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Ms. Colbert from Dorchester, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Growing Readers Need Guided Reading!

Help me give my students guided reading book collections to boost their literacy skills!

  • $1,919 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Our students are creative, spirited, and eager to learn about the world around them. They come from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. Our school is a Title 1, K-5 turnaround school in Dorchester, MA. In an effort to close the opportunity gap and increase academic achievement, students’ goal is to make 1.5 years of reading growth.

Our students are voracious readers, eager to grow in their abilities and love for reading.

As a school we believe the importance of strong reading skills cannot be stressed enough. Consequently, strong reading skills are essential to improving academic outcomes and pushing students toward college and career readiness.

My Project

At our school we carry the conviction that the most efficient and significant reading growth occurs when students love what they are reading. Guided reading instruction provides targeted attention to students at their reading level. Our Bookroom lacks a variety of guided reading material in the level L-Y range. Your donation will strengthen our Bookroom library by providing books more representative of diverse student cultural backgrounds, interests, and reading levels.

High-quality guided reading materials will help get all students reading on or above grade level.

High quality reading instruction requires high quality texts. Our students deserve and need these materials to unlock their literacy potential. With your support we will have the appropriate leveled texts necessary to provide effective individualized instruction to best meet the needs of our students.

Ms. Colbert Up Academy Dorchester 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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Dorchester, MA 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

240 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Guided Reading Collection: Grade 4 Best Sellers (20 books) • AKJ Education $107.54 6 $645.24
Guided Reading Collection: Grade 3 Fiction/Nonfiction Paired Studies (16 books) • AKJ Education $81.09 6 $486.54
Guided Reading Collection: Grade 3 Best Sellers (16 books) • AKJ Education $74.23 6 $445.38

Materials cost

$1,577.16

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$23.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,630.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$287.79

Total project goal

$1,918.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,918.61

5 Donors

-$1,290.00

Donations toward project cost

-$1,104.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$186.00

Matching donations from our partners

-$619.79

Match offers toward project cost

-$526.82

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$92.97

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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 $0.00

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