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

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Guided Reading for Growth!

Help me give my students visually rich, interesting stories to grow literacy throughout the school year.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Humphreys's classroom raised $496

This project is fully funded

My Students

Middle school is tough! Everyone remembers the social awkwardness and growing academic expectations during these few years.

My students, in addition to the growing pains of middle school, are also navigating a new language and culture.

My students are English Language Learners from around the world, with seven different languages and over twelve different countries represented in our classes. They face their challenges with enthusiasm, curiosity and hard-work. They are eager to learn and share their stories. As a class, we focus on projects that promote critical thinking and student voice, doing projects from classroom recipes, visiting local farms and creating our own bilingual poetry. COVID-19 has added additional hurdles, but we're still working as hard as ever to build classroom community despite the challenges of virtual learning.

My Project

Texts are the center of my classroom, and I love to read with my students. However, having only one copy of a book limits how closely students can engage with a text. Having multiple copies of a text is a complete game changer - each student is able to have their own copy right with them as they work. As a language class, we will use these books to analyze dialogue, think critically about water access, and make connections to our own life. The wordless picture books are a fantastic way for my Newcomer students to engage with grade level ideas in an comprehensible way.

Books that are visually-rich, interesting and from diverse genres lets all of our students strengthen literacy skills, encourage curiosity and think critically even in the early stages of learning English.

We will jump in and use the picture books right away. The guided reading books will be used once we're back in the building more regularly, next school year.

Ms. Humphreys Sherwood Githens Middle School Grades 6-8

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.

Durham, NC 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

50 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lily's New Home (Confetti Kids) • Amazon Business $7.95 6 $47.70
King & Kayla and the Case of the Lost Tooth (King & Kayla, 4) • Amazon Business $6.99 6 $41.94
Bradford Street Buddies: Block Party Surprise (Green Light Readers Level 3) • Amazon Business $4.99 6 $29.94
Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales to the Rescue!: Meet the amazing web-slinger! (DK Readers Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 6 $29.94
DK Readers L2: Water Everywhere (DK Readers Level 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 6 $29.94
A Chair for My Mother 25th Anniversary Edition (Reading Rainbow Books) • Amazon Business $4.99 6 $29.94
National Geographic Readers: Coral Reefs • Amazon Business $3.99 6 $23.94
DK Readers L1: Tale of a Tadpole (DK Readers Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 6 $23.94
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story • Amazon Business $14.52 1 $14.52
I am Frida Kahlo (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Milo Imagines the World • Amazon Business $13.36 1 $13.36
Wolf in the Snow • Amazon Business $13.15 1 $13.15
Journey • Amazon Business $12.82 1 $12.82
Fly! • Amazon Business $12.39 1 $12.39
Fossil • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Encounter (Voyager Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$354.49

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.99

Sales tax

 $27.65

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$421.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.37

Total project goal

$495.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $495.82

4 Donors

-$370.82

Donations toward project cost

-$315.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$55.62

match offer

-$125.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$106.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.75

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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