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Mrs. Ellison from Hartford, CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Book Tells a Tale, an Opportunity Changes a Life!

Help me give my students the opportunity to fall in love with reading through our own leveled library of “JUST RIGHT” books!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Ellison's classroom raised $559

This project is fully funded

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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

I have been teaching for the past 16 years in a low-income inner-city district. My students face many challenges and most live in poverty. All of my students qualify for free breakfast and lunch. Many struggle academically, socially and have endured significant trauma. Nevertheless, my sweet kiddos come in to school excited and ready to learn each and every day. Many are energetic, creative and thrive off positivity. They are enthusiastic about our daily reading groups, where they have the opportunity to shine and be successful at their own reading level. The only problem is, I only have a few books at each level. My students often have to reread and share the same few books. My goal is to build up our reading library through various non-fiction and fiction books at each learner's level.

My Project

My first grade students almost always begin the year by saying, “oh no... I can’t read, it’s too hard for me.” I always tell them that they just haven’t found their “just right” book yet. When we meet in small groups (guided reading) students are always interested and love that they are successful at the leveled book that’s just right for them. Their faces IMMEDIATELY brighten after reading a book ON THEIR OWN! They often tell me they are SO excited that they want more, more books at their level and to be able to borrow and read the books at home with their families. The opportunity for more books at various levels allows us to build on story elements, the sequence of events, new vocabulary and making connections to characters and other texts. Here lies the problem, I am limited in my levels at this time. I would love to build up our leveled reading library so that all my students have many genres of books to build their love for reading.

Mrs. Ellison Wish Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

23 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Guided Reading Collection: Level F Fiction and Nonfiction Combo (40 books) • AKJ Education $175.23 1 $175.23
Guided Reading Collection: Level E Fiction (20 books) • AKJ Education $92.13 1 $92.13
Guided Reading Collection: Level D Fiction (20 books) • AKJ Education $88.32 1 $88.32
Guided Reading Collection: Level C Fiction (20 books) • AKJ Education $82.41 1 $82.41

Materials cost

$438.09

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$474.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.76

Total project goal

$558.42

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $558.42

5 Donors

-$482.54

Donations toward project cost

-$410.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$71.63

match offer

-$75.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$63.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.88

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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