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Ms. Spillane from Staten Island, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Emphasizing Empathy through Independent Reading

Help me give my students the joy of becoming fully immersed in a book they have asked for and chosen to read independently.

  • $561 goal

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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 Project

According to the Harvard Business Review, " Recent research in neuroscience suggests that you might look to the library for solutions; reading literary fiction helps people develop empathy, theory of mind, and critical thinking." (March, 2020).

It is wonderful to see studies catch up with what English teachers around the world have known forever--reading helps creates more empathetic people, which is something our world needs now more than ever.

The greatest moments in our classroom happen when my students are immersed in their independent reading books. You can see them losing track of time, letting go of their own worries and anxieties, and becoming absorbed in the written words that are on the pages before them. When our independent reading time is over, they will close their books and excitedly chat with their table mates about characters, conflict, and plot without even realizing they are achieving academic standards...the best kind of learning!

In my classroom students are swapping stories and becoming fully engaged readers--reading because they love it, not because they are obligated.

When students finish a book, we conference and discuss their books. These conversations allow me to know my students in ways that no assessment can accomplish or essay can reveal.

By donating to this project, you will help restore my rapidly depleting library bookshelves with highly interesting and engaging stories that students are clamoring to read and have specifically requested.

Ms. Spillane Port Richmond High School Grades 9-12

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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Staten Island, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, 2) • Amazon Business $19.76 2 $39.52
Nothing to See Here: A Read with Jenna Pick • Amazon Business $12.98 3 $38.94
Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, 1) • Amazon Business $18.41 2 $36.82
Now Is Not the Time to Panic: A Novel • Amazon Business $18.39 2 $36.78
Big Girl: A Novel • Amazon Business $16.95 2 $33.90
It Ends with Us: A Novel (1) • Amazon Business $9.95 3 $29.85
Skull Water: A Novel • Amazon Business $25.20 1 $25.20
The Unfortunates: A Novel • Amazon Business $25.15 1 $25.15
Maybe Not: A Novella (2) (Maybe Someday) • Amazon Business $10.70 2 $21.40
Wolves of Eden: A Novel • Amazon Business $21.28 1 $21.28
It Starts with Us: A Novel (2) (It Ends with Us) • Amazon Business $10.49 2 $20.98
Maybe Someday (1) • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Maybe Now: A Novel (3) (Maybe Someday) • Amazon Business $9.54 2 $19.08
A Children's Bible: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.19 2 $18.38
Dinosaurs: A Novel • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
November 9: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Reminders of Him: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.57 1 $9.57
Devoted • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98

Materials cost

$439.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$476.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.05

Total project goal

$560.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $560.33

6 Donors

-$292.77

Donations toward project cost

-$263.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.25

Matching donations from our partners

-$250.31

Match offers toward project cost

-$212.76

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.55

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.25

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 $0.00

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