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Mrs. Lynn from Tampa, FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Aloud Motivates Students to Read!

Help me give my students class sets of popular fourth grade read aloud books!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Lynn's classroom raised $555

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

I teach at a low socio-economic school where my students predominantly speak Spanish and Vietnamese. Over 80% of the students at our school are eligible for free or reduced-rate lunch. My students are at varying levels of academic ability. Some students read, write, and do math on a kindergarten and first grade level, others read, write, and do math on a second-grade level, while a few students read, write, and do math at a fourth and fifth-grade level.

A plethora of my students' parents are not in a position to afford school supplies for their children but value their child's education.

Many parents work two jobs and have a difficult time taking their child to the library to get books on their reading levels. In most cases, the students' parents are Spanish or Vietnamese speakers and are unable to read in English with their child at home.

Several of my students have a variety of learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder. They lack confidence in reading, writing, math, and science. Additionally, the students have difficulty organizing their learning materials.

My Project

Reading aloud develops lifelong readers. Reading aloud creates a classroom community by establishing a known text that can be used as the basis for building on critical thinking skills that are related and unrelated to reading. Discussions generated by reading aloud can be used to encourage listeners to construct meanings, connect ideas and experiences across texts, use their prior knowledge, and question unfamiliar words from the text.

Reading aloud gives students an opportunity to hear the instructor model fluency and expression in reading technical or literary language.

“Through intonation, expression, and attention to punctuation, the reader demonstrates meaning embedded in the text.” Reading aloud helps students learn how to use language to make sense of the world; it improves their information processing skills, vocabulary, and comprehension. Finally, Reading aloud targets the skills of audio learners. Research has shown that teachers who read

aloud motivate students to read!

Mrs. Lynn Bellamy Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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 half 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

39 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cryptid Hunters • Amazon Business $6.99 22 $153.78
James and the Giant Peach: The Scented Peach Edition • Amazon Business $6.78 22 $149.16
The Lemonade War (1) (The Lemonade War Series) • Amazon Business $5.99 22 $131.78

Materials cost

$434.72

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$471.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.16

Total project goal

$554.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $554.40

1 Donor

-$369.60

Donations toward project cost

-$314.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$55.44

match offer

-$184.80

Match offer toward project cost

-$157.08

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.72

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 $0.00

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