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.

Upload a classroom photo

Mrs. Riga’s Classroom Edit display name

  • Hamilton Elementary Middle School 236
  • Baltimore, MD
  • 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

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Riga 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. Riga's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Riga 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.

Give to a project to support this classroom.

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/3640661 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Upload a classroom photo
The students lack knowledge in the multiple meanings of words. They have difficulty figuring out different words to use when writing. They often use old, used words over and over, such as good and bad. The students' vocabulary could be improved by using these 15 new dictionaries. The students could look up words while they read to better understand the text. The lack of vocabulary knowledge slows students while they are reading. Fluent reading is a great skill, but if a student does not understand what they are reading it doesn't help in the long run. There are not enough dictionaries for the whole class and the ones we have are falling apart.

About my class

The students lack knowledge in the multiple meanings of words. They have difficulty figuring out different words to use when writing. They often use old, used words over and over, such as good and bad. The students' vocabulary could be improved by using these 15 new dictionaries. The students could look up words while they read to better understand the text. The lack of vocabulary knowledge slows students while they are reading. Fluent reading is a great skill, but if a student does not understand what they are reading it doesn't help in the long run. There are not enough dictionaries for the whole class and the ones we have are falling apart.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":3640661,"teacherId":3640661,"teacherName":"Mrs. Riga","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3640661_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x180,y0&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1566767830634","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":20780905,"followAbout":"Mrs. Riga's projects","teacherVerify":-770539921,"teacherNameEncoded":"Mrs. Riga","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":false,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/3640661","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=3640661","stats":{"numActiveProjects":1,"numFundedProjects":8,"numSupporters":43},"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.