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Ms. Spitler from Houston, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Engaging Readers & Creating Life Long Readers!

Help me give my students engaging non-fiction articles to read and become life long readers and learners! The Scholastic News Magazines will help my students comprehend grade level texts, and learn new things!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Spitler's classroom raised $586

This project is fully funded

My Students

Teaching students to read and watching them grow into life long readers/learners is one of the best feelings in the world! The students I work with haven't had a real chance to be introduced to engaging non-fiction texts, and when I have used Scholastic News & Time for Kids before with them, they dive into the articles and won't stop reading! The students I work with are the struggling students who need to be given a chance to fall in love with reading!

My Project

Scholastic News Magazines opens the world of Non-Fiction reading in a whole new way! Most students are used to the normal boring non-fiction topics, but Scholastic News makes it more engaging, so the students want to continue reading! The students will use these magazines during their independent reading time and small group work. Each student will have their own copy to have during class time.

Non-fiction is usually the hardest genre for students to comprehend, so finding engaging texts for students will help them become life long readers.

Students will use these magazines during their independent reading time along with during small group work. They will be able to analyze and comprehend easier because of the engaging materials.

Ms. Spitler Memorial 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

30 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Scholastic News, Grades 5/6 (min. 10 subscriptions per order) - 24 Issues / Min. 10 Subscriptions / Grades 5/6 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $5.75 25 $143.75
Scholastic News, Grade 4 (min. 10 subscriptions per order) - 24 Issues / Min. 10 Subscriptions / Grade 4 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $5.75 25 $143.75
Scholastic News, Grade 3 (min. 10 subscriptions per order) - 24 Issues / Min. 10 Subscriptions / Grade 3 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $5.75 23 $132.25

Materials cost

$419.75

Vendor shipping charges

$41.98

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$498.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.89

Total project goal

$585.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$585.92

2 Donors

-$585.92

Donations toward project cost

-$498.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$87.89

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$0.00

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