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Mrs. Sunley from Durham, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Listen Up!

My students need high quality texts to help improve their English reading proficiency.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Sunley's classroom raised $294

This project is fully funded

My Students

I work with 80 sixth through eighth grade English Language Learners. They come to us with a variety of language backgrounds, and a passion for learning. Our students can be completely literate in their first language or come from a community where they were not given the chance at an education. It is my privilege to help these students navigate a new language, culture, and country.

These middle schoolers are incredibly diverse and bring their own story to the classroom.

As their teacher, it is my job to help them to embrace and tell that story. To be proud of their first language and to grow into their second. In our class, we work to create a safe space for all students to learn and grow.

My Project

These texts and CDs will go into my students' listening stations. In these stations, my students are able to hear fluent readings of enjoyable and interesting texts. The chosen books are ones that my students recommended that I buy for the incoming sixth graders. They will help to add more variety to my listening stations and give us a chance to enjoy even more books on tape this year.

Listening stations are a key resource in an ESL classroom.

They give students access to books that they may not be able to read on their own. They also model what the end goal of our readings will sound like. These audiobooks are a way to grab reluctant readers and prove to them that books can be both engaging and satisfying.

Mrs. Sunley Carrington Middle 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.

Durham, NC View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

80 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cherries and Cherry Pits • AKJ Education $5.83 5 $29.15
A Chair for My Mother: 25th Anniversary Edition • AKJ Education $5.83 5 $29.15
Something Special for Me • AKJ Education $5.10 5 $25.50
The Magic School Bus Inside The Earth • AKJ Education $5.10 5 $25.50
The Chicken Sisters • AKJ Education $5.10 4 $20.40
Chicken Sisters • AKJ Education $17.96 1 $17.96
Storms • AKJ Education $17.96 1 $17.96
National Geographic Readers: Storms! • AKJ Education $3.59 5 $17.95
A Chair for My Mother and Other Stories CD A Chair for My Mother and Other Stories CD • AKJ Education $10.21 1 $10.21
The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth - Audio • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29

Materials cost

$201.07

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $15.68

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.02

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$249.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.08

Total project goal

$293.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $293.85

2 Donors

-$293.85

Donations toward project cost

-$249.77

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.08

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