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Ms. Beck from Austin, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Becoming Readers

My students need reading workshop materials, including 3 ball chairs and 54 high-interest books.

  • $911 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Many of my students have not yet discovered that they love to read. They don't know that there are books written for them, that speak to their experiences and interests. They don't yet know that reading isn't just something they are forced to do for a standardized test.

My students are bright and inquisitive about the things that interest them.

Many of them come from lower-income neighborhoods. They have been told that their voices and opinions don't always count because they don't have lots of money, or they don't speak English fluently. But they have a fire in them to be heard. For the past year, we have worked fervently on our campus to create a culture of literacy and social action--and it's working. Our students are increasingly interested in language and its possibilities. Each of my students is unique and important. Each of them has a world of interests, dreams, and experiences inside of them. I want them to know how valuable they are by honoring their identities and choices.

My Project

Part of the way I show my students that they are important is by offering choices to them in my classroom. We participate in a reading workshop. They pick the books they want to read, and I show them strategies for reading them. We have individual conferences about their books and discuss why they chose them and how they might think about these texts. In my classroom, we learn to read by reading. With the resources I'm requesting for my classroom library, I will be better able to meet the interests and needs of my students. We have a wide array of readers in our classroom, and I want all of them to find books that give them power as readers--books they can read and understand, books they want to read, books that speak to their experiences with the world.

This project will make a difference for my students by showing them that their choices matter, that they will not be punished for their own interests and personal stories.

It will also open up the world of reading to them, especially for the students who have never encountered it before. They will come to see themselves as readers of books, ones that they have chosen and that are recognized as valid. They will be empowered by language to participate in the world around them.

Ms. Beck Ojeda Middle School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

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 directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

150 students impacted 19donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Tyrell • AKJ Books $7.01 3 $21.03
BALL INFLATABLE ULTIMAX PUSHBALL 85CM BLUE • Sportime, Inc $81.79 3 $245.37
What My Mother Doesn''t Know • AKJ Books $6.23 1 $6.23
Snitch • AKJ Books $6.23 2 $12.46
Street Pharm • AKJ Books $6.23 2 $12.46
Holes • AKJ Books $5.45 2 $10.90
We Were Here Matt de la Pena • AKJ Books $7.01 2 $14.02
Runaways, Volume 1: Pride and Joy Digest Adrian Alphona (Art • AKJ Books $6.23 2 $12.46
Runaways 2 • AKJ Books $7.79 2 $15.58
Runaways, Volume 4: True Believers Digest Adrian Alphona (Ar • AKJ Books $6.23 1 $6.23
Runaways, Volume 10: Rock Zombies Digest Takeshi Miyazawa (A • AKJ Books $7.79 2 $15.58
Runaways, Volume 5: Escape to New York Digest Adrian Alphona • AKJ Books $6.23 2 $12.46
Runaways, Volume 6: Parental Guidance Digest Adrian Alphona • AKJ Books $6.23 1 $6.23
Runaways, Volume 7: Live Fast Digest Adrian Alphona (Artist) • AKJ Books $6.23 1 $6.23
Runaways, Volume 8: Dead End Kids Digest Michael Ryan (Artis • AKJ Books $7.79 1 $7.79
Runaways, Volume 9: Dead Wrong Digest Humberto Ramos (Artist • AKJ Books $7.79 1 $7.79
Runaways • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Secret Invasion • AKJ Books $10.13 1 $10.13
Help! What''s Eating My Flesh? • AKJ Books $6.20 1 $6.20
Hate List Jennifer Brown • AKJ Books $7.01 1 $7.01
Fallen Lauren Kate • AKJ Books $14.03 1 $14.03
Torment Lauren Kate • AKJ Books $14.03 1 $14.03
Divergent • AKJ Books $14.03 1 $14.03
The Knife of Never Letting Go • AKJ Books $14.81 1 $14.81
Monsters of Men • AKJ Books $14.81 1 $14.81
The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking Series #2) Patrick Nes • AKJ Books $14.81 1 $14.81
Incarceron Catherine Fisher • AKJ Books $14.03 1 $14.03
Sapphique • AKJ Books $14.03 1 $14.03
Before I Fall • AKJ Books $14.03 1 $14.03
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer Lish McBride • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Breaking Dawn • AKJ Books $11.69 1 $11.69
Dope Sick • AKJ Books $7.01 2 $14.02
Carmen • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Shooter • AKJ Books $7.01 2 $14.02
Street Love • AKJ Books $7.01 1 $7.01
City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments Series #3) Cassandra C • AKJ Books $8.57 1 $8.57
Afterlife • AKJ Books $5.42 2 $10.84
Homeboyz Alan Lawrence Sitomer • AKJ Books $7.01 2 $14.02
Story Of A Girl • AKJ Books $6.23 1 $6.23
You • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25

Materials cost

$704.17

Vendor shipping charges

 $24.54

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$774.27

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$136.64

Total project goal

$910.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $910.91

15 Donors

-$874.20

Donations toward project cost

-$774.27

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$99.93

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$36.71

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