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Reading for Understanding: Inside Out & Back Again

Help me give my students a powerful story that builds empathy and strengthens reading through a shared class novel.

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Mr. Ward East Central Middle School
Tulsa, OK Grades 6-8

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.

My Project

I love that my students are willing to engage with meaningful stories and share their perspectives, even when reading can be challenging. When we read together as a class, I see them build confidence, make connections, and grow as both readers and individuals.

This project will provide a class set of Inside Out & Back Again, allowing each student to have their own copy during our novel study.

Having access to the same text helps students follow along closely, annotate, and fully participate in discussions. It also allows me to guide them through key reading skills such as identifying theme, analyzing character development, and supporting their thinking with evidence from the text.

This novel, told in verse, also helps students engage with reading in a different and more accessible way. Through reading, discussion, and writing, students will explore themes of resilience, identity, and change. This project will help create a shared reading experience where every student can take part and grow in both skill and understanding.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

140 students impacted
Mr. Ward East Central Middle School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Tulsa, OK 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

140 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Inside Out and Back Again: A Newbery Honor Award Winner • Amazon Business $6.20 25 $155.00

Materials cost

$155.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $12.63

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$199.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.29

Total project goal

$235.24

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