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Mr. Wicks from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Brand New Readers for My Aspiring Readers

Help me give my students new beginner level reading books to keep them practicing.

  • $165 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 Project

I teach in a 12:1:1 special education class in a tier 1 school in NYC. My kids are African-Americans and Latinx English language learners. What I love about my students is the effort they put into learning how to read. Earlier in the year, it was a struggle to get them interested in picking up and opening a book. But as we have progressed as a class, it has been exciting to see them get better at letter-sound correspondence and put in some real work. The problem is that my leveled books for early beginning readers are short in number from simply falling to pieces over the years due to wear-and-tear.

Having new books will keep them engaged and moving forward to the next level.

Creating some sense of novelty will keep reading fresh, exciting, and expansive for them, rather than being associated with some rote collection of the same stories and pictures over and over again. I like these readers for them because they are colorful and of a similar style with which I have had success in the past. These will be the books incorporated into their weekly library reading bags.

Mr. Wicks PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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New York, NY View local requests

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

6 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Little Leveled Readers: Level B Box Set: Just the Right Level to Help Young Readers Soar! • Amazon Business $24.49 1 $24.49
Little Leveled Readers: Level A Box Set: Just the Right Level to Help Young Readers Soar! • Amazon Business $19.49 1 $19.49
Scholastic First Little Readers: More Guided Reading Level A Books, Set of 25 Books • Amazon Business $18.51 1 $18.51
English-Spanish First Little Readers: Guided Reading Level A (Parent Pack): 25 Bilingual Books That are Just the Right Level for Beginning Readers • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
First Little Readers Parent Pack: Guided Reading Level B: 25 Irresistible Books That Are Just the Right Level for Beginning Readers • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
First Little Readers Parent Pack: Guided Reading Level A: 25 Irresistible Books That Are Just the Right Level for Beginning Readers • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29

Materials cost

$108.46

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$140.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.72

Total project goal

$164.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $164.81

1 Donor

-$82.40

Donations toward project cost

-$70.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.36

match offer

-$82.41

Match offer toward project cost

-$70.05

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.36

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 $0.00

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