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

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Gaga For Graphic Novels!

Help me give my students more Graphic Novels to keep up their enthusiasm for reading! These graphic novels also deal with social and personal issues that my students have to deal with in their everyday lives.

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My Students

My students are a great bunch of kids who have shown great enthusiasm for my 6th grade literacy class. I have a wide variety of students in my classroom from many different backgrounds. Unfortunately, one thing that they have in common is that many of them are reading below grade level and are also reluctant readers. Our next unit is a partner reading unit, and with a new batch of graphic novels in our classroom library, I am convinced that this is the way to keep the enthusiasm for literacy going. A lot of kids need a reason to keep reading, and graphic novels have a complete story with fewer pagers and more illustrations. They are also less intimidating for reluctant readers, and could be the key to helping my students to keep up their interest in reading and to helping to raise their reading levels.

My Project

We are nearing the middle of our school year and my students need some extra incentive to keep reading. We are about to start a unit for partner reading/social issues and the students need multiple copies of books that will hold their interest. Graphic novels are books that have grown immensely popular in the past few years. They tell a complete story, but with more illustrations to keep kids more engaged. These specific graphic novels will help my students read about and engage in conversation about social issues that we deal with in our school and in the world at large. The majority of my students are reading below grade level, so this is just the thing I need to keep them excited and mentally engaged in this upcoming unit. With your help I can keep my students fully engaged in the next unit as well as help to raise their reading levels. Please consider donating.

Ms. Pugh MS 88 Peter Rouget Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

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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

90 students impacted 15donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales 3-Book Box Set • Amazon Business $26.59 2 $53.18
March (Trilogy Slipcase Set) • Amazon Business $25.99 2 $51.98
The Zita the Spacegirl Trilogy Boxed Set: Zita the Spacegirl, Legends of Zita the Spacegirl, The Return of Zita the Spacegirl • Amazon Business $24.72 2 $49.44
Sunny Side Up and Swing It, Sunny: The Box Set • Amazon Business $18.84 2 $37.68
Trilogy Box Set (Star Wars: Jedi Academy) • Amazon Business $32.49 1 $32.49
Adventures in Middle School 2-Book Box Set: Invisible Emmie and Positively Izzy • Amazon Business $15.34 2 $30.68
Undocumented: A Worker's Fight • Amazon Business $13.51 2 $27.02
Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite • Amazon Business $13.34 2 $26.68
The Hidden Witch • Amazon Business $11.69 2 $23.38
The Prince and the Dressmaker • Amazon Business $11.55 2 $23.10
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword (NONE) • Amazon Business $9.95 2 $19.90
Crush (Berrybrook Middle School) • Amazon Business $9.90 2 $19.80
Awkward (Berrybrook Middle School) • Amazon Business $9.90 2 $19.80
Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom • Amazon Business $9.73 2 $19.46
The Witch Boy • Amazon Business $9.09 2 $18.18
Frazzled #2: Ordinary Mishaps and Inevitable Catastrophes • Amazon Business $8.98 2 $17.96
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Pantheon Graphic Library) • Amazon Business $7.20 2 $14.40
Brave (Berrybrook Middle School) • Amazon Business $6.71 2 $13.42
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Pantheon Graphic Library) • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98

Materials cost

$509.53

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$547.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.56

Total project goal

$643.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $643.73

14 Donors

-$643.73

Donations toward project cost

-$547.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$96.56

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