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Ms. Kiesewetter from Fairless Hills PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

ESL Classroom Yearning to Read

Help me give my students a choice of diverse novels that represent them and where they come from.

  • Friends & family pre-funding
  • $716 goal

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My Project

I see diverse students every single day in my classroom. The specific items requested will help my students connect with their diverse cultures. I teach English as a Second Language and realized my students are not represented enough in my classroom library. I know my students bring their own diversity with their different languages, cultures, personalities, etc. If I can provide them with goods to push them to be themselves, I will do everything in my power to make that happen.

If my students had books that represented who they were, I would have the entire class glued to novel pages.

They love reading but it is difficult to read at a middle school level for some of these students. I have added some books of an easier lexile to help them get a passion in reading. Recently, my students have been very interested in reading on their own.

My students are one of a kind. They come from so many different backgrounds but there has never been a minute where they excluded somebody because of that. Teaching ESL has changed the way I view communication and learning.

Ms. Kiesewetter
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Staples? Composition Notebook, 9.75" x 7.5", Wide Ruled, 80 Sheets, Assorted Colors, 48/Carton (20702CT) • Quill.com $67.49 2 $134.98
Staples 1 Subject Notebook 8 x 10-1/2 College Ruled 48/Pack (27498CT) • Staples $40.62 2 $81.24
The 39 Clues Series Complete Collection Books 1 - 11 Box Set • Amazon Business $52.99 1 $52.99
3 Graphic Novels: HOOKY Volumes 1-3 (paperback book set) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $50.00 1 $50.00
Wings of Fire #1-#4: A Graphic Novel Box Set (Wings of Fire Graphic Novels #1-#4) (Wings of Fire Graphix) • Amazon Business $23.90 1 $23.90
Magic Tree House Graphic Novel Starter Set: (A Graphic Novel Boxed Set) (Magic Tree House (R)) • Amazon Business $23.49 1 $23.49
A Place Inside of Me A Poem to Heal the Heart (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Children of Virtue and Vengeance ( Legacy of Orisha #2 ) (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.99 1 $17.99
Children of Blood and Bone (Children of Orisha #1) (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
When You Trap a Tiger (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Isaiah Dunn Saves the Day (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
Ikenga (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Long Way Down (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $10.79 1 $10.79
Efrén Divided (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
A Long Walk to Water (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
Other Words for Home (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
Brown Girl Dreaming (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $9.89 1 $9.89
Odd One Out (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $9.89 1 $9.89
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
Concrete Kids (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09

Materials cost

$554.01

Vendor shipping charges

$16.24

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$608.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$107.39

Total project goal

$715.95

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