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Mrs. Kwiatkowski from Roseville MI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

9th Grade Reading Workshop Library

My students need a classroom library that is high interest, but at a level that they are able to independently read. It is important that this library is diverse in character backgrounds.

  • $377 goal

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My Students

I am lucky enough to teach in a school where my students feel like family to me. I am not only their teacher, but their counselor, "school-mama", nurse and confidant. My students look to me for life lessons, not just education in reading and writing. These are hard-working young adults. These are students who work two jobs after school to help with their family's bills. These are students who join every sport and club they can, with hopes of earning scholarships, because they know their parents will not be able to afford to pay for their college.

The students at our high school come from a very diverse population.

This is sometimes challenging in the English classroom, as some students come from a household that primarily speaks a language other than English. Currently, 56.4% of our student population identifies as "economically disadvantaged", and 51% of our students receive free and reduced lunch. This unfortunately effects student learning. Our students truly want to better themselves, and see education as their opportunity to excel. This is hard to do when obtaining educational supplies is difficult.

My Project

I am teaching a new class next year, entitled "Readers Workshop". I am hoping to birth a new library in my classroom, which holds high interest reads for my students. So often, we assign novels to students, and they are given zero choice in the matter. This unfortunately reduces engagement.

I want to create a library with diverse backgrounds so my students choose books that they WANT to read and can relate to.

This library has such an array of backgrounds, and will expose my students to new perspectives. "I Am Malala" and "Chains" are a few examples of novels that will enrich student knowledge.

Mrs. Kwiatkowski
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
All American Boys • AKJ Education $14.57 2 $29.14
The Crossover • AKJ Education $12.28 2 $24.56
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates • AKJ Education $11.68 2 $23.36
The Hate U Give • AKJ Education $10.78 2 $21.56
Wonder • AKJ Education $10.69 2 $21.38
Divergent • AKJ Education $9.48 2 $18.96
The Hunger Games • AKJ Education $7.54 2 $15.08
The Catcher in the Rye • AKJ Education $6.25 2 $12.50
Black Panther 1 • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Girl in Translation • AKJ Education $11.68 1 $11.68
The Secret Life of Bees • AKJ Education $11.68 1 $11.68
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
A Raisin in the Sun (Common Core Exemplar) • AKJ Education $5.80 2 $11.60
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas • AKJ Education $5.68 2 $11.36
The Color Purple • AKJ Education $10.91 1 $10.91
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition • AKJ Education $4.85 2 $9.70
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) • AKJ Education $8.98 1 $8.98
Black Like Me • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Sold • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Chains: Seeds of America • AKJ Education $4.98 1 $4.98

Materials cost

$285.35

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.28

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$319.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.41

Total project goal

$376.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$376.04

4 Donors

-$369.25

Donations toward project cost

-$319.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.62

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.79

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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