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Mrs. Puri from New Orleans, LA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Love of Reading!

Help me give my students get these Newbery Award books for reading so our scores in reading can improve as our students lagged in reading.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Puri's classroom raised $629

This project is fully funded

My Project

I have the best job in the world to make a difference. Each day, I have the privilege of instructing students on how to use I have the best students in the world. The majority of my students are black and have lagged behind and, because of the COVID pandemic, they are functioning below grade level. My school is the safest place and I need to ensure their progress. I wish for them to succeed to be on top of their gear. I have the best job in the world to make a difference. Each day, I have the privilege of instructing students on how to use Newbery Award winner novels readers to learn basic reading comprehension skills and be successful . We need to showcase how much FUN reading can be when they discuss stories and share their experiences together.

Your kind support will help me bring their self-confidence up and support their daily reading.

We have centers but we need reading materials to improve phonics and comprehension skills. Your gift will provide them with books and task cards to work independently and in groups. We want all my students to be on a path to succeed.

Project tagged as

New Orleans, LA
Grades 3-5
Literacy
Racial Justice & Representation
Books
Nearly all students from low‑income households

Mrs. Puri Ben Franklin Elementary School - PreK - 5 Campus Grades 3-5

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

Equity Focus

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

34 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

The Crossover • AKJ Education $8.45 4 $33.80

The Witch of Blackbird Pond • AKJ Education $6.56 4 $26.24

A Wrinkle in Time • AKJ Education $6.29 4 $25.16

The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics) • AKJ Education $5.59 4 $22.36

The Girl Who Drank the Moon • AKJ Education $16.19 1 $16.19

Flora and Ulysses • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59

Long Way Down • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59

The last stop on market street • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86

Wolf Hollow • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13

The Last Mapmaker • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13

The Undefeated • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13

Freedom Over Me • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13

Hello, Universe • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40

Iveliz Explains It All • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40

El Deafo • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94

Roller Girl • AKJ Education $10.21 1 $10.21

Homecoming • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48

New Kid • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48

Piecing Me Together • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry • AKJ Education $6.99 1 $6.99

A Single Shard • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56

Adam of the Road (Puffin Modern Classics) • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56

The Slave Dancer • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56

Kira-Kira • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56

The View from Saturday • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56

Crispin • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56

Moon Over Manifest • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56

Flora & Ulysses • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56

When You Reach Me • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56

The Graveyard Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56

Holes • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56

Out of the Dust • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29

Maniac Magee • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29

Dear Mr. Henshaw • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83

King of the Wind • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83

The Twenty-one Balloons • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83

Summer of the Swans, The (Puffin Modern Classics) • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83

Amos Fortune, • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83

The Door in the Wall • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83

M.C. Higgins, the Great • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83

Number the Stars • AKJ Education $5.78 1 $5.78

Call It Courage • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10

Missing May • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10

The Courage of Sarah Noble • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost			$457.52
Vendor shipping charges			FREE
Sales tax			$40.03
3rd party payment processing fee			$6.86
Fulfillment labor & materials			$30.00
Total project cost			$534.41
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$94.31
Total project goal			$628.72
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$628.72
2 Donors			-$312.45
Donations toward project cost			-$284.71
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$27.74
match offer			-$293.76
Match offer toward project cost			-$249.70
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$44.06
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$22.50
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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This teacher needs your help!

The Love of Reading!

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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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