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Mrs. Rawdon from Worcester, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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For The Love Of Reading

My students need access to relevant and engaging books, written by a variety of authors, in order to increase reading engagement.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Rawdon's classroom raised $629

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are incredibly diverse. They come from a variety of socioeconomic and familial environments; they are inquisitive, thoughtful, and enthusiastic. I teach reading and writing to approximately 60 7th graders, with each ELA class comprised of special education students, English Language Learners, and students reading below, at, and far beyond their grade level. With this variety comes an array of interests and abilities. Every student brings his/her unique experiences and talents, and it is this diversity that forms the backbone of our classroom community.

My Project

My number one goal this school year is to promote independent reading, so that students discover for themselves a love of books. Unfortunately, many of my students have a limited access to books outside of school.

Research shows that the number one factor to expand literacy in adolescents is access to high interest books.

With increased technology use, and often an obsession with screen time, students spend less time reading for pleasure. Now more than ever it is vital that adolescents have access to age appropriate, high interest texts in a variety of genres, written by a diverse group of authors.

My goal is to expand my classroom library to include books that appeal to students with a variety of interests and mixed ability levels.

Aside from the literacy benefits of reading, I will use independent reading as a springboard to teach students how to engage in academic discourse. When students are provided with relevant texts written by a variety of authors, not only can they choose books that resonate with them, but they also have access to alternative perspectives. These texts then become a platform for critical thinking and conversations among peers. But it all begins with providing texts that matter to them.

Mrs. Rawdon Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School Grades 6-8

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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.

Worcester, MA View local requests

More than half of 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Hate U Give • Amazon Business $11.39 3 $34.17
Turtles All the Way Down • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.78 3 $29.34
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian • Amazon Business $12.00 2 $24.00
Stitches: A Memoir • Amazon Business $10.38 2 $20.76
Rolling Blackouts: Dispatches from Turkey, Syria, and Iraq • Amazon Business $16.96 1 $16.96
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story • Amazon Business $5.49 3 $16.47
Miracle's Boys • Amazon Business $7.64 2 $15.28
Snow White: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
March: Book Two • Amazon Business $13.56 1 $13.56
Paper Towns • Amazon Business $6.48 2 $12.96
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows • Amazon Business $12.74 1 $12.74
Star Wars: Prequel Trilogy Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $12.24 1 $12.24
March: Book Three • Amazon Business $11.35 1 $11.35
Our Town • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Bridge to Terabithia • Amazon Business $5.46 2 $10.92
The Pact: A Love Story • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, Book 1) • Amazon Business $9.93 1 $9.93
The Glass Castle: A Memoir • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
Monument 14: Sky on Fire (Monument 14 Series) • Amazon Business $9.61 1 $9.61
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Hoops • Amazon Business $9.35 1 $9.35
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29
To Kill a Mockingbird • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
March: Book One • Amazon Business $8.84 1 $8.84
Ghosts • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Graceling • Amazon Business $8.59 1 $8.59
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone • Amazon Business $8.43 1 $8.43
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
Uglies • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Love is Love • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Mexican WhiteBoy • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Thirteen Reasons Why • Amazon Business $7.57 1 $7.57
Monument 14 • Amazon Business $7.48 1 $7.48
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets • Amazon Business $7.27 1 $7.27
Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard • Amazon Business $7.06 1 $7.06
Monument 14: Savage Drift (Monument 14 Series) • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Seedfolks • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Hoot • Amazon Business $6.15 1 $6.15
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban • Amazon Business $6.15 1 $6.15
The Maze Runner • Amazon Business $5.27 1 $5.27
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$496.42

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$533.87

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.21

Total project goal

$628.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $628.08

6 Donors

-$564.53

Donations toward project cost

-$480.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$83.78

Matching donations from our partners

-$62.50

Match offers toward project cost

-$53.12

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.38

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.06

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 $0.00

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