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

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Help My ELLs Learn The First Rule of Punk!

Help me give my students the chance to see a character like them in a book, and learn to enjoy (and be more comfortable with! ) reading at the same time!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Dunn's classroom raised $241

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our school is incredibly diverse, incredibly amazing, and incredibly socio-economically challenged. When it comes to reading, we have students who are amazing readers, we have students who need extra support, and we have students who need an extra push to learn what their reading "thing" is.

The goal of my DonorsChoose project is to help students figure out what their reading "thing" is so that they can become lifelong readers.

So many students thing that reading isn't cool, or worse yet--that reading is something that is only done in school and nowhere else.

Through helping to fund my DonorsChoose projects, you will help students who may not have ever caught the reading bug to do so. Maybe it's that they've never seen someone like them in a book. Maybe it's that they've never been shown a book that interests them. My goal, through these projects, is to make sure that each student catches the reading bug.

My Project

This project will create a book club for students who are English Language Learners. Often, these are students who shy away from reading as much as possible. This is for several different reasons--maybe they are uncomfortable with reading, maybe they don't like reading, or maybe they can't connect with the text.

This book, "The First Rule of Punk," will allow students who don't normally see themselves in literature to identify with a character who looks and sounds like they do.

One of the first steps to creating a lifelong reader is to make the reader love to read. You can't love to read a book you can't connect with. This book has a Latina lead character, with lots of Latinx supporting characters. She goes through experiences that Latinx students will be able to identify with. In theory, the students will be able to connect with her and want to read her story. They will also learn that books can be something they can connect with--and will ultimately want to connect with.

Ms. Dunn Northern High 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

20 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The First Rule of Punk • Amazon Business $7.99 20 $159.80

Materials cost

$159.80

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $12.46

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$204.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.12

Total project goal

$240.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $240.78

4 Donors

-$150.98

Donations toward project cost

-$135.83

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.15

match offer

-$80.98

Match offer toward project cost

-$68.83

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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