You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

This teacher needs your help!

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

See what Ms. O. is requesting

Differentiated Learning Through Differentiated Texts

My project needs 19 copies of "The Road Not Taken and Other Poems" and 3 copies each of 2 book sets, a "Best For Boys" set and a "Best For Girls" set.

  • $570 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Keep the momentum going! Make a donation to Ms. O. for her next project!

Help Ms. O.

Keep the momentum going! Make a donation to Ms. O. for her next project!

Promoting reading in middle school is difficult. You compete with technology of all types. The formula of one class novel for everyone no longer works effectively. Middle school students are more sophisticated but still lack crucial reading comprehension and analytical skills. To encourage and engage students in the seventh grade to become life-long readers, I need differentiated novel sets. The sets I've selected offer a variety of grade level texts that are specifically targeted to engage the two genders. Using these book sets will allow me to set up literature circles, which further differentiates the learning experience. In a Socratic circle setting, the students will read engaging texts and be able to utilize accountable talk stems to analyze story elements, author intent, as well as, compare the texts to other literature, life experiences, and world events. The idea of utilizing these texts is not to divide the genders but to recognize that different students have distinct reading approaches, and the overall goal is to develop proficient readers. The additional set of poetry books will permit me to conduct half-class lessons with both genders to develop their understanding of figurative language and descriptive prose. Reading is not fundamental in middle school, but it should be! Using engaging texts that make it fun to "talk about a book" is the way to create better students and ultimately turn them into critical reasoners. I hope that you consider giving this gift of differentiated literature to my classroom so that all the students can become enhanced readers and learners. Best of all, these resources will be appreciated for years to come by future classes.

Ms. O. Junior High School 278 Marine Park Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Ms. O.

Brooklyn, 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

40 students impacted 4donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. O. is requesting.

See our finances

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Best for Girls: Grades 6-8 10 Book Set • AKJ Books $65.69 3 $197.07
Best for Boys: Grades 6-8 10 Book Set • AKJ Books $59.23 3 $177.69
Road Not Taken and Other Poems • AKJ Books $1.31 19 $24.89

Materials cost

$399.65

Vendor shipping charges

 $39.97

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$467.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$102.51

Total project goal

$569.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $569.51

4 Donors

-$549.41

Donations toward project cost

-$467.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$82.41

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.10

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. O. and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"NY","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":3,"name":"Middle School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/differentiated-learning-through-differen/120858/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":40,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. O.","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"-1598860034","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"schoolCity":"Brooklyn","teachersOnPage":[46289],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":true,"proposalId":120858,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"authorIds":{"46289":{"owner":"Ms. O.","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[120858],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-5_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":34717,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":46289,"schoolCounty":"Kings (Brooklyn)","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"NY","name":"New York"}}