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Ms. Keim from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help me give my students the benefit of a well-educated, research-grounded teacher by providing teacher-facing resources, including books and other learning materials.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Keim's classroom raised $304

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My Students

Have you ever met sixth graders? They are full of curiosity, energy, and enthusiasm on the verge of becoming their own people.

The students in my year-round urban charter school are 95% low-income.

They attend school from 8 am to 5 pm daily. The staff at our charter school works diligently within our rigorous curriculum to help education come alive! As one of the top-performing charter schools in the state, our school is working daily to help our students achieve their full potential.

My students struggle with issues that often fall outside the scope of understanding. From poverty to food insecurity, homelessness to incarcerated parents, they face head-on many challenges that would make adults crumble. Even with these challenges, they come to school each day trying to put their best foot forward and grow as students, academics, and leaders.

My Project

One of the most important jobs that educators have is to become a student of their profession. Once we leave the college classroom, we become immersed in the teaching world, and it's easy to feel like we have completed our education. Still, the world marches on, and new research changes what is taught and how it is taught. As a teacher, the responsibility for learning these new ways falls on your shoulders.

I want to give my students the best of me and the best of the world.

To do this, I have to stay on top of my own learning as much as I am on top of theirs. These books will help me understand what the latest research says about reading and help me be the best reading teacher I can be. As we face new challenges, including at-home learning, new technology, and the changing face of reading, teachers need to learn new skills.

This knowledge will impact my teaching practices and those of the teachers around me as I work in concert with other teachers. Without a doubt, it will impact the lives of my students as my teaching evolves to serve them better.

Project tagged as

Chicago, IL
Grades 6-8
Literacy
Charter School
Books
Nearly all students from low‑income households

Ms. Keim Alain Locke Charter Academy Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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

Brain Words: How the Science of Reading Informs Teaching • Amazon Business $38.00 1 $38.00

Speech to Print Workbook: Language Exercises for Teachers • Amazon Business $32.95 1 $32.95

Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers • Amazon Business $30.30 1 $30.30

Passionate Readers: The Art of Reaching and Engaging Every Child • Amazon Business $29.95 1 $29.95

The Empowered ELA Teacher: Be the Teacher You Want to Be, Do Great Work, and Thrive • Amazon Business $28.95 1 $28.95

Language at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can't, and What Can Be Done About It • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99

Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99

Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read • Amazon Business $13.98 1 $13.98

iScholar iQ 5-Subject Poly Cover Wirebound Notebook, College Ruled, 11 x 8.5 Inch Sheet Size, 200 Sheets, Cover Color May Vary (59906) • Amazon Business $11.88 1 $11.88

Crayola Take Note Erasable Highlighters, Cool School Supplies, Chisel Tip Markers, 6 Count • Amazon Business $4.98 1 $4.98

Materials cost			$224.97
Vendor shipping charges			FREE
Sales tax			$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee			$3.37
Fulfillment labor & materials			$30.00
Total project cost			$258.34
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$45.59
Total project goal			$303.93
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$303.93
6 Donors			-$244.29
Donations toward project cost			-$207.65
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$36.64
match offer			-$59.64
Match offer toward project cost			-$50.69
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$8.95
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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Teachers Read Too!

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DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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