The cost of the ALA paperback library and Award Winner's Collection is $203, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.
This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
I teach 5th grade in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Last year, most of the teachers received new classroom libraries but because I was the last fifth grade teacher to be added, I was only given a partial library and the choices of books available in my classroom are fairly limited.
It is my second year teaching and one goal I have is to promote a love of reading in my students. I want them to see the classroom library as a place where they can escape and explore new worlds through books. I want them to be able to read independently everyday both in the classroom and at home and always have a place to come and find a "just right" book for themselves. An addition of new paperbacks from Scholastic will help make this happen.
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