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Mr. Keller from Charlottesville, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reluctant Readers Need Riveting Resources

My students need books such as Cinder, Mockingjay and the Bluford series in order to be turned on to the joy of reading.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Keller's classroom raised $418

This project is fully funded

My Students

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies [...] The man who never reads lives only one. I believe this. And my students come each fall unaware of the lives they are missing out on. As a teacher, it is my responsibility to reveal these opportunities to them. I can only do so by giving them riveting resources.

I teach in an urban middle school.

Because of its location, I call our school a 2-in-1 model. We have only two Language Arts "tracks." The Honors level kids come from the homes of doctors, professors, writers, and lawyers. Their homes are filled with support, expectations, love, and books. Lots of books. I teach on the other side of the "tracks." My students don't have the same level of support, expectation, or love of books. Some of them don't have both parents at home. Many of them don't have either. What my students do have is a yearning. They have an appetite. They are eager to consume and devour. I can serve them with a rich diet but taste is key at this stage. They need to sample and develop a palette for fine writing. And in seventh grade, I start the year with appetizers, like the titles I am requesting.

My Project

My students need to be turned on to the joy of reading. Almost are are struggling to read at grade level and these books will excite and grip them. We participate in daily sustained silent reading. This is an opportunity for students to have choice over their reading material and assignments. This allows me to conference with them individually on their reading growth, to give opportunities to hunt for examples of literary devices we are studying (figurative language, for example), and to expand vocabulary. They learn to advocate for themselves/books, share what they like and don't like in a productive manner, review plot elements and make questions for themselves. By the end of the year, literature circles are much more influential and students are able to be much more independent learners because they have been given control over their studies in a way that is seldom done at this age level and in other courses which have become so standards-driven.

Again, a reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.

The man who never reads lives only one. My students become much more engaged in the literature we do study together and have more points of comparison/contrast when reading independently. They begin to share their books, presenting them to the class in book talks and together develop a culture of readers, something every class learn in order to grow together.

Mr. Keller Buford Middle School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Charlottesville, VA View local requests

More than half 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
Bomb • AKJ Books $14.59 1 $14.59
Mockingjay (HC) • AKJ Books $13.86 1 $13.86
Catching Fire • AKJ Books $13.86 1 $13.86
Last Olympian, The (The Percy Jackson and the Olympians) • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The One and Only Ivan • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Ungifted • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
The Universe Versus Alex Woods • AKJ Books $10.95 1 $10.95
Shattered - Bluford #12 - Turtleback • AKJ Books $10.73 1 $10.73
The Blind Side • AKJ Books $10.18 1 $10.18
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier • AKJ Books $9.49 1 $9.49
The Demigod Files • AKJ Books $9.45 1 $9.45
Hunger Games (PB) • AKJ Books $8.02 1 $8.02
How They Croaked • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Cinder • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Endangered • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
The Graveyard Book • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Maniac Magee • AKJ Books $5.84 1 $5.84
Spy School • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Slam! • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
I, Juan de Pareja • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
The Tale of Despereaux • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Shiloh • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
The Battle of the Labyrinth • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Titan''s Curse • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
First Part Last, The • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Young Landlords • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Number the Stars • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Giver (Mass) • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Bud, Not Buddy (Pbk) • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Holes • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Bridge to Terabithia (rpkg) • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Mrs. Frisby & Rats Nimh • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Dicey''s Song • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
And Now Miguel • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Darkrising Grey King • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
One Crazy Summer • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Bronx Masquerade • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Bully - Bluford Series #5 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $5.00 1 $5.00
Heaven • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Payback - Bluford High 6 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Until We Meet Again - Bluford High 7 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Summer of Secrets - Bluford High 10 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Lost and Found - Bluford High 1 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
A Matter of Trust - Bluford Series #2 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $2.00 1 $2.00
Blood is Thicker - Bluford Series #8 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $2.00 1 $2.00
Summer of Secrets - Bluford Series #10 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $1.50 1 $1.50
The Fallen - Bluford Series #11 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $1.50 1 $1.50
Schooled - Bluford Series #15 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $1.50 1 $1.50
Brothers in Arms - Bluford Series #9 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $1.50 1 $1.50
Search for Safety - Bluford Series #13 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $1.50 1 $1.50
Someone to Love Me - Bluford Series #4 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $1.50 1 $1.50

Materials cost

$320.29

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$355.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.66

Total project goal

$417.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $417.75

4 Donors

-$208.87

Donations toward project cost

-$177.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.33

match offer

-$208.88

Match offer toward project cost

-$177.55

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.33

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