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Mr. McDougall from New York NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

West Harlem Book Club

The cost of this proposal is $738, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

  • $757 goal

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One of the results of the new teacher contract in NYC is an extension of the school days, Monday - Thursday for an extra 37.5 minutes. We are taking the lowest students, those who scored a level 1 or 2 on State Testing, and doing small group work. I was allowed to pick 10 of my students who scored the lowest and do whatever I think would be the best in helping them pull up their scores. I decided that by focusing on improving reading ability, I could best impact all of their academic classes. Call me old fashioned, but I believe the best way to become a better reader is to read. With that in mind, I am starting a book club with my hand selected book club members. I want to pick really good books that they will enjoy, and I want to help them start their own personal library. I am asking for donations in terms of sets of books. A book group focused on enjoyment of reading, increasing vocabulary, understanding parts of a story, and finally building comprehension levels. With the right books and the right group of students, I am sure the reading levels of all the kids will improve.

Mr. McDougall
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Egypt Game Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Zilpha Keatly Synder, Zilpha K. Snyder, Margy Burns, Alton Raible (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.85 12 $70.20
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell • Barnes and Noble $5.85 12 $70.20
The Sign of the Beaver Elizabeth George Speare • Barnes and Noble $5.85 12 $70.20
The Midwife's Apprentice Karen Cushman, Bryan Leister (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 12 $64.68
Ruby Holler Sharon Creech • Barnes and Noble $5.39 12 $64.68
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 12 $64.68
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert C. O'Brien, Zena Bernstein (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 12 $64.68
Absolutely Normal Chaos Sharon Creech • Barnes and Noble $5.39 12 $64.68

Materials cost

$534.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

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3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$620.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$136.13

Total project goal

$756.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$756.26

5 Donors

-$671.09

Donations toward project cost

-$620.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.68

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$85.51

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$0.00

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