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Mrs. Swanger from Antioch, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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They Are Reading Me Out Of House and Home!

My students need books and the books on CD's to develope their reading skills, improve their reading fluency, and gain academic confidence.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Swanger's classroom raised $453

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are fighting an uphill battle in more ways than one and they need your help. Each day my students arrive at school after a bus ride of up to an hour and a half. They arrive hungry and tired. When they get off the bus they know that they are a part of a class that is 'different' than their same age peers. My students' are in a Special Education classroom. Their disabilities range from Autism, Down Syndrome, visual processing, auditory processing, intellectual disabilities, and emotional disturbance issues. On top of this, some students also have the additional challenges that come with being second language learners. All my students live in high poverty neighborhoods where crime and violence is considered a natural part of life.

My class is an active and safe place where we engage in numerous activities that allow learning to happen in ways that are as unique as my students.

We also focus on real world learning objectives where students will be able to manage their lives and their finances to a degree that might break the cycle of poverty. SImply put, we make learning fun and functional.

My Project

Teaching special education students can be challenging. I'm happy to say that the easiest thing to do with my students is to get them to fall in love with reading. Most of my students come to me dreading reading because it is something they have always struggled with. By introducing them to reading books as a class, and sharing this experience, they begin to take their guard down. Then when I have them listen to books as they follow along, they realize that they do understand the stories and can respond the question about the characters and plot. By providing the books in the Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing Series and audio CD's for them, my students will be able to read books above their skill level. Doing this builds reading confidence. When they begin to build reading confidence they will pick up easier books and start to read independently. We also read with them and let them read to and with each other. Eventually, I will have students who want to do nothing but read. This year alone I have 14 students who have grown 2 years in their reading skills.

Mrs. Swanger Mission Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our 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

17 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing • Amazon Business $5.49 20 $109.80
Crayola 52-9715 Twistable Crayons, 10 Count • Amazon Business $4.84 20 $96.80
Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night (1 Paperback/1 CD) (Henry & Mudge (Live Oak)) • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Superfudge (The Fudge Series) • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Because of Winn-Dixie • Amazon Business $17.55 1 $17.55
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (The Fudge Series) • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Henry And Mudge In Puddle Trouble • Amazon Business $3.99 3 $11.97
Henry And Mudge First Book • Amazon Business $2.81 3 $8.43
Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night (Ready-to-Read, Level 2) • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98
Henry And Mudge And The Wild Wind: Ready-To-Read Level 2 (Paper) • Amazon Business $3.74 2 $7.48
Henry And Mudge Take The Big Test: Ready-To-Read Level 2 (Paper) • Amazon Business $3.74 2 $7.48

Materials cost

$320.88

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $29.36

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.81

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$385.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.95

Total project goal

$453.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $453.00

2 Donors

-$453.00

Donations toward project cost

-$385.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.95

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