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Ms. Gibaldi from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Reading Rainbow For My Classroom

My students need several books to improve literacy including The Divergent Series, Wonder, and The Hunger Games.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Gibaldi's classroom raised $609

This project is fully funded

My Students

There is no one specific "typical day" in my classroom. As an English teacher in a diverse Brooklyn school, we do everything from reading and analyzing literature to drafting and creating original pieces of text. I'm a lifelong learner, and I want to both teach and learn from my students.

My school is known for its diversity.

We are located in a Brooklyn neighborhood just north of Coney Island. Several of our students are from foreign countries and are learning English. This is a challenge when the New York State English Language Arts exam is so very important in the 7th grade. As an English teacher, I try to keep my students interested and engaged while reading and practicing reading strategies. It helps to have new and current books when engaging 13-year-olds to read. Our school is rather large for a middle school, and we recently lost our Title 1 funding, which means finding the money in our budget for schools supplies, such as new books, can be difficult. That is what brought me to Donors Choose.

My Project

My students will use these new books as independent reading books. They will be able to each read the book of their choosing and will be responsible for writing responses based on their individual book. The reason independent reading is so important is that each child will be able to read a book on their appropriate level and each child will be appropriately challenged. It also enables my students to engage their unique interests by choosing their own book.

I have requested a number of new novels for my seventh grade classroom.

Some of the books I currently have in my classroom are very old and tattered. I find that almost daily I am taping and repairing the pages of the books that remain. By refilling my library with new and current books, my students will excitedly be able to read books that they are interested in and not have to worry about the condition of the books. I spoke to several of my students and asked them what books they wanted to read. It is from those discussions that I have made my selections here on Donors Choose. I know my students will appreciate and value these new additions to our library, as well as learn valuable life lessons and new vocabulary from these books.

Ms. Gibaldi Junior High School 234 Arthur W Cunningham Grades 6-8

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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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More than three‑quarters of 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

99 students impacted 33donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Divergent Series Complete Box Set • Amazon $33.58 4 $134.32
The Maze Runner Series (Maze Runner) • Amazon $24.47 4 $97.88
The The Hunger Games Trilogy Box Set: Paperback Classic Collection • Amazon $23.38 4 $93.52
Uglies: Uglies; Pretties; Specials; Extras • Amazon $22.04 2 $44.08
Wonder • Amazon $9.75 4 $39.00
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 1 • Amazon $7.88 4 $31.52
Looking for Alaska • Amazon $5.94 4 $23.76

Materials cost

$464.08

Vendor shipping charges

 $15.96

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$517.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.24

Total project goal

$608.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $608.24

29 Donors

-$598.71

Donations toward project cost

-$517.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$81.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.53

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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