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Ms. Mitter-Burke from Springfield, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Library For Older Students Still Learning To Read!

Help me give my students a library filled with decodable age-appropriate books for older students still learning to read.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Mitter-Burke's classroom raised $673

This project is fully funded

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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

At our school we have many English Learners, students with interrupted education and students with learning disabilities that are still learning to read in third through fifth grade. Beginning reader books and decodable texts are mostly written for four through seven year olds so they are small, filled with bright primary colors and topics fitting for young kids.

These books are engaging topics and illustrations for eight through twelve year olds, yet are carefully written to introduce beginning spelling patterns and decodable for early levels of reading.

With detailed fantasy stories and lots of adventure tales, these books will captivate third through fifth graders, while providing them with essential independent application of core reading skills. Many times older readers are stuck with inaccessible books above their reading level or primary books that bore or embarrass them. These books will give them the practice, confidence and interest to finally fall in love with reading!

Ms. Mitter-Burke Brightwood Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Phonic Books Amber Guardians: Decodable Books for Older Readers (Suffixes, Prefixes and Root Words, Morphology) (Phonic Books Catch-Up Decodable Readers) • Amazon Business $96.00 1 $96.00
Phonic Books Magic Belt Decodable Books for Older Readers (CVC, Consonant Blends and Consonant Teams) (Phonic Books Catch-Up Decodable Readers) • Amazon Business $79.00 1 $79.00
Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches, 3 Mil Letter Size Laminating Sheets, 8.9 x 11.4 Inches, Education Supplies & Craft Supplies, For Use With Thermal Laminators, 200/Pack, 6 packs, 1200 Total Pouches • Amazon Business $77.00 1 $77.00
Phonic Books Island Adventure: Decodable Books for Older Readers (Alternative Vowel Spellings) (Phonic Books Catch-Up Decodable Readers) • Amazon Business $57.35 1 $57.35
Phonic Books Totem: Decodable Books for Older Readers (CVC, Consonant Blends and Consonant Teams, Alternative Spellings for Vowel Sounds - ai, ay, a-e, a) (Phonic Books Catch-Up Decodable Readers) • Amazon Business $53.24 1 $53.24
Phonic Books Talisman 1 Decodable Books for Older Readers (Alternative Vowel Spellings) (Phonic Books Catch-Up Decodable Readers) • Amazon Business $52.98 1 $52.98
Tudomro 30 Pcs Magnetic Cleaning Cloth Dry Erasers Bulk for White Boards with Most Whiteboards Dry Eraser Reusable Microfiber Cloth Eraser for Classroom, Home Office, 10'' x 10''(Black, Gray) • Amazon Business $36.99 1 $36.99
Phonic Books Moon Dogs Set 3 Vowel Spellings Decodable Books for Older Readers (Two Spellings for a Vowel Sound) (Phonic Books Catch-Up Decodable Readers) • Amazon Business $32.51 1 $32.51
Phonic Books Moon Dogs Set 2: Decodable Books for Older Readers (CVC Level, Consonant Blends and Consonant Teams) (Phonic Books Catch-Up Decodable Readers) • Amazon Business $25.59 1 $25.59
Phonic Books Moon Dogs VCe Spellings: Decodable Books for Older Readers (Silent "e") (Phonic Books Catch-Up Decodable Readers) • Amazon Business $22.65 1 $22.65

Materials cost

$533.31

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$571.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$100.82

Total project goal

$672.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$672.13

1 Donor

-$300.69

Donations toward project cost

-$285.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.03

match offer

-$336.06

Match offer toward project cost

-$285.65

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.41

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$35.38

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$0.00

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