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Ms. Crisson from Staten Island, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Have I Got a Story for You!

Help me give my students the experience of having a real paper book in their hands and enjoying it as a shared partner read, a buddy read, a rocking chair read or curl-up-somewhere read.

  • $576 goal

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My Students

As a long-time Special Educator I have had quite a diverse variety of students! There are so many unique talents and yet, immense challenges that my students have brought to my classroom. Having taught in multiple districts, boroughs and neighborhoods, as culturally different as my students may be, the things they have in common such as having a questioning curiosity, a desire to be successful at something, being occasionally charming & funny :), and the need to be respected and encouraged for just trying, makes their similarities greater than their differences.

My kids who may have varied learning styles, physical, cognitive and other challenges, already have the bar naturally set higher for them.

As their teacher I constantly have to be creative, innovative, inclusive, and willing to go off-book as needed to get the desired result...having a successful student!

My Project

Many of our students have learned remotely, due to Covid, since March 2020. For the second graders, this school year might have been their first time in the building since mid-Kindergarten! They have missed out on holding in their little hands a real paperback book. They haven't experienced the challenge of following print on the page, or of knowing when to go to the next line to continue reading. They haven't mastered having discussions about a character, an event in the story, a sad or happy ending with a partner, a teacher, a buddy classroom peer, or how exactly to take turns in a book discussion.

It is so so so very hard, for some of my students with developmental differences, to be able to have a discussion about literature.

Our students, for whom English is not their primary language, have a whole different obstacle before them.

Our collaborating class and my Special Ed Support kids would benefit from reading the same book at the same time via whichever method is appropriate for their needs, be able to discuss it, enjoy it, respect and respond to their partners opinions about it. Then ultimately be able to write a sentence, paragraph, or chapter in a class project to create, write, illustrate and bind their own book.

Ms. Crisson PS 23 Richmondtown Grades PreK-2

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Staten Island, NY View local requests

More than a third 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

35 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Andy Shane and the Know-It-All: 4 books in 1 • Amazon Business $7.99 25 $199.75
Song Lee in Room 2B • Amazon Business $4.99 25 $124.75
Fellowes Binding Machine Star+ Comb Binding (5006501), 3.1" x 17.7" x 9.8" • Amazon Business $74.49 1 $74.49
Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches, 200-Pack, 8.9 x 11.4 Inches, Letter Size Sheets, Clear, 3-Mil (TP3854-200) • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
HOUYEE Binding Covers and Combs Set,Binding 8.5x11 Inches Paper, 50 Pcs Leather Texture Paper Binding Covers, 50 Pcs 8Mil Clear Covers and 20 Pcs Assorted Combs Great for Business and School Project • Amazon Business $21.69 1 $21.69
Fellowes Binding Combs Plastic Black 5/8 Inch 25 Pack (52324) • Amazon Business $10.00 1 $10.00

Materials cost

$452.67

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$489.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.38

Total project goal

$575.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $575.84

1 Donor

-$244.93

Donations toward project cost

-$244.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$287.68

Match offer toward project cost

-$244.53

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$43.22

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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