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Mrs. Vick from Hale Center TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words

Help me give my students graphic novels to scaffold reading tasks for students with exceptional reading skills.

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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 Project

Many people outside of education would be shocked to know how many students reach middle school still reading at a third or fourth grade level. These students struggle to comprehend what they are reading because they are spending all their energy decoding the words on the page. Students who are reading two or more grade levels below their actual grade level fall farther behind in all subjects because they cannot keep up. Explain how the setting impacts the character's motivations? How can we expect them to do that when they struggle to decode multi-syllabic words?

Graphic novels help struggling readers by giving them context and support as they read, helping them visualize the action and characters as they work to decode the words on the page.

This support helps build confidence as they read, allowing success in reading.

Graphic novels also hold the reader's interest with the artwork and bright colors. Students with certain learning difficulties, such as Irlens and dyslexia, have less difficulties with graphic novels than with lines of unbroken text like those found in traditional novels.

Mrs. Vick
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Golden Lion: A Graphic Novel (Cleopatra in Space #4) (4) • Amazon Business $13.30 1 $13.30
Olympians: Dionysos: The New God (Olympians, 12) • Amazon Business $12.10 1 $12.10
I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 (I Survived Graphic Novel #9) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Fallen Empires (Cleopatra in Space #5) • Amazon Business $11.51 1 $11.51
Secret of the Time Tablets (Cleopatra in Space #3) • Amazon Business $11.28 1 $11.28
Queen of the Nile (Cleopatra in Space #6) • Amazon Business $11.19 1 $11.19
Picture Day: (A Graphic Novel) (The Brinkley Yearbooks) • Amazon Business $11.18 1 $11.18
Olympians: Hera: The Goddess and her Glory • Amazon Business $11.06 1 $11.06
Olympians: Hermes: Tales of the Trickster (Olympians, 10) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Olympians: Apollo: The Brilliant One (Olympians, 8) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Cardboard Kingdom #2: Roar of the Beast: (A Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Target Practice: A Graphic Novel (Cleopatra in Space #1) (1) • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
The Thief and the Sword: A Graphic Novel (Cleopatra in Space #2) (2) • Amazon Business $10.19 1 $10.19
The Cardboard Kingdom: (A Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Olympians: Hades: Lord of the Dead • Amazon Business $9.82 1 $9.82
Karen's Haircut: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #7) (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphix) • Amazon Business $9.74 1 $9.74
Besties: Work It Out (The World of Click) • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
Olympians: Aphrodite: Goddess of Love (Olympians, 6) • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Witches of Brooklyn: Spell of a Time: (A Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $9.44 1 $9.44
Olympians: Ares: Bringer of War (Olympians, 7) • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
Olympians: Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess (Olympians, 2) • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29
Olympians: Poseidon: Earth Shaker (Olympians, 5) • Amazon Business $9.18 1 $9.18
OLYMPIANS - ZEUS - KING OF THE GODS • Amazon Business $9.04 1 $9.04
The Cardboard Kingdom #3: Snow and Sorcery: (A Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $9.00 1 $9.00
Olympians: Artemis: Wild Goddess of the Hunt (Olympians, 9) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Tryout: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $8.88 1 $8.88
Karen's Kittycat Club: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #4) (4) (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphix) • Amazon Business $8.86 1 $8.86
I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #6) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 (I Survived Graphic Novel #8) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $8.78 1 $8.78
I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 (I Survived Graphic Novel 7) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $8.78 1 $8.78
Olympians: Hephaistos: God of Fire (Olympians, 11) • Amazon Business $8.69 1 $8.69
I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #3) (3) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Karen's School Picture: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #5) (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphix) • Amazon Business $8.37 1 $8.37
I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #4) (4) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $8.24 1 $8.24
I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $8.22 1 $8.22
I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #5) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $8.21 1 $8.21
Karen's Birthday: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #6) (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphix) • Amazon Business $8.06 1 $8.06
Karen's Worst Day: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #3) (3) (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphix) • Amazon Business $7.74 1 $7.74
I Survived The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $7.71 1 $7.71
Besties: Find Their Groove (The World of Click) • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
Karen's Roller Skates (Baby-sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel #2): A Graphix Book (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphix) • Amazon Business $6.00 1 $6.00

Materials cost

$391.23

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$427.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.37

Total project goal

$502.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $502.47

1 Donor

-$50.00

Donations toward project cost

-$42.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

The Montgomery Family Fund match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $402.47

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