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Ms. Russell from Phoenix AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fun with Lit Circles

Help me give my students a diverse array of fictional book options, so we can have meaningful discussions in lit circles.

  • 8 donors
  • $425 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! 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.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

Organizing "Lit Circles" is an effective strategy to motivate young readers. Essentially, they are mini book clubs with 5-6 students per class reading the same book. Then, they break off into their groups to discuss and analyze. Asking fun and engaging discussion questions about contemporary literature is a great way to expand the minds of young people. This project will provide that experience to my students for many years. I teach in a low income school with amazing students, but they are not often excited about reading. Lit circles can begin to foster a positive relationship between students and literature.

Ms. Russell
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
They Both Die at the End (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 5 $60.00
Concrete Rose • Amazon Business $11.99 5 $59.95
The Good Earth • Amazon Business $9.99 5 $49.95
Don't Hate the Player • Amazon Business $7.99 5 $39.95
The Catcher in the Rye • Amazon Business $7.03 5 $35.15
Last Night at the Telegraph Club • Amazon Business $7.98 4 $31.92
Salt to the Sea • Amazon Business $7.68 3 $23.04

Materials cost

$299.96

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.00

Sales tax

 $21.45

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$360.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.69

Total project goal

$424.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $424.60

7 Donors

-$354.83

Donations toward project cost

-$303.61

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.22

match offer

-$67.41

Match offer toward project cost

-$57.30

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.11

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.36

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 $0.00

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