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Ms. Ruiz from Houston, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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I’m Just Dyslexic

Help me give my students the Tom and Ricky Mystery Series collection and Dick and Jane classics to aid reading.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Ruiz's classroom raised $214

This project is fully funded

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My Students

The children I teach are a delightful bunch. They bring joy to my day at school and are special in their own way. The boys and girls come to school and strive for excellence in their school and home activities. They come to school each day ready to try new things and take brave chances in order to grow both personally and academically. Truly, they are my inspiration!

Some of the students I teach have difficulty completing practice assignments and reading activities because they are dyslexic.

I want to make sure they have everything they need to be successful.

My Project

The boys and girls have some reading issues.

These children are dyslexic.

As you can imagine the reading difficulties they are experiencing.

Help me enrich our reading selection with these few books. The classic “Dick and Jane” series are just what the children need to increase reading of sight words.

The Tom and Ricky Mystery collection will help the boys and girls decode words. The Mystery collection is the perfect tool to help the children practice decoding words.

Sometimes they may be looked at as dumb, but that’s not true. They are just dyslexic. These reading books will help these children increase their reading fluency.

Your kind help will ensure they have various resources available.

Ms. Ruiz Barrick Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Tom and Ricky Mystery Series Set 1 • AKJ Education $30.00 3 $90.00
Dick and Jane We Play Outside • AKJ Education $4.67 6 $28.02
Dick and Jane: Away We Go • AKJ Education $2.59 6 $15.54
Dick and Jane: Guess Who • AKJ Education $2.59 6 $15.54

Materials cost

$149.10

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$181.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.00

Total project goal

$213.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$213.34

2 Donors

-$153.35

Donations toward project cost

-$137.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.35

match offer

-$52.16

Match offer toward project cost

-$44.34

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.82

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.83

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$0.00

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