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Mrs. Schnarr from Indianapolis, IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Schnarr's classroom raised $502

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My students need a wide variety of reading materials at their reading level and a checkout cart.

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Mrs. Schnarr Thomas Gregg Neighborhood School
Indianapolis, IN Grades 6-8

My Students

What do you do when you try something over and over and you continuously fail? You give up, right? Well, that is exactly what happens to too many of my students when it comes to reading. They think they cannot do it, so they quit trying!

I teach 6th grade in an inner-city school with children from very low-income families.

For many students their education has never been a top priority and this has caused them to fall behind in their learning. Year after year I have students that are reading well below grade level and all of the materials we offer are too difficult.

My Project

This year our school adopted a new approach to teaching reading called Balanced Literacy. Balanced Literacy has great success in raising achievement levels in reading across the nation. In order to ensure success of all of my students I need to provide a variety of reading material and a wide variety of levels, genres, and topics. As we all know, reading is an important part of our daily lives. In one way or another all of our learning revolves around some form of reading. It is essential that my students raise their reading levels and the best way to make this happen is to provide books that are "Just Right" for them. I have requested sets of books at different levels, genres, and interests.

My vision for this new program is to have students reading, discussing, and most of all enjoying books!

I can accomplish this by providing opportunities and materials for all of my students to feel successful in reading. By contributing to this project you will help my students become excited about reading and truly understand the joy that comes from it. By providing books that are on the students' level we will make an impact in all of their future learning.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

29 students impacted 2 donors
Mrs. Schnarr Thomas Gregg Neighborhood School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Indianapolis, IN 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

29 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEARN TO READ ASSORTED PACK 19, LEVEL F-G -- Creative Teaching Press Learn to Read Assorted Packs; Level F-G • Quill $17.99 1 $17.99
AA308 - Level G Book Bin - Gr. 1 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning $36.95 1 $36.95
FF576 - Leveled Library Checkout Chart • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
AA339 - Level P Book Bin - Gr. 3-4 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning $36.95 1 $36.95
AA338 - Level O Book Bin - Gr. 3-4 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning $33.95 1 $33.95
AA337 - Level N Book Bin - Gr. 3 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning $33.95 1 $33.95
AA336 - Level M Book Bin - Gr. 2-3 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning $32.95 1 $32.95
AA319 - Level L Book Bin - Gr. 2-3 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning $28.95 1 $28.95
AA318 - Level K Book Bin - Gr. 2 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning $35.95 1 $35.95
AA317 - Level J Book Bin - Gr. 2 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning $27.95 1 $27.95
AA309 - Level H Book Bin - Gr. 1-2 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning $38.95 1 $38.95
AA303 - Level B Book Bin - K-Gr. 1 - Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning $30.95 1 $30.95

Materials cost

$385.44

Vendor shipping charges

 $0.18

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$426.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.25

Total project goal

$501.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $501.65

1 Donor

-$98.00

Donations toward project cost

-$83.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.70

match offer

-$403.65

Match offer toward project cost

-$343.10

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.55

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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