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Mrs. Daou from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books to Hook Reluctant Readers

My students need a variety of high interest novels to read during independent reading time including both the Bluford and Denim Diaries series.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Daou's classroom raised $437

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

Open the door to a brighter future for my students by giving them access to a variety of interesting books at their independent reading levels. Help them discover that reading is not only vital to success in life but also enjoyable!

My students are several years behind grade level in reading and have had mostly negative experiences with it because of their struggles.

Because of this, most of them do not enjoy reading and do not understand the importance of reading and how reading well will aid them in succeeding in their futures. My school is located in a low-income neighborhood in the city and there is not enough money available to expand my classroom library.

My Project

Adding high-interest/low-level reading materials to our classroom library will provide my students with materials they are able to read without frustration and that are written on topics which appeal to them. We have at least 20 minutes of independent reading time every day. During this time, students work on developing their reading stamina and using strategies like questioning, visualizing, and making connections and predictions to become better readers. Also, students are allowed to choose the books they read during this time so it also shows them that reading is a form of enjoyment. After reading every day, students reflect on their reading in a composition notebook using metacognitive stems. Then, they share their reading experiences with other students in the class.

I am hoping these books will foster a love of reading in my students and encourage them to read more often.

One good book could change the way a student feels about reading. Please help make it possible for my students to discover that reading is enjoyable and thereby increase their reading proficiency.

Mrs. Daou Eric Solorio Academy High School Grades 9-12

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bluford Series 20-Book Boxed Set (Books 1-20) • Amazon $67.49 1 $67.49
Why We Broke Up • Amazon $20.00 1 $20.00
Maggot Moon (Michael L. Printz Award - Honor Title(s)) • Amazon $14.03 1 $14.03
In Darkness • Amazon $13.42 1 $13.42
Speak • Amazon $13.35 1 $13.35
Code Name Verity (Edgar Allen Poe Awards. Best Young Adult (Awards)) • Amazon $13.19 1 $13.19
Revolver • Amazon $12.84 1 $12.84
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things (Teen's Top 10 (Awards)) • Amazon $12.14 1 $12.14
Looking for Alaska • Amazon $5.94 2 $11.88
Hard Love • Amazon $10.71 1 $10.71
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, Book 1) • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
Denim Diaries 4: Broken Promises • Amazon $8.25 1 $8.25
Repossessed • Amazon $8.16 1 $8.16
Denim Diaries 1: 16 Going on 21 • Amazon $8.15 1 $8.15
Stuck in Neutral • Amazon $8.09 1 $8.09
Denim Diaries 5 • Amazon $7.85 1 $7.85
Nothing • Amazon $7.81 1 $7.81
Denim Diaries 3: Queen of the Yard • Amazon $7.75 1 $7.75
Denim Diaries 2: Grown in Sixty Seconds • Amazon $7.68 1 $7.68
Denim Diaries 6 • Amazon $7.22 1 $7.22
November Blues (The Jericho Trilogy) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Forged by Fire • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
A Wreath for Emmett Till • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Miracle's Boys • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
The White Darkness • Amazon $6.90 1 $6.90
The First Part Last • Amazon $6.86 1 $6.86
Stolen • Amazon $6.86 1 $6.86
The Body of Christopher Creed • Amazon $6.26 1 $6.26
Punkzilla • Amazon $5.92 1 $5.92
How I Live Now • Amazon $5.08 1 $5.08

Materials cost

$335.64

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$370.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.41

Total project goal

$436.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $436.08

1 Donor

-$436.08

Donations toward project cost

-$370.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$65.41

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