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Ms. Ledbetter from Indianapolis, IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Ledbetter's classroom raised $448

Reading is More Than Fundamental

My students need a wide variety of 57 books in their class library from which to choose to read.

Ms. Ledbetter Key Learning Community School 616

Indianapolis, IN Grades 3-5

My Students

For the first time in 14 years, I am teaching a combined 5th and 6th grade class. My greatest need is to create a class library. According to the American Library Association, classroom libraries should contain 20-25 books per student. In a class of 30 students, this totals between 600-750 book.

The Key Learning Community is a K-12 Program based upon the Theory of Multiple Intelligences developed by Dr. Howard Gardner of Harvard University.

The program is rooted in the belief that all students have eight areas of intelligence: linguistic, logical-mathematical, naturalist (science), spatial(art/geography), bodily-kinesthetic (physical education/health), musical (instrumental/vocal), interpersonal (history/collaboration), and intrapersonal (internal growth). Our goal is then to identify and build upon their own individual strengths. Like most Indianapolis Public Schools, 86% of our students qualify for free or reduced meals. Our students, however, elect to attend a school that is year-round, has a longer school day, does not have sports teams and requires a longer travel time than if they attended their boundary school.

My Project

My desire is that students gain or maintain a love of reading and sharing of various genres of literature. I want every student to go to the class library and find something that interests them. Instead of bothering others when they complete an assignment early, students will pull out a book they are reading or will go to the library and lay out to read. When finished with a book, students will excitedly recommend the book to others.

Reading is more than fundamental.

Thinking back on my own childhood, there were no such things as computers, digital cameras, or cellphones. Most of these things I had to teach myself how to use. (And by the time I got comfortable using an item, the next version was introduced.) As long as our world continues to advance, being able to self-teach through reading is more than fundamental it is essential.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

30 students impacted 9 donors

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Indianapolis, IN
Grades 3-5
Literacy
Clubs & Activities
Books
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

Ms. Ledbetter Key Learning Community School 616 Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Indianapolis, IN View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

30 students impacted 9donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (PMC) • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Charlotte's Web (full color) • AKJ Books $7.84 1 $7.84

Felita • AKJ Books $5.22 1 $5.22

Bull Run • AKJ Books $4.35 1 $4.35

From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Maniac Magee • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Misty Of Chincoteague • AKJ Books $5.22 1 $5.22

Pippi Longstocking • AKJ Books $5.22 1 $5.22

Poppy • AKJ Books $5.22 1 $5.22

Shades Of Gray • AKJ Books $5.22 1 $5.22

Trumpet of the Swan (full color), The • AKJ Books $7.84 1 $7.84

Where the Red Fern Grows • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Courage Of Sarah Noble • AKJ Books $4.35 1 $4.35

Number the Stars • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (PMC) • AKJ Books $5.22 1 $5.22

Sign of the Beaver, The • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Alice in Wonderland • AKJ Books $8.71 1 $8.71

Bridge to Terabithia (rpkg) • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Cricket in Times Square • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Ear, the Eye, and the Arm • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Wizard of Oz • AKJ Books $4.35 1 $4.35

James and the Giant Peach • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Mrs. Frisby & Rats Nimh • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

The Secret Garden: A Young Reader's Edition Of The Classic Story • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Wrinkle in Time • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Saint George And The Dragon • AKJ Books $6.97 1 $6.97

Beat The Story Drum, Pum • AKJ Books $7.80 1 $7.80

Mapping the World • AKJ Books $6.97 1 $6.97

Top Of The World • AKJ Books $6.06 1 $6.06

Girls Think Of Everything • AKJ Books $6.97 1 $6.97

Orphan Train Rider • AKJ Books $8.68 1 $8.68

Amelia Earhart: Courage in the Sky • AKJ Books $4.35 1 $4.35

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes • AKJ Books $4.35 1 $4.35

The Call of the Wild • AKJ Books $4.35 1 $4.35

Hatchet • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Motel Of The Mysteries • AKJ Books $11.34 1 $11.34

The Westing Game • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Aesop's Fables • AKJ Books $7.80 1 $7.80

American Tall Tales • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Miracle Worker • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Cat Ate My Gymsuit • AKJ Books $5.22 1 $5.22

Holes • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Island of the Blue Dolphins • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Journey Home • AKJ Books $5.22 1 $5.22

M.C. Higgins, The Great • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

My Side of the Mountain (Puffin Modern Classics) • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry • AKJ Books $6.97 1 $6.97

Summer of My German Soldier • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

The Summer of the Swans • AKJ Books $5.22 1 $5.22

True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (rpkg), The • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

The Yearling • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Johnny Tremain • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Night Journeys • AKJ Books $5.22 1 $5.22

Out of the Dust • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Slave Dancer • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Phantom Tollbooth • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Swiftly Tilting Planet • AKJ Books $6.10 1 $6.10

Materials cost			$349.15
Vendor shipping charges			FREE
Sales tax			$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee			$5.24
Fulfillment labor & materials			$35.00
Total project cost			$389.39
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$58.18
Total project goal			$447.57
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$447.57
9 Donors			-$435.97
Donations toward project cost			-$389.39
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$46.58
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$11.60
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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Reading is More Than Fundamental

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