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Ms. Veal from Jackson MS is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Reading Our Way to Success

My students need popular books that motivate them to read independently.

  • $501 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My students come from various, colorful backgrounds and I'm trying to instill in them the value of reading. We have a new textbook, but I'd like to study a few books they can easily relate to and understand so they're encouraged to create their own libraries and expand their reading outside of school. With all of our end of the year assessments being online, my students also need to get accustomed to completing assignments via the computer to optimize performance.

My Project

Reading is one of the most powerful weapons in a student's tool belt. They have to sharpen and master how to use it to their best advantage. The more they read independently, the stronger and more powerful their reading skills will be in the classroom. If I add more interesting and popular titles to my classroom library, they will have more choices and opportunities to choose from. The end goal is to display a diverse, popular and interesting library for my classroom that will motivate them to initiate their own personal libraries at home. Success is achieved by reading one word at a time.

Ms. Veal
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls • AKJ Education $13.13 5 $65.65
The Hate U Give • AKJ Education $10.78 5 $53.90
13 Reasons Why • AKJ Education $8.02 5 $40.10
Ready Player One • AKJ Education $11.68 3 $35.04
All American Boys • AKJ Education $14.57 2 $29.14
Hidden Figures • AKJ Education $11.67 2 $23.34
Fahrenheit 451: A Novel • AKJ Education $8.78 2 $17.56
The Fault in Our Stars • AKJ Education $8.58 2 $17.16
1984 • AKJ Education $7.29 2 $14.58
A Great and Terrible Beauty • AKJ Education $7.29 2 $14.58
The Game of Lives (The Mortality Doctrine, Book Three) • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Rule of Thoughts (The Mortality Doctrine, Book Two) • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
The Eye of Minds (The Mortality Doctrine, Book One) • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
The Darkest Minds • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29

Materials cost

$364.29

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $25.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$425.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.04

Total project goal

$500.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $500.29

3 Donors

-$272.63

Donations toward project cost

-$231.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.89

match offer

-$227.66

Match offer toward project cost

-$193.51

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.15

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