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Mrs. Laude from Rochester, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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There Are NEVER Too Many Books!

My students need a variety of guided Reading books that are meant for a range of students.

  • $1,156 goal

This project expired on August 17, 2015.

This project expired on August 17, 2015.

My Students

I try to provide a literacy rich environment for my students. One of my goals is for every student to be able to walk into my room and not dread reading. One way that I try to accomplish this is to try and provide a variety of books that are of interest to them and that they are capable of reading.

Every year I have a large variety of students.

I have students that come from home where they have everything and then I have students that come from homes where they have very little. All of my students are capable of learning and enjoy learning. Some are harder to motivate than others but the trick is never to give up and to find out what makes them want to learn and do better. I also have ELL's in my classroom. Students that come from a home where English is either their second or third language or not spoken at all.

My Project

Guided reading benefits everyone! The advantages it has for every reader is that it can establish fundamental skills necessary for proficient reading, identify weaknesses and strengthen specific skills, improve attention to detail build fluency, expands vocabulary knowledge and develops reading comprehension skills. To do this and reach the needs of my students I need to have books that students can use and have access to over a long period of time. After reading and being instructed in a book, students need to keep books in their book boxes to practice fluency and practice what they learned independently. Having sets of guided reading books is a necessary resource to move students to the next level and provide them with the best instruction.

This donation would bring my guided reading lessons to the next level.

Students don't get the necessary time to practice & become fluent in familiar just right books. I think by starting my own collection of guided reading books I will be able to have a variety of good books for my students to use and feel successful in. This in return will help them be more positive about reading. I believe that with a positive attitude they will be able to be more successful & be able to reach their own goals.

Mrs. Laude Florence Brasser Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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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Rochester, NY View local requests

More than half of 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

15 students impacted

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock (paperback) • AKJ Books $5.83 5 $29.15
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge • AKJ Books $5.83 5 $29.15
Hello Ocean • AKJ Books $5.80 5 $29.00
Koala Lou • AKJ Books $5.11 5 $25.55
Night Noises • AKJ Books $5.11 5 $25.55
Flower Garden • AKJ Books $5.11 5 $25.55
Sunflower House • AKJ Books $5.11 5 $25.55
When I Was Young in the Mountains • AKJ Books $5.10 5 $25.50
A Letter to Amy Ezra Jack Keats, Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrato • AKJ Books $5.10 5 $25.50
Night In The Country • AKJ Books $5.10 5 $25.50
Going Home • AKJ Books $5.10 5 $25.50
Sheep in a Shop • AKJ Books $5.10 5 $25.50
Jessica • AKJ Books $5.10 5 $25.50
Sheep In A Jeep • AKJ Books $5.10 5 $25.50
Boy in the Drawer Robert Munsch, Michael Martchenko (Illustr • AKJ Books $5.07 5 $25.35
There''s Something in My Attic • AKJ Books $4.37 5 $21.85
Apples for Everyone Jill Esbaum • AKJ Books $4.34 5 $21.70
Sheep On A Ship • AKJ Books $4.34 5 $21.70
In The Haunted House • AKJ Books $4.34 5 $21.70
A Tree for All Seasons • AKJ Books $4.34 5 $21.70
I Love Rocks Cari Meister, Terry Sirrell (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $3.61 5 $18.05
Messy Bessey • AKJ Books $3.61 5 $18.05
Cat in the Bag Sara Swan Miller, Ben Mahan (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $3.61 5 $18.05
Dirty Larry • AKJ Books $3.61 5 $18.05
Dirty Larry • AKJ Books $3.61 5 $18.05
Great Migrations • AKJ Books $2.91 6 $17.46
Seed to Plant • AKJ Books $2.91 6 $17.46
Planets • AKJ Books $2.91 6 $17.46
Storms! National Geographic Readers • AKJ Books $2.91 6 $17.46
Maps - 3929 • AKJ Books $2.55 6 $15.30
That Bad, Bad Cat! • AKJ Books $2.91 5 $14.55
Snow Day • AKJ Books $2.91 5 $14.55
Splish, Splash! • AKJ Books $2.91 5 $14.55
Hide-and-Seek All Week (Barkers Series) Tomie dePaola • AKJ Books $2.91 5 $14.55
Bones and the Big Yellow Mystery • AKJ Books $2.91 5 $14.55
I See, You Saw • AKJ Books $2.91 5 $14.55
What a Hungry Puppy! • AKJ Books $2.91 5 $14.55
Drip, Drop • AKJ Books $2.91 5 $14.55
Me and My Robot • AKJ Books $2.91 5 $14.55
Bones and the Cup Cake Mystery • AKJ Books $2.91 5 $14.55
Polar Bears • AKJ Books $2.91 5 $14.55
Phonics Comics: Cave Dave - Level 1 Carol McAdams Moore, Mik • AKJ Books $2.91 5 $14.55
Lost! • AKJ Books $2.88 5 $14.40
Did You See Chip • AKJ Books $2.88 5 $14.40
Splash! Ariane Dewey, Jose Aruego • AKJ Books $2.88 5 $14.40
The Chick That Wouldn''t Hatch • AKJ Books $2.88 5 $14.40
Rick Is Sick David McPhail • AKJ Books $2.88 5 $14.40
Big Pig and Little Pig David McPhail • AKJ Books $2.88 5 $14.40

Materials cost

$938.39

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$982.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$173.38

Total project goal

$1,155.85

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