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Ms. Wilder from Kearns, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Libraries and Literature Circles in Junior High!

Help me give my students 33 individual new books for our classroom library, along with enough copies of six different high-interest, fantasy novels to facilitate literature circles.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Wilder's classroom raised $999

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

I teach 11-14-year-old adolescents at a majority-minority school on the west side of Salt Lake County. My students are funny, caring, and kind 6th and 8th graders who have been heavily impacted by the COVID pandemic over the last two years. They are mostly students of color (Latino, Pacific Islander, and Black) from working-class communities. Many are English language learners, students on IEPs, or both. Due to these and other intersecting factors, they have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.

However, my students are also incredibly strong and resilient.

Every day, I watch them meet the day with humor and grit. They are adept at making the best of their circumstances while also dreaming of better futures for themselves and their families.

My Project

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of my students have fallen behind in reading. They have also been deprived of opportunities to develop their social and collaboration skills.

My project addresses both of these problems by providing my students with new, interesting books to read and opportunities to connect with their peers through literature circles.

First, the 33 books I have chosen to supplement my classroom library will give my students immediate and easy access to new, high-interest reading content. It is well-known that, for students to make big gains in reading, they need to read a large bulk of texts. The best way to ensure this is to expose them to lots of good books that will pique their interest and inspire them to read. By adding new books to my classroom library, this project will increase student access to books and encourage them to read more, which will help them minimize their reading losses due to COVID.

Second, the long periods of social isolation and distancing necessitated by the pandemic have limited student opportunities to develop their discussion and collaboration skills. Part of my project request includes multiple copies of six different high-interest, fantasy novels. I plan to use these books for literature circles, which will give my students the chance to choose a book, read, and discuss it in a small group setting. The opportunity to engage with their peers through literature will directly address my students' pandemic impacted social well-being while simultaneously working to improve their reading and speaking skills.

Ms. Wilder Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Grades 6-8

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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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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Elatsoe • Amazon Business $16.99 6 $101.94
House in the Cerulean Sea • Amazon Business $15.06 6 $90.36
Woven in Moonlight • Amazon Business $10.99 5 $54.95
Song Below Water • Amazon Business $7.59 6 $45.54
Charlie Hernández & the League of Shadows (1) • Amazon Business $8.99 5 $44.95
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (A Tristan Strong Novel, Book 1) (Tristan Strong, 1) • Amazon Business $6.54 5 $32.70
Displacement • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Can't Stop Won't Stop (Young Adult Edition): A Hip-Hop History • Amazon Business $17.19 1 $17.19
Ain't Burned All the Bright • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $16.98 1 $16.98
The Far Away Brothers (Adapted for Young Adults): Two Teenage Immigrants Making a Life in America • Amazon Business $16.84 1 $16.84
Rising Above: How 11 Athletes Overcame Challenges in Their Youth to Become Stars • Amazon Business $16.81 1 $16.81
Dress Coded • Amazon Business $16.41 1 $16.41
Alone • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Once Upon a Quinceañera • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Born Behind Bars • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Monster: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $15.17 1 $15.17
El Deafo: Superpowered Edition! • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
The One Thing You'd Save • Amazon Business $14.40 1 $14.40
The Last Cuentista • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Shoot Your Shot: A Sport-Inspired Guide To Living Your Best Life • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
They Called Us Enemy • Amazon Business $13.40 1 $13.40
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Borders • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Giver (graphic Novel) (Giver Quartet, 1) • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
Poe: Stories and Poems: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Gareth Hinds • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
When I Was the Greatest • Amazon Business $11.32 1 $11.32
Free Lunch • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Ghost Wood Song • Amazon Business $9.77 1 $9.77
The Ones We're Meant to Find • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Awkward (Berrybrook Middle School, 1) • Amazon Business $9.34 1 $9.34
The Barren Grounds: The Misewa Saga, Book One • Amazon Business $8.59 1 $8.59
All Summer Long (Eagle Rock Series) • Amazon Business $8.29 1 $8.29
Maybe He Just Likes You • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Roll with It • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Slider • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon Business $6.87 1 $6.87
The Road Not Taken and Other Poems (Dover Thrift Editions) • Amazon Business $2.99 1 $2.99

Materials cost

$806.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$849.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.84

Total project goal

$998.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $998.92

1 Donor

-$998.92

Donations toward project cost

-$849.08

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$149.84

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