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Ms. Carozza from Oakland, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading for Enjoyment: Making Independent Readers

My project needs two magazine racks, slip covers for magazines and 8 different magazine subscriptions.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Carozza's classroom raised $671

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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.

One of the most difficult parts of teaching reading to my emergent, special education readers is teaching them how to make reading a habit. Many of my students have been non-readers for so long that they don�t even attempt to read things that they have the skills to read. My students have to be very interested, motivated and curious to pick something up and choose to read it. This is exactly what takes for a struggling reader to become an independent reader. To aid this transition, I would like to develop a current magazine library that covers a variety of topics. To do this, we will need subscriptions to as many high interest magazines as possible. We will also need a stand on which to display them and magazine covers to differentiate current editions from past editions. The great part about magazines is that students will have an ever-changing supply of current topic to be tempted by. Also, as the magazines become old issues, they can be given to students to take home or use in projects. Lastly, my hope is that this broad range of reading material will help to build the students general knowledge in a way that will support all of the students' academic endeavors.

Ms. Carozza Elmhurst United Middle School Grades 6-8

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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

60 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
TIME For Kids Magazine- World Report Edition w/ Go Places with TFK! (grades 4-7). Pricing is valid for orders placed between August 1 and October 16, 2004. TIME For Kids reserves the right to prorate issue quantity, free gifts, and pricing for orders received after October 16, 2004. Only valid for orders in quantities of 10 or more. Orders for less than 10 subscriptions will NOT be fulfilled. • Time for Kids $5.29 1 $5.29
Current Science • Weekly Reader $9.95 1 $9.95
FREE STANDINF MAGAZINE RACK, 20-POCKET, OAK -- Wooden Mallet Solid Wood Literature Display Units; 49Hx20-1/2Wx12"D, Oak, 20-Pocket, Free-Standing • Quill Corporation $134.99 2 $269.98
Current Events • Weekly Reader $8.95 1 $8.95
Know Your World Extra • Weekly Reader $10.50 1 $10.50
READ • Weekly Reader $9.95 1 $9.95
Weekly Reader Senior Grades 5,6 • Weekly Reader $3.95 1 $3.95
Writing • Weekly Reader $9.95 1 $9.95
Slip Covers • Highsmith Inc. $1.80 60 $108.00
Teen Newsweek • Weekly Reader $8.25 1 $8.25

Materials cost

$444.77

Vendor shipping charges

$44.48

Sales tax

$32.25

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.12

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$550.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$120.73

Total project goal

$670.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$670.73

5 Donors

-$629.41

Donations toward project cost

-$550.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$79.41

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$41.32

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$0.00

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