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Ms. Parks from Bronx, NY is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Get Current!

My students need 4 class subscriptions to Scholastic News magazines and plays to encourage them to read with greater comprehension and fluency.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Parks's classroom raised $518

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

My students are very insulated in their urban, high poverty community. It is important that they expand heir world by becoming aware of national and international current events and the latest in science news. Expanding their world will help them expand their goals.

My students are in fifth grade in a high poverty area in New York.

They attend a public school where over 95% receive free lunch. Many have not traveled outside of their immediate neighborhood. Most are reading and writing below grade level. They are intelligent and curious and want to learn more about their world.

My Project

Reading these magazines will promote high level thinking, writing, and discussions. My students will become motivated to do additional research and will want to write about their findings. Reading the plays will allow them to learn more about history and about fables. Plays improve fluency and are great classroom community builders. Students will use these plays to begin writing their own plays. These reading materials make reading relevant and fun. They motivate students to think more deeply about the world in which they live.

Students will develop a global perspective.

They will read about what is going on throughout the world. They will want to discuss, and debate current events. They will be motivated to research new scientific discoveries. They will become more fluent readers who begin to see the joy reading can bring to their lives.

Ms. Parks PS 85 Great Expectations Grades 3-5

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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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Scholastic News, Grade 4 + Science Spin (min. 10 subscriptions per order) - 24 Issues of Scholastic News and 8 Issues of Science Spin / Min. 10 Subscriptions / Grade 4 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $5.48 25 $137.00
Scholastic News, Grades 5/6 (min. 10 subscriptions per order) - 24 Issues / Min. 10 Subscriptions / Grades 5/6 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $4.49 25 $112.25
A Myth, a Fable, and a Fairy Tale Classroom Plays Set: Grades 3 - 6 - 3 plays, 30 copies of each / - / Grades 3–6 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $59.00 1 $59.00
American History Classroom Plays Set: Grades 3 - 6 - 3 plays, 30 copies of each / - / Grades 3–6 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $59.00 1 $59.00

Materials cost

$367.25

Vendor shipping charges

 $36.72

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$439.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.56

Total project goal

$517.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $517.04

1 Donor

-$517.04

Donations toward project cost

-$439.48

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.56

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