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Ms. Lora from Bronx, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Revamping Our Book Clubs

Help me give my students interesting leveled chapter books to be used as book club materials.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Lora's classroom raised $626

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

The students I service live in the South Bronx. Most of the students live below the poverty level and reside in public housing. Currently, I provide academic intervention services to third grade students. These students are reading 2 or more levels below the grade standard. These students are former ELL (English language learners) students or students who may need an Individual Educational Plan.

My goal is to ignite a LOVE for reading for my students!

My students are eager to practice the strategies that I model during our small group lessons. They take ownership of their learning and establish reading goals for themselves.

They look forward to taking adventures in the fiction and nonfiction books we read together and independently. They are constantly sharing the successes that they experience in their classrooms with their teachers, peers and while reading independently. They continue to make steady progress and most importantly they are building confidence!

My Project

The materials that I am requesting in this project are leveled chapter books from Scholastics. I requested 6 books of the same 20 titles so that I can create a library of book club resources. I plan to share the materials with teachers on grades 3-5. We have groups of students that are reading above grade level and we would like to give them opportunity to regularly engage in book conversations with their peers. We do not have engaging chapter books that the students are going to be excited to read. Some of the book titles that are part of the box set are Bunnicula, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, and the BFG.

Remember when you were a kid - there is nothing better than being given a new book to read; it just makes you feel special.

Launching book clubs this spring will go off without a hitch if I am able to showcase all of the materials and allow students to CHOOSE their next book club book! I already can hear them now!! They were excited to get sets of used books that I purchased a few weeks ago. I can not imagine what the unboxing of these materials will be like. I also plan to share the materials with other teachers allowing many students to participate in book clubs.

I truly believe that this will increase engagement and allow students to engage in book conversations that will lead them to new discoveries and eventually make them avid readers.

Ms. Lora PS 18 John Peter Zenger Grades PreK-2

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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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Classroom Library Must-Haves: Grades 4-6 (DonorsChoose.org Exclusive) - Box of 20 titles / Grades 4-6 • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $75.00 6 $450.00

Materials cost

$450.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $45.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$531.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$93.84

Total project goal

$625.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $625.59

1 Donor

-$265.88

Donations toward project cost

-$265.88

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$312.79

Match offer toward project cost

-$265.87

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.92

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$46.92

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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