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Ms. Bailey from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Poetry Books in the Classroom!

Help me give my students poetry and an entry point into independent reading!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Bailey's classroom raised $418

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

My students are Intelligent, engaged, passionate learners. Where they are given room to explore ideas in their reading, writing and research, they flourish! Many are at a special turning point where they are asking “Why?” And looking at the world and their inner selves for the answers. A traditional education doesn’t normally support this search, but I find that self-selected books help. Reading about people with both similar and different experiences, and finding truths in books often interrupt expectations because they create questions that lead to more questions. This search is vital.

My students are developing their interests and passions in a way that will take them beyond the classroom after high school.

They are interested in the world at large, and in social justice. They want to know how to make the world a better place.

My Project

It's been almost a year and a half since most of my students have held a book of any kind in their hand. In a regular year, I have students (10th and 12th grade) tell me its been a year or more since they read a whole book and longer since they enjoyed reading. I relish offering these students a variety of options to read in my classroom library, but I have found that often the most reliable entry point back into the joy of reading is through poetry.

There is so much good poetry that speaks to my students and doesn't require Shakespearean levels of interpretation or prior knowledge.

And for many books of poetry the number of words on a page is not daunting, but rather seems doable for a reluctant reader. Once students realize reading for pleasure can be about self discovery or emotional experiences they've had too, they are hooked. I stopped counting the number of times Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur was the genesis of a pile of reading for students in my classroom. And what's more, once someone finishes a book of poetry, they realize they just read a book! And that they can do it again. And inevitably their reading lives evolve and deepen and by the end of the year they are reading self-selected novels.

This new pile of poetry books will help me re-connect reading to my students this year. I have selected a variety of themes from a diverse group of writers. I am thrilled to be able to share them with my students from Day 1 in September.

Ms. Bailey High School of Fashion Industries Grades 9-12

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext • Amazon Business $12.52 2 $25.04
If They Come for Us: Poems • Amazon Business $11.34 2 $22.68
salt. • Amazon Business $22.17 1 $22.17
Felon: Poems • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Obit • Amazon Business $15.89 1 $15.89
Hybrida: Poems • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Pillow of Dreams: poetry & art collection • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Inward • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
The Past We Carry • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Self Love Poetry: For Thinkers and Feelers • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Speaking In Tears: The Poetry In Grief • Amazon Business $13.21 1 $13.21
Finna: Poems • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
I Hope This Helps • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
The Tradition • Amazon Business $10.40 1 $10.40
the mermaid's voice returns in this one • Amazon Business $10.27 1 $10.27
I'm Rising: Determined. Confident. Powerful. • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
to drink coffee with a ghost • Amazon Business $9.31 1 $9.31
Concrete Kids (Pocket Change Collective) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Euphoria • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Milk and Honey • Amazon Business $7.38 1 $7.38
the sun will rise and so will we • Amazon Business $5.55 1 $5.55

Materials cost

$319.93

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$354.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.60

Total project goal

$417.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $417.33

2 Donors

-$208.66

Donations toward project cost

-$177.36

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.30

match offer

-$208.67

Match offer toward project cost

-$177.37

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.30

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