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Teacher Aponte from East Boston MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Reading Materials for Advanced Readers

My students need a class set of "The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano" to provide more advanced reading materials for critical inquiry skills.

  • $274 goal

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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

My class is made up of 26 students representing the diverse communities of East Boston and Chelsea.

In order for my students to continue to grow in their reading development, we need more challenging novels.

Of the 26 students in my class, many are formerly English Language Learner students. The majority of the students in the classroom are reading at or above reading level, but we lack challenging reading materials.

In order for my students to continue to progress they need a challenging, culturally relevant novel that will require in depth study.

My Project

The students in my class need advanced reading materials to continue to make progress and further develop their literacy skills. Currently the majority of the students in my class read at or above grade level, but lack the materials we need to further develop their reading skills with challenging novels.

In order to support my diverse classroom, I am asking for support to fund a classroom set of the novel "The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano." This novel is a work of historical fiction that centers on the experiences of a Puerto Rican girl in New York during the civil rights era.

This novel would provide students the opportunity to learn about a rarely mentioned piece of the 1960s/70s civil rights movement for Latina/o/x people in the USA. A classroom set of this novel would also provide students with a challenging read, which is essential for supporting the development of their literacy and critical inquiry skills.

As a teacher I'd love to have the opportunity to build instruction around this novel. We are currently working on finishing the novel "One Crazy Summer", which is similarly about the experience of three sisters during the summer of 1968. This novel has given us the opportunity to talk about the later end of the civil rights movement and the history of the Black Panther Party. "The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano" would be an excellent tie in and would provide opportunities for a deeper study of this important era of the civil rights movement.

Teacher Aponte
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano • Amazon Business $9.99 20 $199.80

Materials cost

$199.80

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$232.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.08

Total project goal

$273.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $273.88

2 Donors

-$273.88

Donations toward project cost

-$232.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.08

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