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Ms. Taylor from Lindon, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Taylor's classroom raised $981

Engaging the Reluctant Reader Library

Help me give my students a diverse library of books across reading levels to engage reluctant readers.

This project is fully funded

Ms. Taylor Oak Canyon Junior High School
Lindon, UT Grades 6-8

My Students

I am a special education teacher. I work with students with learning disabilities in the areas of reading and writing. These are bright, capable students who love video games and social media, spending time with friends, and doing whatever a typical 13 year old enjoys doing, but, when it comes to school, they face some additional hurdles to success.

My students put in so much work to improve their reading and writing skills.

Reading and writing is a difficult skill to master and they put in extra time, attend specialized classes, and work so hard to make progress. When they master a skill, write a paragraph, or find a book they finally love, it's the most incredible progress. I am honored to work with them as they work for success.

My Project

As a ELA special education teacher who works with junior high students to improve their reading and writing skills, access to quality, high-interest books is absolutely essential to get these reluctant readers to engage with literacy. By providing my students with a diverse array of books, they are more likely to find something that sparks their interest and encourages their growth as readers.

To become good readers, students have to read and putting great books in their hands increases the chances that they will read.

This collection of books will enhance our classroom library. It also provides students with books that are windows into the lives of people different than them as well as mirrors that reflect their own backgrounds and experiences. These books will assist students in developing better reading skills, engaging their minds, improving their empathy towards others, and enhancing their literacy experiences.

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Ms. Taylor Oak Canyon Junior High School Grades 6-8 Lindon, UT View local requests 50 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Year We Learned to Fly • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
How to Fold a Taco • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Funny Bones • AKJ Education $17.99 1 $17.99
The Water Princess • AKJ Education $16.19 1 $16.19
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Fast Pitch • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Bunheads • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Ikenga • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
Within These Wicked Walls • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
We Are the Ship • AKJ Education $14.69 1 $14.69
Her Right Foot • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Vincent and Theo • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
The Great and Only Barnum • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Separate Is Never Equal • AKJ Education $13.99 1 $13.99
Dreamers • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Princess and the Warrior • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson True Recital of Marian Anderson, The • AKJ Education $13.29 1 $13.29
Love • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Six Dots • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Where Are You From? • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Lucky Broken Girl • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Firebird • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Each Kindness • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
I Am Every Good Thing • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Alma and How She Got Her Name • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Right Word • AKJ Education $12.78 1 $12.78
Waiting for the Biblioburro • AKJ Education $12.59 1 $12.59
The Best at It • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Unbound: A Novel in Verse • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The Worst Hard Time • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
El Deafo • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
This Book Is Anti-Racist • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Hey, Kiddo • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
The ABCs of Black History • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
An Ember in the Ashes • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Roller Girl • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian • AKJ Education $9.12 1 $9.12
The Rough Face Girl • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 1 $9.00
The Invisible String • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 1 $9.00
When I Was the Greatest • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Matched • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Ghosts • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Piecing Me Together • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Drama • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Everything, Everything • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
The Breadwinner • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Family Pictures (Cuadros de Familia) • AKJ Education $7.67 1 $7.67
To The Moon! • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Let It Shine • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Drowned City • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Mexican WhiteBoy • AKJ Education $6.99 1 $6.99
Anansi the Spider • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Dreamer • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Too Many Tamales • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Tangerine • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
A Single Shard • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Kira-Kira • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Fighting the Legend • AKJ Education $6.39 1 $6.39
No Easy Race • AKJ Education $6.39 1 $6.39
Wings • AKJ Education $6.39 1 $6.39
Hit Just Right • AKJ Education $6.39 1 $6.39
Line Up • AKJ Education $6.39 1 $6.39
Alvin Ailey • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29
Crossing the Wire • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Return to Sender • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
A Good Kind of Trouble • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Ninth Ward • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Tequila Worm • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Love That Dog • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Those Shoes • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Tomas and the Library Lady • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
The Door in the Wall • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Skirt • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost

$773.65

Vendor shipping charges

 $18.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$833.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$147.04

Total project goal

$980.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $980.29

1 Donor

-$980.29

Donations toward project cost

-$833.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$147.04

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

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