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

Mr. R’s Classroom Edit display name

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/6440220 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
My students are the most important people in my classrooms. From day one, I want to learn as much as I can about every one of my students so that I, their English Language Arts teacher, can try to fashion a narrative of highly engaging books that both allow my students to see themselves in the main characters, and also help instruct them on how to become the best people possible; highly engaged and informed citizens. I believe that when young people identify with, and are interested in compelling characters and stories, they are far more likely to improve their reading skills and actually WANT to read. Given the fantastically diverse and high poverty population I serve, I try to find books that speak to them about their lives and offer options. I work tirelessly to tackle hate, which I see daily in our hallways and, of course, we see daily in the news. So far this year, we have learned about identity, refugees and the Holocaust. I have brought in refugees to speak to my students, many of whom share their own refugee stories, a Holocaust survivor, and we are visiting the Holocaust Center for Humanity in June as well as one of Anne Frank's chestnut trees of remembrance. What I hope to incorporate, this year and beyond, is Angie Thomas's fantastic book, The Hate You Give, to truly show how hate can only gain power when hate is returned. Instead, we should choose love, and never be indifferent in the face of hatred.

About my class

My students are the most important people in my classrooms. From day one, I want to learn as much as I can about every one of my students so that I, their English Language Arts teacher, can try to fashion a narrative of highly engaging books that both allow my students to see themselves in the main characters, and also help instruct them on how to become the best people possible; highly engaged and informed citizens. I believe that when young people identify with, and are interested in compelling characters and stories, they are far more likely to improve their reading skills and actually WANT to read. Given the fantastically diverse and high poverty population I serve, I try to find books that speak to them about their lives and offer options. I work tirelessly to tackle hate, which I see daily in our hallways and, of course, we see daily in the news. So far this year, we have learned about identity, refugees and the Holocaust. I have brought in refugees to speak to my students, many of whom share their own refugee stories, a Holocaust survivor, and we are visiting the Holocaust Center for Humanity in June as well as one of Anne Frank's chestnut trees of remembrance. What I hope to incorporate, this year and beyond, is Angie Thomas's fantastic book, The Hate You Give, to truly show how hate can only gain power when hate is returned. Instead, we should choose love, and never be indifferent in the face of hatred.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":6440220,"teacherId":6440220,"teacherName":"Mr. R","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6440220_orig.jpg?crop=728,728,x772,y478&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1558309391325","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":21390014,"followAbout":"Mr. R's projects","teacherVerify":1972947919,"teacherNameEncoded":"Mr. R","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/6440220","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=6440220","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":1,"numSupporters":11},"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.