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Mrs. Crosby from Bend, OR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Exploring Diverse Perspectives

Help me give my students new novels that will engage their minds, give diverse characters visibility, and allow them to choose what they want to read!

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My Students

My small town is growing in leaps and bounds, and as it does, the diversity increases. My school boundaries range from our downtown, walkable area with parks and sidewalks and occasional sightings of the "town deer" nibbling on flowering plants, all the way to our rural kids, raising sheep or cows, struggling to access consistent wi-fi, and finding creative ways to connect with friends despite the distance.

These curious, thoughtful, interesting students love to read and are eager to learn more about their community, even as it changes.

As my District grows, they are working to adapt to Lucy Caulkins' model of giving kids more choices of what to read even as we find new books that allow everyone to see themselves represented in the literature. So far, my students have had one round of this "Book Club" model and are eager for the next one! To be given choice, to be treated like adults while in middle school, and to enter the world of others' lived experiences is an alluring strategy for helping everyone find commonalities, learn to appreciate differences, and find empathy for one another.

My Project

When adults read, they choose what book to read, and will often gather with a group of like-minded friends to discuss the book in depth. Rather than choose a single book and make the whole class read it, my students will be given the choice of novels to read as well as a group of friends to discuss it with. They can find a book with a character that has similarities to their own life, or find a book about someone whose life is totally different from their own.

Reading can give a delightful escape from our own lives even as we gain empathy and insight into the experiences of others.

This book club unit will provide the books I need to help offer the empowerment of choice to my students.

Mrs. Crosby Pilot Butte Middle School 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

160 students impacted 16donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir • Amazon Business $17.39 9 $156.51
Take Back the Block • Amazon Business $14.99 9 $134.91
This Is My America • Amazon Business $14.47 9 $130.23
King and the Dragonflies • Amazon Business $14.21 9 $127.89
The Brave • Amazon Business $13.89 9 $125.01
Alan Cole Is Not a Coward • Amazon Business $12.19 9 $109.71
The Red Pencil • Amazon Business $10.99 9 $98.91
George (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $6.99 9 $62.91
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $6.50 9 $58.50
House Arrest (Young Adult Fiction, Books for Teens) • Amazon Business $6.39 9 $57.51

Materials cost

$1,062.09

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,108.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$195.53

Total project goal

$1,303.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,303.55

13 Donors

-$1,209.73

Donations toward project cost

-$1,035.77

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$173.96

match offer

-$85.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$72.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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 $0.00

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