You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Menu
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Edit classroom photo

Mrs. Cramer’s Classroom Edit display name

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Cramer a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

cancel

Support Mrs. Cramer's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Cramer a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

Make a donation Mrs. Cramer can use on her next classroom project.

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/1557236 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
I teach 24 emerging to nearing proficient struggling readers on a team of 144 students. They are ten and eleven year olds who don't like to read and do not choose to read even when it is assigned as class work or homework. They view reading as boring and difficult. They attend a school where 37% of the students read below grade level. Only one of the twenty four students have admitted to reading a book on their own. Our state has adopted CCSS (Common Core State Standards)and our New Mexico state assessment created by PARCC is going to be challenging, even for my proficient readers. 45% of the reading material found on this assessment is nonfiction. My goal is to teach my struggling readers some basic strategies and skills to better help them comprehend nonfiction text. I don't want them to drop out of school down the road because reading is too difficult, but instead I would like to provide them with the tools that will help them comprehend their core texts and pass their classes.

About my class

I teach 24 emerging to nearing proficient struggling readers on a team of 144 students. They are ten and eleven year olds who don't like to read and do not choose to read even when it is assigned as class work or homework. They view reading as boring and difficult. They attend a school where 37% of the students read below grade level. Only one of the twenty four students have admitted to reading a book on their own. Our state has adopted CCSS (Common Core State Standards)and our New Mexico state assessment created by PARCC is going to be challenging, even for my proficient readers. 45% of the reading material found on this assessment is nonfiction. My goal is to teach my struggling readers some basic strategies and skills to better help them comprehend nonfiction text. I don't want them to drop out of school down the road because reading is too difficult, but instead I would like to provide them with the tools that will help them comprehend their core texts and pass their classes.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":1557236,"teacherId":1557236,"teacherName":"Mrs. Cramer","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1557236_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1522816046246","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":257193,"followAbout":"Mrs. Cramer's projects","teacherVerify":1193798240,"teacherNameEncoded":"Mrs. Cramer","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/1557236","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=1557236","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":2,"numSupporters":22},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.