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Ms. Skinner from Greensboro, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Skinner's classroom raised $264

Facts and Fiction

We need multiple copies of an engaging adventure book that deals with social issues and a corresponding set of nonfiction books for our after school Bike and Book Club.

This project expired on September 12, 2017.

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Ms. Skinner Melvin C Swann Junior Middle School
Greensboro, NC Grades 6-8

About My Students

I teach middle school students with a variety of reading problems often causing behavior issues as well. Their life experiences/vocabulary are very limited, as is their self-confidence. Most students are on free or reduced lunches, live in the projects and come from minority backgrounds. Few have traveled or participated in extracurricular activities.

Many of my students work extraordinarly hard to overcome multiple disadvantages. Several participate in our classes' weekly after school Bike and Book Club. We read and then ride on donated/repaired bicycles. Through their special efforts, my students often earn community trips to plays, poetry readings, museum programs, "real" restaurants, farmers market, etc.---bringing back new experiences for our class to discuss, read and write about. This often results in major improvements in self-confidence, reading levels and behavior.

Students will work in reading/discussion groups to create different solutions that may have resulted in a more positive outcome of a historic event. Our class will read "Zane and the Hurricane", a fictional adventure set in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; along with the nonfiction book, "What Was Hurricane Katrina?"

This develops not only their team work but also skills to solve social problems that their generation is confronted with. They will examine many related social issues from the environment to disaster preparedness to racism.

Students will also study how authors use actual events and historic facts to write fictional stories with purposeful social commentary or themes. They will then write their own historical fiction story.

In Their Own Words

Most of us heard of Katrina but we don't know much about it or what really happened. We want to learn about Hurricane Katrina and if a disaster like that can be prevented in the future because there are many problems with the environment that we have to fix now.

We are working together in reading teams to help each other read better and be better citizens. If we can learn facts about what went wrong in the past maybe we can help change our future next time. We can tell others about what we learn and encourage our friends to read more.

We think it is important to help make the world better than it is now. If we become better readers then we can have the facts to figure out how to solve big problems like saving lives and saving the environment. We can get other students reading and helping too.

Equity Focus

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

60 students impacted 8 donors
Ms. Skinner Melvin C Swann Junior Middle School Grades 6-8

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

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Greensboro, NC 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

60 students impacted 8donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina • Amazon Business $6.74 12 $80.88
What Was Hurricane Katrina? • Amazon Business $5.99 12 $71.88
We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success • Amazon Business $6.11 4 $24.44

Materials cost

$177.20

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $13.82

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$223.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.47

Total project goal

$263.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $263.15

2 Donors

-$131.57

Donations toward project cost

-$111.84

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.73

match offer

-$131.58

Match offer toward project cost

-$111.84

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.74

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 $0.00

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