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Mrs. Franchino from Cleveland, OH is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Franchino's classroom raised $200

Diversity for Young Readers

Help me give my students new and engaging leveled readers featuring diverse main characters.

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Mrs. Franchino Marion Sterling Elementary School
Cleveland, OH Grades PreK-2

My Students

I am a Reading Recovery and Leveled Literacy Intervention teacher in an urban public school where 100% of the students qualify for free lunch. The state of Ohio has implemented the Third Grade Reading Guarantee to ensure that all 3rd graders are reading at grade level before they can be promoted to 4th grade. The programs I work with are designed to help students reach this goal.

Reading Recovery is a short-term intervention for first graders having extreme difficulty with early reading and writing.

Leveled Literacy Intervention is an intense, focused small group instruction in reading and writing. My students are eager to learn how to become fluent readers and writers. Despite starting the school year behind their classmates, my students work hard to close the achievement gap.

Watching my students learn how to read books is a joyful experience. They are always eager to take a book home to read for their families. Over the course of their lessons, Reading Recovery and LLI students transform their insecurities into confidence!

My Project

My Reading Recovery students are always excited to read new books every day. They enjoy the stories and characters they encounter as they advance their reading levels. Although they embrace all the wonderful characters they read about, I would like for them to have the opportunity to read more books that feature African-Americans.

With your generous donation, our Reading Recovery library will receive wonderful books that feature African American children as the main characters.

It's important for children to see characters that look like them. These books will quickly become cherished favorites.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

25 students impacted 3 donors
Mrs. Franchino Marion Sterling Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Cleveland, OH 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

25 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Zook Set • Reading Reading Books $48.00 1 $48.00
The Cars Set • Reading Reading Books $48.00 1 $48.00
The Carl Set • Reading Reading Books $24.25 1 $24.25
Tess and the Waves - Level G/12 • Reading Reading Books $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$125.24

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.50

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$169.62

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$29.93

Total project goal

$199.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $199.55

2 Donors

-$199.55

Donations toward project cost

-$169.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.93

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 $0.00

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