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Mrs. Ferrao from Newark, NJ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Readers Become Leaders

Help me give my students the quality books necessary to help them become fluent readers. These Rigby guided reading books are essential in teaching my students to read.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Ferrao's classroom raised $489

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate 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

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." by Dr. Seuss. This quote sums up the goal I have for my students. I have 26 amazing first graders who live in a low-income, high poverty area where they face many challenges in their daily lives, but they love school!

My goal is to instill in each child a love of learning and the belief that they can do anything!

They come to school each day excited and ready to learn. My desire is to provide them a safe and loving environment where they can thrive.

My Project

Teaching children how to read requires meeting each student at their instructional level and providing them with innovative and effective reading instruction that meets each individual's needs. After testing each of my students individually, I then group them according to their reading levels. Once in their guided reading groups, I teach them the necessary skills to learn how to read. We work on using various reading strategies such as using context clues, letter and sound relationships and word structure. In order for me to give these children the best possible instruction I need to use quality reading books that are geared for their reading level. Guided reading is a strategy for helping children become strong readers. With these leveled texts that gradually increase in difficulty, students apply strategies in context and feel successful! My goal is for students to become confident, proficient readers who love to read!

Can you imagine a world without books?

Can you imagine trying to learn how to read without support of quality reading books? My students truly need these leveled reading books so that they can learn how to become strong readers. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of my first graders.

Mrs. Ferrao Ridge Street Elementary School-Early Childhood Center Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Newark, NJ 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

27 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Big Kick, Leveled Reader (Levels 3-5) Rigby Pm Platinum • AKJ Education $8.04 6 $48.24
Hedgehog Is Hungry, Leveled Reader (Levels 3-5) Rigby Pm Platinum • AKJ Education $7.20 6 $43.20
Tom Is Brave, Leveled Reader (Levels 3-5) Rigby Pm Platinum • AKJ Education $7.20 6 $43.20
Hide and Seek, Leveled Reader (Levels 3-5) Rigby Pm Platinum • AKJ Education $5.84 6 $35.04
Wake Up, Dad • AKJ Education $5.84 6 $35.04
Birthday Cake for Ben, A • AKJ Education $5.84 6 $35.04
Bumper Cars, The • AKJ Education $5.84 6 $35.04
Ben's Treasure Hunt • AKJ Education $5.84 6 $35.04
Sally and the Daisy • AKJ Education $5.84 6 $35.04
The Lazy Pig • AKJ Education $5.84 6 $35.04

Materials cost

$379.92

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$415.62

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.34

Total project goal

$488.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $488.96

4 Donors

-$129.12

Donations toward project cost

-$117.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.00

match offer

-$351.18

Match offer toward project cost

-$298.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.68

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.67

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 $0.00

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