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Mrs. Summerall from Colorado Springs, CO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Opens an Abundance of Doors.

Help me give my students these amazing books that will not only help them to master their reading skills but also bring fantasy to life, history as a roadmap, character building skills abundant and inquiring minds open.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Summerall's classroom raised $436

This project is fully funded

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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 Students

All of my students have an Individual Education Plan to support a deficit in their reading skills. For my 2nd grade students, their reading skills are still missing letter sounds, blending words and phonics. For my 6th graders, their reading skills have 2-year gaps from their grade level. What I love about my students is their desire to learn and read. My students don’t allow their circumstances to bring them down, rather it gives them more drive to succeed.

My Project

For my first, second and 6th grade students, having this gift of books helps to bring them the opportunity for reading growth, open imagination and critical thinking, inquirers of deeper knowledge and character building. My students do not always have the means to have books to read outside from their classrooms. This helps to bring the opportunity to every student to be exposed to different authors, genres and history.

My students will use some of the reading material in a guided reading setting, identifying characters, setting and main idea.

Other students may use in a summative capacity to understand and reflect on other peoples way of life and history and find ways to be a part of the solution.

Mrs. Summerall Sand Creek Elementary School Grades 6-8

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.

Colorado Springs, CO 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

23 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Guided Reading Collection: Grade 4 Best Sellers (20 books) • AKJ Education $119.09 1 $119.09
Guided Reading Collection: Grade 2 Best Sellers (20 books) • AKJ Education $100.59 1 $100.59
Fish in a Tree • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) • AKJ Education $11.65 1 $11.65
The Great Gatsby • AKJ Education $9.91 1 $9.91
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian • AKJ Education $9.12 1 $9.12
Of Mice and Men • AKJ Education $8.76 1 $8.76
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Animal Farm • AKJ Education $6.99 1 $6.99
The Catcher in the Rye • AKJ Education $5.98 1 $5.98
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One: The Lightning Thief • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
A Long Walk to Water • AKJ Education $5.28 1 $5.28
The Diary of a Young Girl • AKJ Education $4.89 1 $4.89

Materials cost

$309.73

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $19.82

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$370.20

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.33

Total project goal

$435.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $435.53

5 Donors

-$210.83

Donations toward project cost

-$185.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.73

match offer

-$217.77

Match offer toward project cost

-$185.10

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.67

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.93

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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