You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Menu
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Edit classroom photo

Ms. Burt’s Classroom Edit display name

Your custom url is https://www.donorschoose.org/ms-burt

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
I teach a class of students who enter high school at a below-grade reading level, and the goal is to catch them up in the ninth grade. At this point, most of them have said that they don't like to read because they feel like "bad readers." They are tired of feeling like they can't understand stories like other students can. So my goal is to create a positive reading environment in my classroom where I can teach them the skills they need to feel like successful readers. One challenge we face in this class is that we don't have class sets of books at an appropriate reading level for the students. I want to help them develop their independent reading skills, but I would really like to have books at their level in order for them to practice with.

About my class

I teach a class of students who enter high school at a below-grade reading level, and the goal is to catch them up in the ninth grade. At this point, most of them have said that they don't like to read because they feel like "bad readers." They are tired of feeling like they can't understand stories like other students can. So my goal is to create a positive reading environment in my classroom where I can teach them the skills they need to feel like successful readers. One challenge we face in this class is that we don't have class sets of books at an appropriate reading level for the students. I want to help them develop their independent reading skills, but I would really like to have books at their level in order for them to practice with.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":554281,"teacherId":554281,"teacherName":"Ms. Burt","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-1_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"vanityURL":"ms-burt","teacherChallengeId":143327,"followAbout":"Ms. Burt's projects","teacherVerify":1775747926,"teacherNameEncoded":"Ms. Burt","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/ms-burt","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=554281","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":1,"numSupporters":3},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.