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Mrs. Joseph-Melville from Norcross GA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Leveling Our Reading

Help me give my students leveled texts, storage book totes, clipboards and wobble cushions. They are emergent readers and they deserve the opportunity to have access to text that are on their reading level.

  • $546 goal

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

I'm a first-grade teacher at a Title I elementary school in Gwinnett county Georgia. My students are a wonderful mix of different ethnicity and learning styles. Our self contained class consists of special needs students who are performing below grade level. Many of the students in my classroom have limited English proficiency. This means that my classroom has to always differentiate our instruction and approach.

I am very blessed to work with such a wonderful group of children.

It is my goal to give them the richest learning environment so they can achieve and succeed.

My Project

These books will help to build the print-rich classroom that my students need. My students deserve the opportunity to explore many different books that are on their reading level. Many of my students have limited English proficiency skills. Therefore these books will help them in their quest to acquire the English language by exposing them to different topics. Most of the leveled books in the classroom are levels that surpasses my students reading capabilities. We already have empty spaces on our shelves for these books. The cushions will be placed in our reading corner so that students can be comfortable when reading. The totes will be used to place the leveled text in for each student which will help make transitions seamless.

Help me give my students leveled guided reading books to aid in building their English literacy and improve their reading levels.

These leveled text and other materials will help my students to become better readers. It will act as a stepping stone in helping them to read on-grade level. I believe that all students can succeed. I want to show my students that they are are capable of doing great things despite their disabilities.

Mrs. Joseph-Melville
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
PP116 - Sort Store Book Totes - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 2 $59.98
TT136 - Neon Sort Store Book Totes - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 2 $59.98
EE204 - Guided Reading Book Set - Level B • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
EE205 - Guided Reading Book Set - Level C • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
EE206 - Guided Reading Book Set - Level D • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
LL878 - Classroom Clipboards - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
EE203 - Guided Reading Book Set - Level A • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
LC449BU - Wobble Cushion - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 2 $39.98
LC449RD - Wobble Cushion - Red • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
LC449GR - Wobble Cushion - Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99

Materials cost

$399.87

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$27.59

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$463.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.79

Total project goal

$545.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$545.25

5 Donors

-$520.25

Donations toward project cost

-$442.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$78.04

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

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$0.00

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