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Mrs. Leroux from Indian Orch., MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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From Readers to Leaders!

Help me give my students updated guided reading books to improve their reading skills.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Leroux's classroom raised $474

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My students come from a very low-income area in Springfield, MA. Our school is a Level 3 school in need of further resources regularly. I teach an abundance of ELL students who need very hands-on language experiences. All students receive free lunch and breakfast each day. Despite many hardships, students come eager to learn and grow each day. I would like to give them the tools they need to succeed every day. With such diverse backgrounds, the classroom is a place where all of my students can feel at home.

My Project

During reading block, my students work in station rotations. Part of that time is small group reading instruction. This year I have a variety of readers, from level K and all the way up to level Q! As a result I will need a variety of fiction and nonfiction books to keep them excited and engaged in their reading instruction with me each day.

I took time to select some of the most popular and engaging leveled texts for each of my leveled groups.

My readers will progress throughout the school year, so many of these leveled texts will be used repeatedly. The nonfiction books will be great for emphasizing text features, content-based vocabulary and real-world concepts. In addition, many of the books will allow my students to broaden their vocabulary, increase fluency, and model expression as they work to become stronger readers this school year.

Mrs. Leroux Indian Orchard Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

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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

23 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
So You Want to Be An Inventor? • AKJ Education $5.83 6 $34.98
Too Many Tamales • AKJ Education $6.56 5 $32.80
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses • AKJ Education $5.10 6 $30.60
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush • AKJ Education $5.83 5 $29.15
Miss Nelson Is Missing! • AKJ Education $5.83 5 $29.15
A Road Trip to Yosemite • AKJ Education $5.10 5 $25.50
What's The Big Idea, Ben Franklin? • AKJ Education $5.10 5 $25.50
Tut's Mummy Lost...and Found • AKJ Education $3.64 6 $21.84
The Titanic: Lost and Found Lost...and Found (A Step 3 Book/ Grades 2-3( • AKJ Education $3.64 5 $18.20
Pompeii...Buried Alive! • AKJ Education $3.64 5 $18.20
Abe Lincoln's Hat • AKJ Education $3.64 5 $18.20
Dolphins! • AKJ Education $3.64 5 $18.20
Hungry, Hungry Sharks! • AKJ Education $3.64 5 $18.20
Jackie Robinson and the Story of All Black Baseball • AKJ Education $3.49 5 $17.45
I Am Rosa Parks • AKJ Education $2.91 5 $14.55
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! • AKJ Education $2.91 5 $14.55

Materials cost

$367.07

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$402.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$71.04

Total project goal

$473.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$473.62

8 Donors

-$473.62

Donations toward project cost

-$402.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$71.04

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$0.00

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