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Mrs. Leslie Skaggs from Lafayette, IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Developing Reading Identity

My students need the books necessary to build a reading identity first and foremost. In doing so, this will give them what they need to grow into whom they really want to be.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Leslie Skaggs's classroom raised $628

This project is fully funded

My Students

I believe that a classroom library is the heart and soul of a teacher's ability to continue reading development, to nurture, to encourage and to grow a life long love of reading.

"A classroom library is the window into a teacher's own personality, and it reflects the importance of life long literacy."

(Heather Wopert-Gawron, Edutopia.com) in the Special Education Language Arts Junior High School classroom.

My 7th and 8th grade Special Education Language Arts students are taught to engage in the act of reading. They read for the entire school year! Daily reading, as a classroom group is a foundational piece of our daily learning routine. There is nothing more rewarding to me as a teacher, than when as student asks "are we going to keep reading today Mrs. Skaggs?" or they comment that they like the book, and volunteer to read out loud to the class!

My current classroom library consists of bits and pieces of book sets, as they have been handed down from teacher to teacher. I do not have complete class sets of nice books to accommodate the number of students in my classroom.

My Project

Special Education Language Arts students are searching for their identify, through peer groups, school groups and reading in the Special Education Language Arts classroom.

It's difficult being a Junior High School student, but it is even more difficult when you have a special education identification attached to you.

Through identity reading, such as Ghost, Maniac McGee and The Paperboy, my students will learn that they have the right to make friends, to feel like they matter, that they are not so different and that anything is possible. I want to bridge the gap between what my students believe about themselves and teach them to imagine what they can be.

Mrs. Leslie Skaggs Tecumseh Junior High School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Lafayette, IN 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ghost • AKJ Education $13.13 20 $262.60
Maniac Magee • AKJ Education $5.84 20 $116.80
Paperboy • AKJ Education $5.83 20 $116.60

Materials cost

$496.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$533.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.14

Total project goal

$627.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $627.58

1 Donor

-$627.58

Donations toward project cost

-$533.44

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$94.14

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 $0.00

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