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

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Book Club and Bloggin'

My students need 30+ books for independent reading.

  • $377 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

I choose to come work at a "turnaround" school this year, where only 9.8% of the students were proficient in reading. I was selected as a Master teacher to help raise the literacy rates, and that is exactly what I have been doing thus far. Step number one was to get books my kids want to read.

My students are bright, capable kids who need to be inspired, motivated and above all else challenged.

They attend a public school in Brooklyn, NY that is endanger of closing if our test scores do not improve. I have worked tirelessly to begin to build a culture of readers. Four months in, and several hundred dollars of books later, I am proud to say that our students have become readers. They are so eager and enthusiastic that many come each day with a book to donate, or a new recommendation of a "good read" for a friend. In addition they research new books in various genres that they would like me to add to our classroom library. I promised and continue to work towards stocking an awesome classroom library that have books of all different interests and levels so that each student not only reads, but learns to love reading.

My Project

After moving to this school this year, I have worked very hard to create a rich literary culture in both my classroom and across the other ELA classrooms. These books are desperately needed to engage our struggling readers and to keep them motivated. These books will be read both in independent reading as well as in book clubs. Students will read them, discuss the themes, examine how they relate to their lives, and analyze issues that emerge from the novels through our classroom conversations as well as their weekly literary essays. These books will also be shared with various other ELA classrooms in order to maximize their use. Eventually our class will be creating a blog which will be centered around my current 8th graders recommending the top 25 "Must Read" books for the incoming 8th graders next year.

Every one of my students scored a 2 on the ELA test last year (this was before I moved to this school).

It is my goal that every one of my students score a high 3 or a 4 on the ELA exam. Our school's future depends on our ability to cultivate avid readers. The only way we will be able to succeed (both myself and more importantly, my students) is if they constantly have more challenging books available to read. Please help! It sounds silly, but we really just need great, challenging books!

Mrs. Grate John Ericsson Middle School 126 Env Engineering 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.

More about Mrs. Grate

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More than three‑quarters 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kissing the Rain Kevin Brooks • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Can''t Get There From Here • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Sharkgirl • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Chinas Son: Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution Da Chen • AKJ Books $4.81 1 $4.81
Lost Boy, Lost Girl • AKJ Books $11.80 1 $11.80
Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Fam • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Raven Summer David Almond • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Returnable Girl Pamela Lowell • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Trash Sharon Darrow • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Artichoke''s Heart • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Fat Cat • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Lock and Key • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Homeboyz Alan Lawrence Sitomer • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
If I Grow Up • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Defying the Diva D. Anne Love • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Poison Ivy • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Jumped • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Boy Girl Boy Ron Koertge • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
Boy Meets Boy David Levithan • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Hero • AKJ Books $6.65 3 $19.95
Cheated • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Bottled Up Jaye Murray • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Shayla''s Double Brown Baby Blues Lori Aurelia Williams, Sama • AKJ Books $9.61 1 $9.61
Gorgeous Rachel Vail • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Bloodthirsty Flynn Meaney • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
Be More Chill Ned Vizzini • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Chicken Boy • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
The Dear One • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Lush • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
Nelson Mandela: No Easy Walk to Freedom • AKJ Books $3.69 1 $3.69
Inside Out: Portrait of an Eating Disorder • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Kissing Annabel: Love, Ghosts, Facial Hair and A Place Like • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
The Ordering Of Love • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Love • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91

Materials cost

$280.42

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$319.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.41

Total project goal

$376.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $376.04

6 Donors

-$339.88

Donations toward project cost

-$319.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$36.16

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