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Mr. Laguna from Los Angeles CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Class Literature Circles

My students need fun and engaging books for class book circles!

  • $901 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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

Remember that first book that engaged you and brought you into the world of literature? Many of my students are still waiting for theirs.

I work in a Title 1 school in the urban part of a city in California, teaching sixth grade with energetic youngsters.

Many of my students have special ed needs and English Language development issues in my class. They are an excited group of kids, with a lot of energy that is just waiting to be tapped into educational adventures!

My Project

I have been using a one-size fits all solution when it comes to reading with my students. Reading a single class book, with a classroom that has a reading rate separation of 10 grades from lowest to highest student. This project will allow me to create literature circles, where students are broken up into teams of students in similar reading levels. By challenging every student to read at the upper echelon of the reading skill, they are growing their literacy skills on so many levels.

The donations to this project will be used to increase students' reading levels By making my students engaged into literature and becoming literate citizens, it is making our world a better place.

Mr. Laguna
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Counting by 7s • Amazon $9.92 6 $59.52
Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures • Amazon $9.13 6 $54.78
The Fault in Our Stars • Amazon $8.83 6 $52.98
My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish • Amazon $8.33 6 $49.98
Wonder • Amazon $8.06 6 $48.36
Fortunately, the Milk • Amazon $7.56 6 $45.36
Stardust • Amazon $7.19 6 $43.14
The Book Thief • Amazon $6.55 6 $39.30
Sideways Stories from Wayside School • Amazon $6.29 6 $37.74
It's Kind of a Funny Story • Amazon $6.22 6 $37.32
The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends) • Amazon $5.71 6 $34.26
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story • Amazon $5.69 6 $34.14
Thirteen Reasons Why • Amazon $5.64 6 $33.84
Sir Fartsalot Hunts the Booger • Amazon $5.39 6 $32.34
The Hour of the Cobra • Amazon $5.36 6 $32.16
Divergent (Divergent Series) • Amazon $4.90 6 $29.40

Materials cost

$664.62

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$60.81

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$765.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$135.07

Total project goal

$900.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$900.47

5 Donors

-$802.18

Donations toward project cost

-$765.40

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.78

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$98.29

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$0.00

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