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Past projects 6

• Read All About It!

  Funded Oct 21, 2021

  I wanted to thank you again for your generous donations to improve my classroom library. As soon as I received the books, I had a line of eager student's excited to check them out. Many of the new books have already been read by multiple students. My student's have all exclaimed, "I can't wait to get my hands on these books!" This type of reaction was exactly why I love bringing new books into my classroom. Students will continue to read if they are always introduced to new, high interest books. My classes all expressed interest in the new book titles and were very excited to receive the opportunity to take them home and read them.

  These new book titles have also added a more invested interest in the classroom library and are being read by multiple students. Students are forming independent book clubs and reading the books that I purchased multiple copies of. These include, Alone, City Spies, and Hide and Seeker. Students are also writing book reviews and sharing their thoughts on the books with their peers. The students that formed independent reading clubs have had a great deal of time outside of class to talk, analyze, explore, and interpret the books for themselves. This form of reading comprehension is of great importance with today's rigorous state standards.

  For these reasons, I thank you so very much for helping to spread the joy of reading with my students. Your donations have helped to spread the joy of reading with every student who picks up the new titles your donations helped to provide for my classroom library. Your donations will not only affect my students this year, but for years to come.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Johnson

  This classroom project was brought to life by Dollar General Literacy Foundation and 2 other donors.

• Stamping Out Racism One Book at a Time

  Funded Oct 22, 2020

  I wanted to thank you again for your generous donations to improve my classroom library. As soon as I received the books, I had a line of eager students excited to check them out. Many of the new books already have a waiting list ten students long! My students have all exclaimed, "I can't wait to get my hands on these books!" This type of reaction was exactly why I love bringing new books into my classroom. Students will continue to read if they are always introduced to new, high interest books. My classes all expressed interest in the new book titles and were very excited to receive the opportunity to take them home and read them.

  These new book titles have also added a more invested interest in the classroom library and are ready and waiting to be read by multiple students. I am also going to utilize excerpts from the book Stamped: Racism, Anti Racism, and You in my informational unit. Students will emulate some of the styles of writing from Stamped when writing their own informational essays. Kelly Gallagher, the author of Write Like This, states, "It is of paramount importance to provide students with mentor texts so they can see how other writers compose." By emulating Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi , the authors of Stamped, my students will experience multiple forms of Informational writing to help them improve their own writing.

  For all of these reasons, I thank you so very much for helping to spread the joy of reading with my students. Not only have your donations helped to improve my student's writing abilities in Informational essays, but they have also helped to spread the joy of reading with every student who picks up the new titles your donations helped to provide for my classroom library. Your donations will not only affect my students this year, but for years to come.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Johnson

  This classroom project was brought to life by An Anonymous Donor and 11 other donors.

• It's Always the Small Pieces That Make the Big Picture

  Funded Mar 6, 2020

  I wanted to thank you again for your generous donations to improve classroom collaboration. As soon as I received the puzzles and Rubik's Cubes, I had a line of eager students excited to check them out. Many of the new Rubik's Cubes have already made their way into many of my student's hands and they happily played with them during passing periods and while transitioning in class. My students have all exclaimed, "I can't wait to choose our next class puzzle!" This type of reaction is exactly why I love bringing puzzles and team building activities into my classroom. Students will continue to work together collaboratively when provided with many opportunities to do so.

  The new puzzles and Rubik's Cubes have also added an invested interest in the classroom community. Students are beginning to work together more collaboratively, not only during break, but also during our class period thanks to their continuous team building that occurs when building puzzles or solving speed cubes together.

  My students have also noticed that many of the puzzles we have received reflect their personal interests. Puzzles, including Harry Potter's Marauder's Map, Marvel Comic super heroes, and scenes from space were some of the most popular puzzle picks. Students began to share their knowledge of Harry Potter trivia, which opened conversations about other books they were all reading. These conversations led many students to check out new books! Quiet or shy students shared their knowledge of the various Rubik's Cubes we received and were teaching other class members how to solve the more complex speed cubes.

  For all of these reasons, I thank you so very much for helping to spread joy and to help build a solid classroom community. Not only have your donations helped to improve my student's team building, but they have also helped to bring out the very best in each of my students, even my most quiet and shy students. Your donations will not only affect my students this year, but for years to come.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Johnson

  This classroom project was brought to life by An anonymous classroom supporter and 9 other donors.

• Building a Diverse Classroom Library

  Funded Oct 26, 2018

  I wanted to thank you again for your generous donations to improve my classroom library. As soon as I received the books, I had a line of eager student's excited to check them out. Many of the new books have already been read by multiple students. My students have all exclaimed, "I am so excited to read the new books!" This type of reaction was exactly why I love bringing new books into my classroom. Students will continue to read if they are always introduced to new, high interest books. My classes all expressed interest in the new book titles and were very excited to receive the opportunity to take them home and read them. I even set up a "Reading Raffle" to draw interest in the new books. I placed new books on my whiteboard and raffled off the books to a lucky winner. The winner got to read the book first, before any other student.

  These new book titles have also added a more invested interest in the classroom library and are being read by multiple students. Students are forming independent book clubs and reading the books that I purchased multiple copies of. These include: Front Desk, Maybe a Fox, and Children of Blood and Bone. Students are also writing book reviews and sharing their thoughts on the books with their peers. The students that formed independent reading clubs have had a great deal of time outside of class to talk, analyze, explore, and interpret the books for themselves. This form of reading comprehension is of great importance with today's rigorous common core state standards.

  I am also going to utilize excerpts from the book A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier in my biography unit. Students will emulate some of the styles of writing from A Long Way Gone when writing their own biographies. Kelly Gallagher, the author of Write Like This, states, "It is of paramount importance to provide students with mentor texts so they can see how other writers compose." By emulating Ishmael Beah the author of A Long Way Gone, my students will experience multiple forms of biography writing.

  For all of these reasons, I thank you so very much for helping to spread the joy of reading with my students. Not only have your donations helped to improve my student's writing abilities in biographical essays, but they have also helped to spread the joy of reading with every student who picks up the new titles your donations helped to provide for my classroom library. Your donations will not only affect my students this year, but for years to come.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Johnson

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose.org Community and 6 other donors.

• Help Build A Diverse Student Library, Help Build a Future

  Funded Sep 24, 2015

  I wanted to thank you again for your generous donations to improve my classroom library. As soon as I received the books, I had a line of eager student's excited to check them out. Many of the new books have already been read by multiple students. My student's have all exclaimed, "I can't wait to get my hands on these books!" This type of reaction was exactly why I love bringing new books into my classroom. Students will continue to read if they are always introduced to new, high interest books. My classes all expressed interest in the new book titles and were very excited to receive the opportunity to take them home and read them.

  These new book titles have also added a more invested interest in the classroom library and are being read by multiple students. Students are forming independent book clubs and reading the books that I purchased multiple copies of. These include, Dorothy Must Die, The Throne of Glass series, and The Accelerati Trilogy. Students are also writing book reviews and sharing their thoughts on the books with their peers. The students that formed independent reading clubs have had a great deal of time outside of class to talk, analyze, explore, and interpret the books for themselves. This form of reading comprehension is of great importance with today's rigorous common core state standards.

  I am also going to utilize excerpts from the book El Deafo in my biography unit. Students will emulate some of the styles of writing from El Deafo when writing their own biographies. Kelly Gallagher, the author of Write Like This, states, "It is of paramount importance to provide students with mentor texts so they can see how other writers compose." By emulating Cece Bell, the author of El Deafo, my students will experience multiple forms of biography writing including creating graphic novels.

  For all of these reasons, I thank you so very much for helping to spread the joy of reading with my students. Not only have your donations helped to improve my student's writing abilities in biographical essays, but they have also helped to spread the joy of reading with every student who picks up the new titles your donations helped to provide for my classroom library. Your donations will not only affect my students this year, but for years to come.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Johnson

• "Behind Every Stack of Books is a Flood of Knowledge"

  Funded Mar 18, 2015

  I wanted to thank you again for your generous donations to improve my classroom library. As soon as I received the books, I had a line of eager student's excited to check them out. Many of the new books have already been read by multiple students. My student, Amelia stated, "I'm so excited to check out the new books you purchased! There are so many new series I haven't read yet, and they all sound so interesting!" This type of reaction was exactly why I love bringing new books into my classroom. Students will continue to read if they are always introduced to new, high interest books. My classes all expressed interest in the new book titles and were very excited to receive the opportunity to take them home and read them.

  These new book titles have also added a more invested interest in the classroom library and are being read by multiple students. Students are forming independent book clubs and reading the books that I purchased multiple copies of. These include, My Most Excellent Year, Steelheart, and Brown Girl Dreaming. Students are also writing book reviews and sharing their thoughts on the books with their peers. The students that formed independent reading clubs have had a great deal of time outside of class to talk, analyze, explore, and interpret the books for themselves. This form of reading comprehension is of great importance with today's rigorous Common Core state standards.

  I have also utilized excerpts from the book Crossover in my poetry unit. Students have emulated some of the poems from Crossover when writing their own poetry. Kelly Gallagher, the author of Write Like This, states, "It is of paramount importance to provide students with mentor texts so they can see how other writers compose." By emulating Kwame Alexander, the author of Crossover, my students have experienced a new form of poetry writing.

  For all of these reasons, I thank you so very much for helping to spread the joy of reading with my students. Not only have your donations helped to improve my student's writing abilities in poetry, but they have also helped to spread the joy of reading with every student who picks up the new titles your donations helped to provide for my classroom library. Your donations will not only affect my students this year, but for years to come.”

  With gratitude,

  Mrs. Johnson