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Ms. Rhodes from Fresno, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Rhodes's classroom raised $301

Reading: A Ticket to Everywhere

Help me give my students a variety of high-interest books to encourage them to WANT to pick them up to read.

Ms. Rhodes Roosevelt High School
Fresno, CA Grades 9-12

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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

My classes this year are small, self-contained English I (freshman) classes made up of students with mild/moderate learning disabilities. One of the greatest struggles I have is getting students to read. Most of my students read at a 2nd - 4th-grade level. Independent reading is difficult, especially as many of the texts at their independent level are aimed at students much younger. This year I am making a conscious effort to improve my classroom library to have high-interest books that will encourage them to pick up and browse through the books and want to read them.

I started by asking students what THEY WANTED.

Then, I chose several of those books and ordered them. When the books arrived the students were thrilled. One young man said, "Wow, a teacher that actually does what she said." Once they finish, I want them to choose more another and keep reading.

My focus is the classroom library because I can showcase new books as they arrive and the choices are not nearly as overwhelming as the school library. My students often feel lost and don't know where to start in the larger library.

My Project

My ninth-grade students have struggled with reading most of their lives. My aim is to provide enough reading material in a small environment that encourages them to WANT to pick up a book, find out what it is about, and read it. Students are able to borrow these books to take home (which is often helpful when they are out sick or quarantined). They are also encouraged to write reviews that would encourage other students to want to read them. Several of these titles are ones requested by students, by authors we have read other works in class, sequels to something we have read, or books I have heard other students recommend.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

50 students impacted 2 donors
Ms. Rhodes Roosevelt High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Fresno, CA View local requests

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

50 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Giver Quartet Boxed Set • Amazon Business $27.05 1 $27.05
Five Nights at Freddy's Collection: An AFK Series • Amazon Business $24.13 1 $24.13
The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation • Amazon Business $20.99 1 $20.99
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses) • Amazon Business $14.25 1 $14.25
They Called Us Enemy • Amazon Business $13.40 1 $13.40
Everything I Never Told You • Amazon Business $13.36 1 $13.36
Ready Player Two: A Novel • Amazon Business $13.08 1 $13.08
Stuntboy, in the Meantime • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Ready Player One: A Novel • Amazon Business $11.00 1 $11.00
Firekeeper's Daughter • Amazon Business $10.23 1 $10.23
Touching Spirit Bear (Spirit Bear, 1) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, 1) • Amazon Business $8.48 1 $8.48
The Sleep Experiment: An edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller (World's Scariest Legends) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Girl in Pieces • Amazon Business $7.91 1 $7.91
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter • Amazon Business $5.91 1 $5.91
Fever 1793 • Amazon Business $5.79 1 $5.79

Materials cost

$204.01

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $18.67

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.06

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$255.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.13

Total project goal

$300.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $300.87

1 Donor

-$150.43

Donations toward project cost

-$127.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.56

match offer

-$150.44

Match offer toward project cost

-$127.87

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.57

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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