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

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No Fake Reading: Sound, Tsunamis, and Submarines!

My students need 115 Accelerated Reader quizzes to match new books about tsunamis, submarines, and other sizzling topics.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Livingstone's classroom raised $495

This project is fully funded

My Students

We are a classroom of readers: new readers, developing readers, and avid readers. With the range of readers in our classroom, from beginner to advanced, it is important to organize our reading time around lots of choice. Accelerated Reader helps make daily reading choice work for us!

My middle school Language Arts students start the year reading years below grade level.

They work hard to strengthen their reading skills and prepare for high school. There are many different kinds of readers in my classroom: students who read with difficulty, students who read well but not in English, and students with interrupted schooling who have never learned to read at all. We read a variety of books, including picture books, easy readers, and simple nonfiction, and we read every day. Accelerated Reader helps ensure that all my students are selecting and enjoying "just right" books. Reading practice quizzes, which students take on a computer after finishing a book, are an important ingredient for helping my varied students become stronger readers.

My Project

Thanks to DonorsChoose, we have some exciting new book collections! We have new books about tsunamis, Buddhism, baseball, murder, myths, dogs, discrimination, and the physics of sound. Your support will allow us to purchase 115 reading practice quizzes for these new books, and more, which we will use over and over again for years to come. Accelerated Reader works beautifully in our classroom. My students enjoy taking the quizzes and watching their reading records grow longer and longer. Accelerated Reader brings structure and organization to independent reading in our classroom. These reading practice quizzes are an important tool for managing this complex reading classroom.

Independent reading time in our classroom is a beautiful sight; kids are tucked under tables, curled up on mats, reading in pairs with a couple of pillows or alone with a CD player.

Accelerated Reader is an important part of managing this varied group of readers. Your donation will help students strengthen reading skills, succeed in school, and become more productive citizens.

Ms. Livingstone Brogden 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.

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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

65 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Accelerated Reader Reading Practice Quizzes • Renaissance Learning $2.99 115 $343.85

Materials cost

$343.85

Vendor shipping charges

 $8.83

Sales tax

 $27.34

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$420.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.15

Total project goal

$494.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $494.33

7 Donors

-$247.16

Donations toward project cost

-$210.09

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.07

match offer

-$247.16

Match offer toward project cost

-$210.09

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.07

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