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Mr. Ward from Houston, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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English Class Sets

My students need class sets of 2 high interest books to read in English, along with 22 subscriptions to Weekly Reader magazine.

  • $357 goal

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My Students

The biggest challenge in our classroom is learning in two languages (Spanish and English). It has been a great experience to learn both, but it has been very, very difficult.

My students are a group of bilingual students who attend a charter school in a high poverty area of the inner-city.

They are such a wonderful group of kids, dedicated to learning and very well-behaved. Their neighborhood is dangerous, plagued by gang violence and extremely high drop-out rates. Our school is brand new, and we have a long waiting list to attend. The students are very fortunate to be here because we are dual language, and we have a very caring environment. They are doing their best to learn English in this community where most kids their age fail to learn English by middle school. I teach them English for about three hours a day. We need resources to help us master English.

My Project

One of the main components of a balanced literacy block is the read aloud section. We have some materials for a read-aloud, but they are really weak. They are just transparencies or a teacher-edition book that I read from and they listen. I want students to be able to hold the book in their hands that we read and to become invested in it. When we receive these books, we will be able to sit as a whole group and read the whole book together. Then, we will be able to study it together and I will be able to assess them based on it. All of these steps are really important for having students master English. I am excited to be able to read these books with the kids.

Unless you have experienced it yourself, you probably do not understand the full importance of bilingual students learning English at a young age.

Most of their bilingual peers will really, really struggle with English and it can eventually lead to those students dropping out of school. I want a better future than that for my students.

Mr. Ward Baker Ripley Charter Elemetary Grades 3-5

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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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

21 students impacted 10donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
WR News Grade 3 (For Orders of 15 or More Subscriptions) • Weekly Reader $3.00 22 $66.00
Freckle Juice Judy Blume, Sonia O. Lisker (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $4.26 25 $106.50
Kidnapped at Birth? (Marvin Redpost Series #1) Louis Sachar, Neal Hughes (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $3.41 25 $85.25

Materials cost

$257.75

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.60

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$303.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.51

Total project goal

$356.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $356.73

6 Donors

-$356.73

Donations toward project cost

-$303.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.51

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