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Mrs. Grate from Brooklyn, NY is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Engaging Classroom Library and Meeting Area

My students need a rug for our meeting area and several engaging books (especially series) to refresh and update our classroom library.

  • $507 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

It is always a struggle to get hesitant readers reading. Keeping a fresh classroom library is important for morale and elevating reader interest. Each year my students commit to reading at least 30 books and moving up two reading levels and each year my students meet their goals.

We are a Title One school that has 30% Special Education students and 30% English Language Learners.

We have continued to make gains in ELA and Math over the past three years. Our students select our school because we are a magnet school for environmental engineering. We spend a lot of money on technology to support the magnet theme, unfortunately, that often means our classroom libraries aren't as stocked as they need to be. Our students love to read though and are always asking us to get more books. These books were selected based on student surveys of titles they would like to read. If you donate, please know that every penny you spend will go directly to my classroom in which 90 students will use these books to fall in love with literature and strengthen their critical thinking and reading skills.

My Project

So we alternate between whole class novels and independent reading units. These books will go to support the independent reading units where students select a novel, read it and develop a creative writing project as an extension from it. They also use the independent reading novels to reinforce the reading strategies that we teach with the whole novels. If your curious to know how my classroom functions, feel free to read a synopsis of the "Whole Novels for the Whole Class" approach, which is a book written by an excellent teacher named Ariel Sacks. The rug will be used for our "meeting area" where students will engage in deep discussions around common themes that arise in their readings (both whole class novels and independent novels). All 90 of my students will read at least 5 of these books each and hopefully some will read even more! My former students will also be permitted to check out some novels to continue with building their reading skills.

I think it's important to cultivate reading, especially amongst the impoverished population that I teach.

Interesting and engaging books are vital to the work that I do and I have seen year after year, how important it is to have an updated library. Many of my students come to me having never completed an entire book before. All of my students leave not only having read at least four books with the whole class, but numerous books independently. My passion is to turn non-readers into readers.

Mrs. Grate John Ericsson Middle School 126 Env Engineering Grades 6-8

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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Brooklyn, 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Garland Rug Flowers Area Rug, 7-Feet 6-Inch by 9-Feet 6-Inch, Lime • Amazon $82.97 1 $82.97
Divergent Series Complete Box Set • Amazon $33.58 2 $67.16
If I Stay Collection • Amazon $14.24 2 $28.48
The Fault in Our Stars • Amazon $8.05 3 $24.15
The Sarah Dessen Box Set (3 Books) • Amazon $22.85 1 $22.85
The Immortals: Evermore, Blue Moon, Shadowland • Amazon $21.62 1 $21.62
Shiver Trilogy Boxset (Shiver, Linger, Forever) • Amazon $20.85 1 $20.85
Thirteen Reasons Why • Amazon $6.87 3 $20.61
Looking for Alaska • Amazon $5.94 3 $17.82
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe • Amazon $5.64 3 $16.92
Will Grayson, Will Grayson • Amazon $6.99 2 $13.98
Feed • Amazon $5.77 2 $11.54
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Middle School: 101 Stories of Life, Love, and Learning for Younger Teens • Amazon $10.76 1 $10.76
An Abundance of Katherines • Amazon $7.48 1 $7.48
Delirium (Delirium Trilogy) • Amazon $7.16 1 $7.16
I Am the Messenger • Amazon $7.05 1 $7.05
Paper Towns • Amazon $6.84 1 $6.84
It's Kind of a Funny Story • Amazon $6.08 1 $6.08

Materials cost

$394.32

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$430.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.92

Total project goal

$506.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $506.15

10 Donors

-$432.62

Donations toward project cost

-$370.73

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.89

match offer

-$70.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$59.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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 $0.00

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