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Mrs. Reed-Smith from Dallas, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Reed-Smith's classroom raised $231

Weekly Readers Help Weakly Readers

My students need 48 weekly readers to improve their reading skills.

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Mrs. Reed-Smith Trinity Heights Gifted & Talented
Dallas, TX Grades PreK-2

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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

As a child, were you ever asked to read something you could not? Do you remember that embarrassing feeling you had? Imagine children growing up to have those same feelings as adults. This must be prevented. I want to provide students with a fun new way to learn how to read.

My students are African American and Hispanic students who live in a high poverty neighborhood in Dallas.

The neighborhood is also drug and crime infested. Our school is a Title I school with more than 90% of students on free lunch. Our school was just rated academically unacceptable by the state for the second time. Many of their parents do not have a high school education or speak English. Every year, reading is the area where they score the lowest in on the state test. Some of the students that come to our school have repeated a grade level,have behavior problems, or are not where they should be academically. It is time for this to change. Many of our students are neglected, have emotional problems, or are being taken care of by their grandparents or siblings. Teachers get little parent support. These students require a lot of love, patience, and attention but are a joy to work with.

My Project

Magazine articles can provide reluctant readers with a lively, breezy writing style that can inspire them to read more. I am requesting 48 subscriptions to Weekly Reader Magazine so that my students can practice reading in a fun new way. Research shows that students should be exposed to various forms of text when learning how to read. Because magazine subscriptions cost money, my students are not exposed to informational magazines. The only magazines my students see are clothing catalogs. The articles in magazines are generally short, which allows a child to finish reading a feature article without losing interest due to a short attention span. The writing in magazines also tends to be easy to read, especially if it is a children's publication. By allowing a child to read magazines at an early age, I am encouraging development of a useful skill.

The magazine subscriptions will encourage my students to have a lifetime love for reading.

My students will get to take the magazines home at the end of the week to share with their family members thus increasing the impact of your donation. By donating to this project, you are helping a child to read by giving them a magazine subscription that will cause them to take the leap from being a reluctant reader to a voracious page-turner.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

48 students impacted 7 donors
Mrs. Reed-Smith Trinity Heights Gifted & Talented Grades PreK-2

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

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

48 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Weekly Reader Grade 1 (For Orders of 15 or More Subscriptions) • Weekly Reader $3.00 48 $144.00

Materials cost

$144.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $14.40

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$195.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$34.51

Total project goal

$230.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $230.07

5 Donors

-$230.07

Donations toward project cost

-$195.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.51

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