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Ms. Marotto from Colorado Springs CO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Engaging Books for Read Aloud Lessons

Help me give my students access to engaging read aloud books to support comprehension and vocabulary development

  • $343 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

As a Special Education teacher, I am lucky that I get to stay with my students as they continue with their education. The students I work with all have different needs varying from cognitive, behavioral and academically. Each year, I love watching them grow!

Fair isn’t everyone getting the same thing Fair is everyone getting what they need to be successful

I work at a Title One school with 79% of the population qualifying for free and reduced price lunch. Despite my students at home needs, they continue to come to school everyday ready to learn.

My students prove that we need to see the able and not the label.

My Project

Majority of my students struggle with reading fluency and accuracy. Therefore, they often rely on having text read to them when working on comprehension and vocabulary development.

I chose engaging books, some of which support inclusivity, for read alouds to support comprehension, vocabulary development, and promote a love of books for my students who struggle with reading.

During a read aloud, I often include supplemental materials to go along with the text to help my students make connections and provide an interactive experience. My students really enjoy read alouds and I love seeing the benefits it has to offer. I am excited to read these new books with them!

Ms. Marotto
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
How I Learned Geography • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
Lotus and Feather • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Zombies Don't Eat Veggies • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
Hey, That's MY Monster! (I Need My Monster) • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
Trombone Shorty • Amazon Business $14.45 1 $14.45
The Big Umbrella • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Please Please the Bees • Amazon Business $14.19 1 $14.19
I'm NOT just a Scribble... • Amazon Business $13.63 1 $13.63
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $12.45 1 $12.45
I Can Do Hard Things: Mindful Affirmations for Kids • Amazon Business $11.96 1 $11.96
I'll Walk with You • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
The Hula-Hoopin' Queen • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
F is for FART: A rhyming ABC children's book about farting animals • Amazon Business $10.68 1 $10.68
Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream • Amazon Business $10.61 1 $10.61
Enemy Pie : (Reading Rainbow Book, Children’s Book about Kindness, Kids Books about Learning) • Amazon Business $10.50 1 $10.50
No Mirrors in My Nana's House: Musical CD and Book • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
Brave Irene: A Picture Book • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Sophie's Masterpiece: A Spider's Tale • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
White Socks Only (Albert Whitman Prairie Paperback) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Empty Pot • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
Arnie, the Doughnut (The Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut, 1) • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29

Materials cost

$241.86

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$15.48

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$290.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.35

Total project goal

$342.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$342.32

3 Donors

-$196.16

Donations toward project cost

-$166.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.42

match offer

-$146.15

Match offer toward project cost

-$124.23

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.92

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$0.00

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