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

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Encouraging Excitement 4 Reading: Having Student Choice in Book Clubs!

My students need these different novels for our upcoming unit, which includes a book club. Students will be reading different books, but they share a common theme: overcoming obstacles and making a difference.

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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 Students

I teach a diverse group of 7th grade students from NY! I have students from various nationalities, who speak different languages, come from different socio-economic backgrounds. and have different interests. My students are also of different academic levels, ranging from 3rd grade to high school. Each child brings a different story and a different aspect to my class!

One of the many wonderful things about being an educator in NYC is that we have the opportunity to service and be of help to so many different children.

My Project

Allowing student choice in what they read is crucial to encourage a love of reading. For unit three, students will explore the theme of overcoming obstacles and making a change through book clubs. Students will have the opportunity to choose which book they would like to read with their peers and explore the above themes. At the end of the unit, students will write a personal narrative about an obstacle that they overcame in his or her life.

Reading opens doors and allows students to explore lives of those who went through different struggles and lived through different times.

By having these book options available students will be able to choose the journey they choose to learn about (all books are grounded in true events!) and analyze the narrative genre so they can apply those skills in his/her own narrative.

The books I requested, "The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano", "Brown Girl Dreaming, "My Brother Sam is Dead", and "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" are multicultural novels that encompass several different nationalities and time periods to show children struggles of all different young adults and how they overcame them. The chart paper will allow each book club to document his/her learning.

Ms. Giarratano PS 164 Queens Valley Grades 6-8

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Post-it Easel Pad, 25 x 30-Inches , White Recycled, 30-Sheets/Pad, 6-Pads/Pack • Amazon Business $99.00 1 $99.00
The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano • Amazon Business $7.81 12 $93.72
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon Business $7.05 12 $84.60
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter • Amazon Business $8.22 9 $73.98
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas • Amazon Business $5.69 12 $68.28
My Brother Sam Is Dead • Amazon Business $5.90 8 $47.20

Materials cost

$466.78

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$503.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.90

Total project goal

$592.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $592.68

7 Donors

-$590.92

Donations toward project cost

-$503.78

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$87.14

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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