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

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Ms. Dame's classroom raised $379

Confidence is Half the Battle

My students need five mp3 players to listen to stories and the five books that accompany those stories.

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Ms. Dame Abraham Lincoln High School
Brooklyn, NY Grades 9-12

At the beginning of the year, I take my ninth-grade students to the library to choose an independent reading book. Most students rush in, taking advantage of the freedom to browse and choose. A few students dig in their heels, standing at the front of the library with their arms crossed. They all say the same thing: "I hate reading." By December, after much cajoling and encouragement, many of these students will have finished a book on their own for the first time in their lives. By the end of the year, some of them have become enthusiastic readers. I want to speed this up! Janet Allen, a respected literacy specialist, has seen books on tape boost the confidence of insecure readers. She writes in her book Yellow Brick Roads, "It was amazing for us to see students develop such language fluency from reading books with audiotapes that they were able to wean themselves from their recording." (109) Listening to books while reading is a stepping stone to greater literacy, but it is a proven and effective way to increase readers' confidence. These mp3 players will not only benefit the readers who use them, it will enrich the entire classroom. By giving all my students access to the age-appropriate and sophisticated stories we read and discuss, I can create a pedagogically diverse but universally rigorous classroom. My school is a big urban school in Brooklyn, and my classes are wonderfully diverse. These mp3 players will help me to take advantage of this diversity - struggling readers can read the same texts as my other students and contribute their street-smart, worldly and wise thoughts to our classroom discussions. These students have the intellects to respond to these texts, and a small technological boost to overcome a habit of non-reading will go a long way in helping creating a rigorous and college-bound culture in which all students participate.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

25 students impacted 3 donors
Ms. Dame Abraham Lincoln High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Brooklyn, NY View local requests

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

25 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
SANDISK SANSA CLIP 2GB MP3 PLAYER BLACK -- SanDisk Sansa CLIP2GBBLK MP3 Player; 2GB • Quill $46.79 5 $233.95
Skin I'm In Sharon Flake, Tk (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Coraline Neil Gaiman, Dave Mckean (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Treasure Island (Sterling Unabridged Classics Series) Robert Louis Stevenson, Scott McKowen • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
The Road to Memphis Mildred D. Taylor • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Let the Circle Be Unbroken Mildred D. Taylor • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$269.86

Vendor shipping charges

 $26.99

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$310.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.05

Total project goal

$378.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $378.05

1 Donor

-$189.08

Donations toward project cost

-$155.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.03

match offer

-$188.96

Match offer toward project cost

-$154.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.01

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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