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Ms. Claytor from Gilbert AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Special Needs

Help me give my students reading materials that interest them and they can identify with.

  • $290 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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

What I love about my students is their desire to learn so they can function just like their non-disabled peers in any given situation to the best of their ability.

Given the right materials to work with my students take joy in learning because they can do what is expected of them without hesitation, mental or emotional resistance.

Having the right material to aid learning and supplement learning also helps my students learn how to do things for themselves without having someone always there to help them. This builds confidence and self-esteem.

My Project

Children learn best when they can identify with their learning experiences and so building a library of books students would like to read will help them continue reading even when material becomes challenging.

The practice of reading will allow students to improve their reading abilities which will in turn also help with improving writing skills and the willingness to do more tasks they may have been hesitant about before.

Getting reluctant readers to become lovers of reading is my desire. I have seen the joy that comes when a reluctant reader now wants to read and volunteers to read and selects their own reading materials.

Ms. Claytor
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Punching the Air • MahoganyBooks $17.99 2 $35.98
Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers • MahoganyBooks $17.09 2 $34.18
Becoming • MahoganyBooks $17.09 2 $34.18
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind • MahoganyBooks $8.09 3 $24.27
New Kid • MahoganyBooks $11.69 2 $23.38
Brown Girl Dreaming • MahoganyBooks $9.89 2 $19.78
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition • MahoganyBooks $8.09 2 $16.18
Good Kind of Trouble, A • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$195.14

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.66

Sales tax

 $13.95

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$245.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.36

Total project goal

$289.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $289.04

4 Donors

-$152.02

Donations toward project cost

-$129.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.80

Matching donations from our partners

-$137.01

Match offers toward project cost

-$116.46

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.55

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 $0.00

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