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Ms. Haick from Oakland, CA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building the Reading Achievement Gap in Oakland, California!

Help me give my students access to quality books and literacy projects designed by experienced teachers on Teachers Pay Teachers. As a first year teacher I need access to recourses to help build student achievement.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Haick's classroom raised $645

This project is fully funded

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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 Students

We are a proud Title I school, where 100% of students are on free lunch and free breakfast. My students live in one of the most dangerous parts of their urban city of Oakland California, but overcome all obstacles.

Many gangs surround our community and my students all live in poverty yet do not let their disadvantages take hold of them in the classroom.

Each day these children come to school ready to learn putting their education first.

99% of my students are below a 5th grade reading level. At the start of the year in August, many students were reading between a k-3rd grade level. After a few months of direct instruction with phonics and early literacy with what we already had in the classroom we are making headway and the student achievement gap is closing. With dedication, some students have already improved their reading levels by an entire grade level! We still have more work to do!

My Project

My students need access to a wide range of books which will allow for more literacy groups to be created dependent on reading lexile scores. I can allow for closed reading among partners with the same book to help with fluency and accuracy when reading. Currently, I do not have a wide range of books in my classroom as a first year teacher. I need your help to grow this class library so I can level it based on students reading levels.

Scholastic News articles will help bring current events to our class that will allow them to become more culturally competent and aware of worldly events through literacy.

I will also be able to differentiate learning groups with a variety of reading leveled groups to promote equity and continuous group work which touch base on some 5th grade Common Core Standards.

Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards are essential to continue growing my literacy projects in my classroom. I would love to be able to find more literacy projects that I can bring into the classroom. My students have an interest in math, and I would love to teach a financial literacy unit to my students at an early age who live in poverty. Teachers Pay Teachers is a great and credible resource to get materials from that have been created and reviewed by teachers throughout the nation. This site will give me a wide range of access to find creative, and engaging material that will touch base on 5th grade Common Core Standards.

It is important students have an interest in their education. With your help, we can give these kids access to material of interest which will promote learning when they are engaged.

Ms. Haick Markham Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Oakland, CA View local requests

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

22 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on Teachers Pay Teachers • Teachers Pay Teachers $100.00 3 $300.00
Big Nate 8-Copy Fiction Slipcase • Amazon Business $52.99 1 $52.99
Bad Kitty's Very Bad Boxed Set (#1): Bad Kitty Gets a Bath, Happy Birthday, Bad Kitty, Bad Kitty vs the Babysitter - with Free Poster! (Bad Kitty, 1) • Amazon Business $18.58 1 $18.58
Smile, Sisters, and Guts: The Box Set • Amazon Business $18.53 1 $18.53
Ivy and Bean's Treasure Box: (Beginning Chapter Books, Funny Books for Kids, Kids Book Series) (Ivy + Bean) • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
How to Eat Fried Worms (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $6.79 2 $13.58
The World According to Humphrey • Amazon Business $6.00 2 $12.00
The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 13) • Amazon Business $8.98 1 $8.98
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (3) • Amazon Business $8.78 1 $8.78
I Can Make This Promise • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (Hero's Guide, 1) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Big Shot Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 16 • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
A Bad Case of Stripes (Scholastic Bookshelf) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2) • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98

Materials cost

$492.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $17.64

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$547.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.67

Total project goal

$644.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $644.45

1 Donor

-$128.89

Donations toward project cost

-$109.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.33

match offer

-$515.55

Match offer toward project cost

-$438.22

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.33

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