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Ms. Thompson from Pascagoula, MS is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Developing Life-Long Readers

Help me give my students a plethora of interesting nonfiction and historical fiction books.

  • $453 goal

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My Students

I have a diverse group of fifth grade students. Many students live in low-socioeconomic neighborhoods and read significantly below grade level. Their ability levels range from students who struggle in school due to learning disabilities, to students performing above grade level and are gifted. One common characteristic among all students is their enthusiasm for learning.

I work diligently to plan exemplary literacy lessons and activities that challenge the students, but also allow them to use their unique talents and abilities to showcase or demonstrate their depth of knowledge.

I want to motivate and inspire my students to become lifelong learners.

My Project

Students who struggle with reading, don't really want to read. This sad fact is also the solution to the problem. Students who struggle with reading need to read to improve.

I have created a list of historical fiction and nonfiction books that will motivate and inspire my struggling readers to want to read.

Each year I try to purchase titles for our classroom library that students will want to read. A classroom library should be upgraded regularly for students to have immediate access to quality literature with books on the students reading levels.

Ms. Thompson Trent Lott Academy Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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Pascagoula, MS 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

80 students impacted 1donor

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Chance: Escape from the Holocaust: Memories of a Refugee Childhood • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Flying Free: How Bessie Coleman's Dreams Took Flight (A Sweet Blackberry Book) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book • Amazon Business $16.39 1 $16.39
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read • Amazon Business $15.89 1 $15.89
Beautiful Shades of Brown: The Art of Laura Wheeler Waring • Amazon Business $15.69 1 $15.69
The Escape of Robert Smalls: A Daring Voyage Out of Slavery • Amazon Business $15.67 1 $15.67
RESPECT: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul • Amazon Business $15.65 1 $15.65
Saving Lady Liberty: Joseph Pulitzer's Fight for the Statue of Liberty • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Lillian's Right to Vote • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Undefeated • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Overground Railroad • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
Finding Langston • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The United States v. Jackie Robinson • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
They Went Left • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions and How They Came to Be • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Spiders • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
A More Perfect Union • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Sharks • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
What Color Is My World? • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Balto and the Great Race (Totally True Adventures) • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost

$321.23

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $22.49

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$384.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.86

Total project goal

$452.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $452.40

1 Donor

-$452.40

Donations toward project cost

-$384.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.86

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