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Mrs. Otto from Bay Shore, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Otto's classroom raised $889

Reading Workshop in Need of Books

My students need an extensive leveled library to enhance their reading workshop model.

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Mrs. Otto Southwest Elementary School
Bay Shore, NY Grades 3-5

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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

Come and read with us! Our school district is moving toward a reading workshop model. To embrace this new literary challenge, our classroom needs help in building an extensive leveled library of books that will provide each and every child with CHOICE! Help us continue our love of reading!

Our district is the largest suburban district in the state.

We are a low income district comprised primarily of Hispanic and African American students. The majority of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Parental support and involvement is hard to come by. My school houses about 1100 students in grades kindergarten through fifth.

My Project

Since the core of a reading workshop is reading, a quality classroom library is essential to its success! Through your generous donations, my students will be on the path to becoming lifelong readers! By helping us build our classroom library filled with a multitude of various books, you will help to develop a reading community in our classroom. Students will engage in book talks, keep reading logs, and just love reading! Providing the students with choice and selection is what a reading workshop is all about.

Children benefit from a workshop approach to reading.

They require choices in reading material that include a variety of genres and reading levels. When students learn to make choices, they choose to read outside of school as well as at school. Teachers can better meet the diverse needs of students using a workshop model. Please consider helping me meet my students' needs!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

30 students impacted 5 donors
Mrs. Otto Southwest Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Bay Shore, NY 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

30 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Grade Level Library Grade 3 Guided Reading-10 Books • AKJ Books $44.56 1 $44.56
Grade Level Library Grade 4 Guided Reading-10 Books • AKJ Books $55.33 1 $55.33
Guided Reading M Fiction 20 Books-Grade 2 • AKJ Books $93.58 1 $93.58
Guided Reading N Fiction 20 Books-Grade 3 • AKJ Books $93.54 1 $93.54
Guided Reading O Fiction 20 Books-Grade 3 • AKJ Books $103.60 1 $103.60
Guided Reading P Fiction 20 Books-Grade 3 • AKJ Books $104.05 1 $104.05
Guided Reading Q Fiction 20 Books-Grade 4 • AKJ Books $106.65 1 $106.65
Guided Reading R Fiction 20 Books-Grade 4 • AKJ Books $108.36 1 $108.36

Materials cost

$709.67

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$755.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$133.29

Total project goal

$888.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $888.61

3 Donors

-$254.00

Donations toward project cost

-$236.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.25

match offer

-$610.08

Match offer toward project cost

-$518.57

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$91.51

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$24.53

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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