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Ms. DeGroat from Bronx, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building a LOVE for Reading

Help me give my students new and exciting books to spark their interests and help in building a LOVE for reading!

  • $288 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

My students are a lively fourth grade bunch in an Integrated Co-Teaching setting located in the Bronx. This means that my classroom has a unique mix of students with special needs and general education students. Many of our wonderful students have Individual Education Plans to meet their specific needs and to give each student strategies and supports that will help them reach grade level and participate in the 4th grade curriculum despite any challenges they may be facing.

Our class word that we use every day is PERSEVERE; although some days it can be difficult to understand a lesson, we have to keep trying, push through and stay positive!

We call our class a community, a team, and a family. We all work together to support each other and learn not only the academics but how to be loving, caring, powerful, passionate human beings. We instill in each of our students that they can do anything they put their minds to; our school starts every morning by reciting "With these hands, with this heart, with this mind, I can do ANYTHING!" And I want each of my students to believe it!

My Project

From the first day of school I've always told my students, "It is okay to make mistakes, but it is NOT okay, not to try.” We read the book "The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes" by Gary Rubinson and Mark Pett. This silly book showed that mistakes can be fun and if you don't try, you'll never know. We have a wide range of different reading levels in our classroom, and practice makes perfect; the more you read, the better you'll get! But some of our students are having trouble finding books that they enjoy, that are also on their reading level in our classroom library.

A wider range of exciting, different books that can reach each students' reading ability/level will help create a more enthusiastic group of readers!

I don't just want to teach my student how to read... I want to teach them to love reading! Ensuring that the students can find books within our classroom library to take home in their book baggies and read outside of school is so important for their growth in becoming avid readers. Many of our students do not have the privilege of having books at home so they must rely on our classroom library so our library must be updated to meet their needs and wants. Help me in instilling how amazing and fun books can be!

Ms. DeGroat PS 107 Grades 3-5

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 Ms. DeGroat

Bronx, 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

27 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Classroom Library Must-Haves: Grades 2-3 (DonorsChoose.org Exclusive) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $70.00 1 $70.00
Newbery Classroom Library Builder: Grades 3+ (DonorsChoose.org Exclusive) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $70.00 1 $70.00
Kindness Pack: Grades K-2 (DonorsChoose.org Exclusive) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $30.00 1 $30.00
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) • Amazon Business $24.49 1 $24.49

Materials cost

$194.49

Vendor shipping charges

 $17.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$244.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.13

Total project goal

$287.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $287.54

1 Donor

-$287.54

Donations toward project cost

-$244.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.13

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 $0.00

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