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Mrs. Paloscio & Ms. Fink from Staten Island, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading is the Foundation of All Other Subjects!

Help me give my students the ability to read books on their level in small groups. Due to being remote last year and being ESL students, some of my students have deficits in their reading levels.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Paloscio & Ms. Fink's classroom raised $296

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are from many different cultures, races, backgrounds, and beliefs. They want to be able to complete work that will show off their abilities and talents. I teach in a Title I school with more than 75% of the students coming from low-income families. We have limited resources. I currently have 22 students and they need your support!

My Project

Reading is the foundation for all other subjects in school and in life. Being low in reading levels will cause students to struggle their entire life. Working in small groups and targeting these problem areas will help increase compression and reading ability.

These guided reading books will be used in small group work to allow the students to work on skills and strategies required to become skilled readers.

Many of my students are ENL learners. Focusing on these students will help them to succeed.

Having new engaging books that will hold the students interest will help to support their reading stamina, ability and comprehension.

Mrs. Paloscio & Ms. Fink PS 41 Stephanie A Vierno School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Staten Island, NY 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Let's Find Out: My Rebus Readers (Multiple Copy Set) - Box 2 • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $99.00 1 $99.00
Let's Find Out: My Rebus Readers (Multiple Copy Set) - Box 1 • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $99.00 1 $99.00

Materials cost

$198.00

Vendor shipping charges

$19.80

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$250.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.25

Total project goal

$295.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$295.02

6 Donors

-$147.50

Donations toward project cost

-$125.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.12

match offer

-$147.52

Match offer toward project cost

-$125.39

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.13

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$0.00

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