Help me give my students books with reading strategies, charts, and templates for their reading and writing.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. James's classroom raised $173
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
My classroom is filled with reluctant readers. I work with them to find their interests and show them how they can use these interests to find books that they'll enjoy. Once they find one, they're in! They admit to not reading and often say they do not like to read at the beginning of the school year. It is my goal to have each of them end the school year as readers, not because someone told them they had to, but because they enjoy it.
I teach English learners, some of whom are newcomers to the country and speak no English and others who have been here a limited amount of time and speak a little English.
We work all year to learn how to grow from failure and use it to get a step closer to success. Many of my students come to me with a sense of apathy formed from the lack of experiences of academic success in the past. We're a Title I school with more than 80% of our students classified as economically disadvantaged.
My Project
The instructional material books will be used to assist with reading and writing instruction and to reinforce skills.
Texts and Lessons for Teaching Literature will be used to provide focused reading instruction and comprehension strategy practice.
Texts and Lessons for Teaching Writing will be used to provide focused writing instruction and writing strategy practice. 50 Common Core Reading Response Activities will be used to provide guided thought and practice responding to literature. 50 Writing Activities for Meeting Higher Standards will be used to provide targeted writing instruction to address student struggles and move them toward mastery in different areas of their writing. The Kleenex was added because no matter when we end up going back into the classroom, you can never have enough tissue for the kids.
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
Texts and Lessons for Content-Area Writing: With More Than 50 Texts from National Geographic, The New York Times, Prevention, The Washington Post, Smithsonian, Harvard Business Review and Many Others
$38.49
1
$38.49
Texts and Lessons for Teaching Literature: with 65 fresh mentor texts from Dave Eggers, Nikki Giovanni, Pat Conroy, Jesus Colon, Tim O'Brien, Judith Ortiz Cofer, and many more
$35.83
1
$35.83
50 Writing Activities for Meeting Higher Standards: Dynamic Activities With Ready-to-Go Prewriting Sheets and Rubrics
50 Common Core Reading Response Activities: Easy Mini-Lessons and Engaging Activities to Help Students Explore and Analyze Literature and Informational Texts
$11.89
1
$11.89
Materials cost
$114.73
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$1.72
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$146.45
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$25.84
Total project goal
$172.29
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$172.29
1 Donor
-$73.22
Donations toward project cost
-$73.22
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$0.00
match offer
-$86.15
Match offer toward project cost
-$73.23
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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