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Ms. Carbonaro & Ms. Gevertzman from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Creating an Inclusive Classroom Library for ALL

Help me give my students independent reading books in our classroom library that will be inclusive and representative of all students.

  • $390 goal

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My Students

I am teaching 150 inner-city 6th graders ELA this year. We are a gifted and talented middle school in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Our students come from all 5 boroughs to join our school community. They vary in academic ability and include students with IEPs in the ICT setting.

My Project

As a first year ELA teacher, creating an inclusive classroom library is of utmost importance to me. My students come from various backgrounds and I want them all to feel represented in my classroom both as individuals and in the resources I have available to them. Independent reading is encouraged daily in my school, with students reading twice a day in homeroom. They also rely on these books for company on their commutes to our school, which are usually lengthy as our school is not a zoned one. I want my library to be a place they look forward to exploring, and that makes them excited to read a new book.

Ms. Carbonaro & Ms. Gevertzman Intermediate School 239 Mark Twain Gifted School Grades 6-8

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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than a third 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

150 students impacted 9donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hunger Games (3 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $38.14 1 $38.14
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children • AKJ Education $10.49 2 $20.98
I Am Malala • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Fish in a Tree • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
One Crazy Summer • AKJ Education $5.59 2 $11.18
The Great Gatsby • AKJ Education $9.91 1 $9.91
New Kid • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Uglies • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Catching Fire • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Looking for Alaska • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Fahrenheit 451: A Novel • AKJ Education $8.80 1 $8.80
The Hunger Games • AKJ Education $8.78 1 $8.78
Of Mice and Men • AKJ Education $8.76 1 $8.76
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Bad Boy • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Chinese Cinderella The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
The House on Mango Street • AKJ Education $7.48 1 $7.48
Stonewall • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
The Maze Runner • AKJ Education $6.99 1 $6.99
The Book Thief • AKJ Education $6.98 1 $6.98
Stargirl • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Graveyard Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Flush • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Milkweed • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Autobiography of Malcolm X • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Hoot • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One: The Lightning Thief • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Crash • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Tiger Rising • AKJ Education $4.89 1 $4.89
The Diary of a Young Girl • AKJ Education $4.89 1 $4.89
Who Was Ronald Reagan? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost

$291.13

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$331.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.50

Total project goal

$390.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $390.00

8 Donors

-$345.00

Donations toward project cost

-$296.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.75

match offer

-$41.47

Match offer toward project cost

-$35.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.22

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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