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Mrs. Clark from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Big Books are BIG Motivators!

My students need 3 Big Book sets for a total of 17 Big Books for shared reading and literacy centers.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Clark's classroom raised $540

This project is fully funded

My Students

As Victor Hugo once said, “to learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.” Big books will help to ignite this fire for reading in my classroom by making literature accessible and entertaining.

I teach 28 diverse first-graders in a charter school in New York.

My students are eager to learn, but many of them are struggling readers who need extra motivation to read. Access to Big Books that provide a large, colorful, motivating text will stimulate their excitement and their desire to read. Big books will provide high quality literature to help further develop their early literacy skills. Many of my students lack positive experiences with books and other printed materials. Without proper access to quality literature, my scholars will not develop the skills needed to close the achievement gap and become proficient readers and writers. As their teacher, I am constantly searching for ways to make my students feel successful and excited about reading to help them continue to grow as readers. Big books will play a vital role in making quality literature accessible to all my readers.

My Project

My students need 3 Big Book sets for a total of 17 Big Books for shared reading and literacy centers. My project focuses on helping students learn to read through shared readings of big books. In order to read, students need to practice decoding and comprehension strategies. In particular, big books will boost my students’ ability to use context clues, read and create rhymes, and to read with expression. The best way to teach these skills is to model them with big books. Big books are highly motivating because the words and pictures are enlarged to help the whole class see the text and enjoy the illustrations. Additionally, these books usually contain rhythmic language, which helps the scholars read the story independently. In a shared reading lesson, I will be able to make the text accessible to all of the scholars at one time. The extra-large text and pictures help keep all the students engaged in the lessons so they can acquire new reading strategies and learn about new text formats.

Research has shown again and again that the more time students spend interacting with print materials, the higher their reading levels rise.

With this in mind, it is critical to have beautiful Big Books that will motivate the reader to engage in the language and have fun reading. With your help, we can ensure that these first graders get every opportunity to become better readers.

Mrs. Clark Harlem Link Charter School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
RA730X - Big Book Favorites - Set 1 • Lakeshore Learning $149.00 1 $149.00
RE335X - Big Book Favorites - Set 4 • Lakeshore Learning $149.00 1 $149.00
BK740X - Multicultural Big Book Set • Lakeshore Learning $119.00 1 $119.00

Materials cost

$417.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$458.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.87

Total project goal

$539.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $539.13

4 Donors

-$265.16

Donations toward project cost

-$229.14

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.02

match offer

-$269.55

Match offer toward project cost

-$229.12

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.43

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.42

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 $0.00

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