98
Snowflake Bentley Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Jacqueline Briggs Martin (Illustrator), Mary Azarian (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.24 1 $14.24
Pebble: A Story About Belonging Susan Milord, Susan Milord (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.93 1 $10.93
The Raft Jim Lamarche, Jim Lamarche (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.30 1 $12.30
Something Beautiful Sharon Dennis Wyeth, Chris K. Soentpiet (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.59 1 $11.59
Weslandia Paul Fleischman • Barnes and Noble $14.70 1 $14.70
Four Feet, Two Sandals Karen Lynn Williams, Khadra Mohammad, Doug Chayka (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.82 1 $10.82
As Good as Anybody Richard Michelson, Raul Colon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.61 1 $11.61
Remember: The Journey to School Integration Toni Morrison • Barnes and Noble $11.45 1 $11.45
The Other Side Jacqueline Woodson, E. B. Lewis (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.81 1 $10.81
Goin' Someplace Special Patricia C. McKissack, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.30 1 $12.30
One Green Apple Eve Bunting, Ted Lewin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.18 1 $10.18
Going Home Eve Bunting, David Diaz, David Diaz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.77 1 $4.77
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai Claire A. Nivola • Barnes and Noble $10.78 1 $10.78
Beatrice's Goat Page McBrier, Lori Lohstoeter (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.44 1 $11.44
The Empty Pot Demi, Demi (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.44 1 $11.44
The Lotus Seed Sherry Garland, Tatsuro Kiuchi (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.62 1 $11.62
A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History Lynne Cherry • Barnes and Noble $11.62 1 $11.62
Water Dance Thomas Locker, Thomas Locker (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.62 1 $11.62
Seashore (Eyewitness Book Series) Steve Parker, Elizabeth Hester (Editor), Dave King (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.81 1 $10.81
Will We Miss Them? Endangered Species Alexandra Wright, Marshall H. Peck (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.43 1 $5.43
Dear World Takayo Noda, Noda Takayo, Takayo Noda (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.77 1 $4.77
How I Learned Geography Uri Shulevitz • Barnes and Noble $30.78 1 $30.78
Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot Margot Theis Raven, Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.41 1 $11.41
A Platypus, Probably Sneed B. Collard, Andrew Plant (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.59 1 $11.59
Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School Mark Teague • Barnes and Noble $10.81 1 $10.81
The Flag We Love Pam Munoz Ryan, Ralph Masiello (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.59 1 $11.59
So You Want to Be President? Judith St. George, David Small (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.44 1 $11.44
The Wretched Stone Chris Van Allsburg, Chris Van Allsburg (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.95 1 $12.95
The School Nurse from the Black Lagoon Mike Thaler, Jared Lee (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $2.72 1 $2.72
Extra! Extra!: Fairy-Tale News from Hidden Forest Alma Flor Ada, Leslie Tryon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.30 1 $12.30

Materials cost

$419.31

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$460.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.83

Total project goal

$529.43

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

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