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Mr. G. from MD is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Get My 6th Graders to Reading Level

My students need multiple copies of a variety of 30 book titles, including classics and current favorites.

  • $1,741 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

I teach Language Arts to urban sixth graders in a struggling Title I school. Our school did not meet the AYP last year. The kids are curious, and given support and supplies, they can improve

Many of my students read a full two years below grade level. They don't have books at home and it is difficult for sixth graders to get to public libraries on mass transit in the City.

I need books for a classroom library in order to engage students with daily reading practice. I give them 15 minutes of reading time each day, and it is important for them to have a variety of engaging options for self-selected texts. I have chosen classics by authors such as E.B. White, Walter Dean Myers, and Judy Blume. I have included books about famous African Americans, and 5 subscriptions to Time Magazine for Kids. These materials will not only give the kids more choices during reading time, but they will give me more flexibility to set up reading groups, discussion groups, and projects centered around famous figures and current events. All of these activities can help engage my sixth graders and get them to their reading level. Furthermore, our school requires 6th graders to read 25 books outside of class per year, and to write book reports for each title. I need books in my room which the children can borrow for these reports.

You will help get my students to their grade-level reading skills and beyond! I can't tell you how much morale improves when a class receives donated supplies. The excitement generated by simply opening the boxes gets kids engaged in reading!

Mr. G.
Grades 6-8
  • William C March Middle School 263
  • Baltimore, MD
    • 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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    At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

    This project will reach 75 students.

    7 donors have given to this project.

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Monster Walter Dean Myers, Christopher A. Myers (Illustrator), Christopher Myers (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 5 $40.45
Scorpions Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $6.29 5 $31.45
Hoops Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $5.85 5 $29.25
Dope Sick Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $13.59 5 $67.95
Bad Boy Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell • Barnes and Noble $6.29 5 $31.45
Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis • Barnes and Noble $6.29 5 $31.45
Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 Christopher Paul Curtis • Barnes and Noble $6.29 5 $31.45
Elijah of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis • Barnes and Noble $7.19 5 $35.95
Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $4.49 5 $22.45
James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl, Lane Smith (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 5 $31.45
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 5 $31.45
Sadako Eleanor Coerr, Ed Young (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 5 $31.45
Number the Stars Lois Lowry • Barnes and Noble $6.29 3 $18.87
Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech • Barnes and Noble $6.29 3 $18.87
Hatchet (Brian's Saga Series #1) Gary Paulsen • Barnes and Noble $6.29 5 $31.45
Harry Potter Paperback Boxed Set (Books 1-7) J. K. Rowling • Barnes and Noble $56.50 2 $113.00
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #1) J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandPre (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.79 10 $87.90
The Ramona Collection, Volume 1: Ramona and Her Father/Ramona the Brave/Ramona the Pest/Beezus and Ramona Beverly Cleary, Tracy Dockray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.99 5 $79.95
Dear Mr Henshaw Beverly Cleary, Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 5 $26.95
Charlotte's Web E. B. White, Garth Williams, Edith Goodkind Rosenwald, Garth Williams (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 5 $35.95
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle • Barnes and Noble $6.29 3 $18.87
Judy Blume's Fudge Box Set Judy Blume • Barnes and Noble $23.96 5 $119.80
Blubber Judy Blume • Barnes and Noble $5.39 3 $16.17
Socks Beverly Cleary, Tracy Dockray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 5 $26.95
Harriet Tubman: A Woman of Courage (Time For Kids Biographies Series) Editors Of Time For Kids, With Renee Skelton • Barnes and Noble $3.59 5 $17.95
Rosa Parks: Civil Rights Pioneer (Time For Kids Biographies Series) Editors Of Time For Kids, Time for Kids Magazine (Editor), With Karen Kellaher • Barnes and Noble $3.59 5 $17.95
Aesop's Fables (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Aesop, Arthur Rackham (Illustrator), D. L. Ashliman (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 5 $35.75
Coraline Neil Gaiman, Dave Mckean (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 3 $18.87
Bone Boxed Set (Books 1-3) Jeff Smith • Barnes and Noble $21.56 5 $107.80

Materials cost

$1,217.34

Vendor shipping charges

 $121.73

Sales tax

 $60.87

3rd party payment processing fee

$18.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$1,427.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$313.29

Total project goal

$1,740.50

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,740.50

7 Donors

-$1,740.50

Donations toward project cost

-$1,427.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$313.29

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