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Ms. Jones from Revere, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Motivated Middle Schoolers Need Larger Library

My students need 25+ book choices for independent reading.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Jones's classroom raised $325

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

Do you remember the first time you found yourself reading for enjoyment, imagination, or entertainment? Some of my students have said that they did not know that books exist to be read for fun. Rather, they believe that books are for finding information. Yet, my students are excited to learn more.

My middle-school students are comprised of a diverse mix of Italian, Middle-Eastern, and South American backgrounds.

They attend a school that is large and has a loving, supportive staff. Many of the students in the school do not speak English as a primary language, and many struggle with reading comprehension. The school offers great support through dynamic teaching, but all of the English classrooms are not as amazingly resourced as they could be. While I have a high level of access to technology in my room, I also have a limited number of books that the students can borrow to use for the independent reading I am having them do, and students have voiced that they do not have the resources at home either to help them find books or to help them to enjoy reading books once they have them. Some of the books I inherited in my position are in a much-used condition, with pages falling out and the spines deteriorating. We visited the library and students commented on the limited options.

My Project

Many of my students, in part because they are in a state that heavily complies with high-stakes, summative assessments designed to increase school accountability, have learned that reading has specific, limited, purposes, not all of which are related to reading for entertainment and to expand one's imagination. In my classes I have been talking with the students about their motivations and purposes for reading because I want them to be challenged by independent reading but also to experience increased motivation and desire to read. When I asked students what purposes for reading they knew about, less than a handful expressed that reading was a tool to build and exercise the imagination, a bridge to another world, and an enjoyable experience. While this discouraged me, as a person who grew up loving and devouring books constantly, I feel confident that, with the right resources, students can learn this year that reading can indeed be an enjoyable, desirable experience.

When students can become motivated and passionate about reading, their intellectual curiosity builds and their passions spill over from the ELA classroom to other subject areas.

If students enjoy reading, they will do it more and increase their comprehension skills, which will then raise their productivity and (hopefully) enjoyment of reading within other content areas (e.g. science). The effect continues to build and will benefit students in many aspects of their lives, not just in ELA class.

Ms. Jones Rumney Marsh Academy Grades 6-8

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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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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Harry Potter Paperback Boxed Set (Books 1-7) J. K. Rowling • Barnes and Noble $48.30 1 $48.30
The Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles Series #1) Rick Riordan • Barnes and Noble $9.39 1 $9.39
A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time (Magic Tree House Series #44) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.88 1 $8.88
Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex Eoin Colfer • Barnes and Noble $9.99 1 $9.99
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Four Book Set Jeff Kinney • Barnes and Noble $31.00 1 $31.00
The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #1) Michael Scott • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
The Sorceress (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #3) Michael Scott • Barnes and Noble $8.54 1 $8.54
The Magician (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #2) Michael Scott • Barnes and Noble $8.54 1 $8.54
The Calder Game Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.61 1 $14.61
Chasing Vermeer Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.59 1 $11.59
Freak the Mighty Rodman Philbrick, W. R. Philbrick • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
The House of the Scorpion Nancy Farmer • Barnes and Noble $8.54 1 $8.54
Mexican WhiteBoy Matt de la Pena • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
The Last of the Sky Pirates (The Edge Chronicles Series #5) Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Wrath of the Bloodeye (The Last Apprentice Series #5) Joseph Delaney • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Night of the Soul Stealer (The Last Apprentice Series #3) Joseph Delaney, Patrick Arrasmith (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Curse of the Bane (The Last Apprentice Series #2) Joseph Delaney, Patrick Arrasmith (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Revenge of the Witch (The Last Apprentice Series #1) Joseph Delaney, Patrick Arrasmith (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Attack of the Fiend (The Last Apprentice Series #4) Joseph Delaney, Patrick Arrasmith (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Clash of the Demons (The Last Apprentice Series #6) Joseph Delaney • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Rise of the Huntress (The Last Apprentice Series #7) Joseph Delaney, Patrick Arrasmith (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$237.65

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$276.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.74

Total project goal

$324.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $324.95

1 Donor

-$324.95

Donations toward project cost

-$276.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.74

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