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Ms. Harter from Rockaway Park, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bring Reading To Life!

My students need 19 high interest nonfiction books to build their reading skills, an easel, and book baggies to carry them back and forth to school!

  • $337 goal

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My Students

My second graders love to read about real life, but most of their books are stories. They need nonfiction books with bold photographs and easy to read text. They also need to be able to easily bring their books to and from school without them getting lost, wet or ruined.

Our school is an area that was badly affected by Hurricane Sandy.

Many, many students lost their homes and belongings due to flood or fire. In a community where many students already didn't have many books in their homes, these losses were devastating. Our school community is very diverse and includes students from different racial and economic backgrounds. My classroom is an integrated classroom in which students with special needs and typical students are brought together.

My Project

With high quality book baggies, students will be able to bring their books back and forth from home to school and enrich their reading lives. Engaging nonfiction books will catch the interest of my reluctant readers as well as students who need to be challenged to push them to the next level as readers. A tabletop teaching easel will allow me to easily teach small groups of students who need extra reinforcement or enrichment.

Successful readers become successful people!

Help my students open the door to reading and become motivated to become readers for life! Without book baggies, great nonfiction books and small group teaching tools, my students run the risk of failing to develop the reading skills they so desperately need as they engage with the world as students and as citizens.

Ms. Harter PS 317 Waterside Children Studio Grades PreK-2

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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Rockaway Park, NY View local requests

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

26 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Creative Teaching Press Book Buddy Bags - 10 x 12 inches - Pack of 6 • Amazon $10.22 10 $102.20
FF524 - Small-Group Teaching Easel • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 1 $79.99
National Geographic Readers: Martin Luther King, Jr. (Readers Bios) • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Ponies • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
Amazing Buildings (DK Readers, Level 2) • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Tigers • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Polar Bears • Amazon $3.80 1 $3.80
National Geographic Readers: Trucks • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Planes • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Weather • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59
DK Readers: Twisters! • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Frogs! • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Pandas • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Cheetahs • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59
The Story of Christopher Columbus (DK Reader Level 2: Beginning to Read Alone) • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Wolves • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Lizards • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Weird Sea Creatures • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Abraham Lincoln (Readers Bios) • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Trains • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Race Day! • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59

Materials cost

$252.21

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$285.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.47

Total project goal

$336.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $336.46

4 Donors

-$211.46

Donations toward project cost

-$179.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.72

match offer

-$125.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$106.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.75

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