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Ms. Young from Carteret NJ is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Ready, Set, Read!

My students need a new reading rug to hear stories and play group games. They would also love a new reading area to read by themselves or to a friend.

  • $667 goal

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My Students

My school is a Title 1 school in New Jersey where many receive free or reduced lunch. My students are faced with many challenges both in and out of the classroom.

I teach a group of 32 energetic and eager students in a Title 1 District.

My students love to learn new things. One of the best ways for them to build their background knowledge on new things is through stories. Some of my students are ESL learners so new vocabulary for them also comes from hearing different stories. Group story time is a big part of their learning. They love to sit on the carpet and hear a story together and discuss different parts of the story and their favorite parts. They also love to take stories that they have heard and read them to themselves and friends in a quiet area.

My Project

In my classroom, my class gathers to the rug multiple times throughout the day for various activities. The rug is a great place to bring the class together. My class reads a group story together on the rug. During large group literacy time my students are able to learn background knowledge on our different themes, holidays, and special events. They are able to discuss with friends different aspects of the stories and talk about their favorite parts.

My students need a comfortable rug to meet for group time and a chair to sit and read quietly.

My students also love to read stories that they have heard before or discover a new book in their literacy center. They like to sit with a friend and read to them or read quietly to themselves. I can always find at least one of my students reading a book during center time. It would be nice for them to have a comfortable place to discover there love for reading.

Ms. Young
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
GG288 - Getting Ready to Read Activity Carpet - 9' x 12' • Lakeshore Learning Materials $479.00 1 $479.00
Big Joe Original Bean Bag Char, Stretch Limo Black • Amazon Business $49.88 1 $49.88

Materials cost

$528.88

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$566.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$100.03

Total project goal

$666.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$666.84

6 Donors

-$333.42

Donations toward project cost

-$283.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.01

match offer

-$333.41

Match offer toward project cost

-$283.40

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.01

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$0.00

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