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Mrs. Seago from Mesquite, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Continuing Our Passion: Reading to Learn

My students need a variety of leveled guided reading books to aid in reading comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and fluency skills.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Seago's classroom raised $1,011

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

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." -Dr. Seuss Reading creates a strong vocabulary, use of imagination, and exposure to real-life situations. Students who struggle with reading are often the ones who lack in these skills.

My students are anywhere from mildly hard-of-hearing to profoundly deaf.

They come from homes where communication is extremely limited, some having no communication at all. Most of them rely on the use of sign language and hearing aids. They attend a Regional Day School for the Deaf, which is the only one of its kind in our area. They are bused in from surrounding cities and some travel more than 45 miles each day. Coming from homes with no communication, they struggle with day-to-day vocabulary and experiences. Visual information is crucial to their full comprehension of any subject. Resources and materials for our classroom are slim, and we struggle to find resources that are at our reading level, but also engaging and interesting. This proves to be a difficult task, as my students are reading two or three grades below grade level, but who get bored easily with younger books. We are constantly battling between finding books that they can read, but are also books they'll enjoy.

My Project

My students yearn for interesting books that they can read and develop vivid pictures in their head, to play the book out like a movie, but our supply of books at their reading level relate to younger students. These materials will be a dependable source of books for our guided reading lessons. These lessons focus on one or two specific reading comprehension and fluency tasks that our students lack the most. These books will essentially be able to reach their level of reading and comprehension, while at the same time be engaging and fun to read. The visual material in these books is always beneficial, and the more exposure for differentiated texts and text features can only assist in the learning and development of my students. This project will benefit in guided reading and encourage my students to read, to use their imagination to create a vivid picture of their story, and will aid in vocabulary acquisition and development, as well as reading comprehension.

This project means a lot to my students, and also means a lot to me.

By donating to this project, you are impacting the lives of our Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students, who most of the time feel left out and unappreciated. My hope is to show our students that they can do anything they set their mind to, with hard work. Knowing that you donated your money to this cause will truly show them that they are important, and their learning is important as well. Help me change the lives of my students.

Mrs. Seago Joe Lawrence Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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

20 students impacted 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Rigby Sails Launching Fluency Single Copy Collection Orange (Set 1) • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $125.30 1 $125.30
Rigby Sails Launching Fluency Single Copy Collection Fiction Orange (Set 2) • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $110.20 1 $110.20
Rigby Sails Launching Fluency Single Copy Collection Set 3 • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $94.00 1 $94.00
Rigby Sails Launching Fluency Single Copy Collection Turquoise • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $86.70 1 $86.70
Rigby Sails Launching Fluency Single Copy Collection Purple • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $65.35 1 $65.35
Rigby Sails Launching Fluency Single Copy Collection Nonfiction Orange (Set 1) • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $62.70 1 $62.70
Rigby Sails Launching Fluency Single Copy Collection Fiction Orange (Set 1) • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $62.70 1 $62.70
Rigby Sails Single Copy Collection Set 3 Fiction Orange • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $56.40 1 $56.40
Rigby Sails Single Copy Collection Set 2 Fiction Purple • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $56.40 1 $56.40
Rigby Sails Launching Fluency Single Copy Collection Nonfiction Orange (Set 2) • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $48.90 1 $48.90
Rigby Sails Single Copy Collection Extension Nonfiction Orange • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $37.60 1 $37.60

Materials cost

$806.25

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.90

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$859.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$151.63

Total project goal

$1,010.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,010.87

11 Donors

-$892.22

Donations toward project cost

-$859.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.98

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$118.65

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