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Ms. DelDotto from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Highest Level Readers Need More Books

Help me give my students books for kids who are at the reading level of young adult but are not old enough to read about some things in the young adult books.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. DelDotto's classroom raised $222

This project is fully funded

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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

We are a school on the far northeast side of Chicago where 100% of the students receive free lunch. Due to the lack of funding, I am not able to buy any new books for my 6th grade Language Arts classroom. We are trying to improve test scores and prepare for the new Common Core assessments, but we do not have the resources we need. Our students are wonderful and work extremely hard. They often comment on our lack of quality reading materials, and it is easy to see their disappointment. As I add more high interest books to our library, I'm finding my high level readers are complaining they don't have anything to read

Our classroom library needs more age appropriate high level books.

Imagine being in 6th grade and having a high reading level, but all books at a high reading level aren't appropriate for you to read! We need more choice of high interest high level books in our classroom library. Students are expected to read at school and at home, but there is never enough books in our library!

My Project

After taking the Winter NWEA standardized tests, I saw a huge jump in my students scores. While this is great news, it also means that I need to give them more high level reading books. Some of my students are reading between 1500 to 1800L. The highest lexile level is 1900! I need more books at those high levels that are not only interesting, but appropriate for middle school students. I have done a ton of research on high level student appropriate books. I have been fortunate enough to get many new books this school year, but my highest readers have already read them all or the books are too low for them. It's time to add more books to our library!

Ms. DelDotto Jordan Community School Grades 6-8

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Series Of Unfortunate Events Collection 13 Books Set Pack • Amazon Business $89.99 1 $89.99
Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale • Amazon Business $15.36 1 $15.36
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Penny Dreadful Causes a Kerfuffle • Amazon Business $10.76 1 $10.76
Penny Dreadful Is a Complete Catastrophe • Amazon Business $10.56 1 $10.56
The Scarlet Letter • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe • Amazon Business $7.30 1 $7.30

Materials cost

$156.35

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$188.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.30

Total project goal

$222.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $222.00

1 Donor

-$222.00

Donations toward project cost

-$188.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.30

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