My students need 20+ high-interest books, such as Rick Riordon's Lost Hero and Red Pyramid, to enjoy during independent reading.
$371 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating 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.
My students are voracious readers, but unfortunately our school does not have a library and my students get most of their reading material from my classroom shelves. Many of them do not get an opportunity to read at home and need your donations to fill our classroom library.
I teach middle school English at a gifted and talented school in a high-need community in New York.
Most of us take easy access to books for granted. My students mostly come from homes where English is not the primary language and where books are scarce. Even if the students have books, it is difficult for them to find the time or place at home to read.
My Project
These books will be used during independent reading when students read books of their own choosing. Studies show that the best way to teach reading AND writing is by supplying high-interest books to young readers. Give them books they want to read and they are off and running to new worlds and expanded horizons. Establishing good reading habits is essential for success in high school, college, and beyond.
By your helping to fill our classroom library with interesting books, you will be giving the gift of reading to some very deserving students.
Above all, I believe in the power of words, and the importance of having high-interest books available for all students, but especially for those who come from homes where books and reading are not a priority, or even a possibility.
Reading stimulates the imagination and promotes more reading, which in turn gives students a model for their own writing. If a teacher can find a book of interest for a reluctant reader, half of his or her battle is won.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson John Green, David Levithan
• AKJ BOOKS
$12.30
1
$12.30
Revolution Jennifer Donnelly
• AKJ BOOKS
$10.54
1
$10.54
Incarceron Catherine Fisher
• AKJ BOOKS
$9.99
1
$9.99
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer John Grisham
• AKJ BOOKS
$9.43
1
$9.43
Fat Vampire: A Never Coming of Age Story Adam Rex
• AKJ BOOKS
$11.61
1
$11.61
Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy Series #5) Richelle Mead
• AKJ BOOKS
$12.30
1
$12.30
FANG (Maximum Ride Series #6) James Patterson
• AKJ BOOKS
$7.68
1
$7.68
Extraordinary Nancy Werlin
• AKJ BOOKS
$12.30
1
$12.30
Fever Crumb Philip Reeve
• AKJ BOOKS
$12.30
1
$12.30
Ship Breaker Paolo Bacigalupi
• AKJ BOOKS
$12.30
1
$12.30
Nightfall (Vampire Diaries: The Return Series #1) L. J. Smith
• AKJ BOOKS
$8.54
1
$8.54
Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy Series #6) Richelle Mead
• AKJ BOOKS
$10.07
1
$10.07
Sugar and Spice (L. A. Candy Series #3) Lauren Conrad
• AKJ BOOKS
$9.99
1
$9.99
The Thin Executioner Darren Shan
• AKJ BOOKS
$12.30
1
$12.30
That Was Then, This Is Now S. E. Hinton
• AKJ BOOKS
$8.54
1
$8.54
The Outsiders S. E. Hinton
• AKJ BOOKS
$8.54
1
$8.54
Rumble Fish S.E. Hinton
• AKJ BOOKS
$5.97
1
$5.97
Tex S.E. Hinton
• AKJ BOOKS
$5.97
1
$5.97
The Slippery Slope: Book the Tenth (A Series of Unfortunate Events) Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illustrator), Michael Kupperman (Illustrator)
• AKJ BOOKS
$5.11
1
$5.11
Dante's Divine Comedy Adapted by Seymour Chwast, Based On Work by Dante Alighieri
• AKJ BOOKS
$13.03
1
$13.03
Our Boys: A Perfect Season on the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen Joe Drape
• AKJ BOOKS
$10.25
1
$10.25
Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy Series #6) Richelle Mead
• AKJ BOOKS
$9.39
1
$9.39
Finnikin of the Rock Melina Marchetta
• AKJ BOOKS
$12.98
1
$12.98
White Cat (The Curse Workers Series #1) Holly Black
• AKJ BOOKS
$12.30
1
$12.30
As Easy as Falling off the Face of the Earth Lynne Rae Perkins
• AKJ BOOKS
$11.61
1
$11.61
The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus Series #1) Rick Riordan
• AKJ BOOKS
$10.54
1
$10.54
The Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles Series #1) Rick Riordan
• AKJ BOOKS
$9.99
1
$9.99
Materials cost
$275.87
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$4.14
Fulfillment labor & materials
$35.00
Total project cost
$315.01
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$55.59
Total project goal
$370.60
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$370.60
1 Donor
-$98.00
Donations toward project cost
-$83.30
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$14.70
match offer
-$272.60
Match offer toward project cost
-$231.71
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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