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Help 7th Graders Meet Their Reading Goals, Part 2

My students need 24 high-interest fiction titles such as "Dork Diaries", the Vampire Academy series, and novels by Margaret Peterson Haddix.

  • $477 goal

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I teach 2 sections of 7th grade ELA in a low-income, urban school where 96% of students qualify for free lunch. After 5 years in the classroom, I know that the most effective way for students to make dramatic gains in reading growth is to encourage them to read high-interest texts on their reading level. I take pride in raising student reading levels by 1.5 or more years, so having a great collection of reading material is crucial to me. I am lucky to have a group of motivated readers in my seventh grade classes this year. At the beginning of each school year, I spend a week or so outlining my expectations and encouraging students to set audacious goals for themselves for the school year and beyond.

As a class, our goal is that each student will read 40 books on their level by year's end. However, many of my students have set the bar much higher, aiming for 55 or 60 books completed this year. Additionally, students set goals for how many pages they’d plan to read each week. As I write this, it is only November and I already have students reading over 1,000 pages per week! Imagine how many pages they’ll be reading by June!

As a teacher, I am both energized by their enthusiasm and concerned about my inadequate supply of reading material! While my classroom library contains hundreds of texts, very few are engaging enough to tempt these voracious readers. Additionally, most of the books in my classroom library are well below my students' read level and thus, unappealing to my students.

My project needs a wide variety of high-level, high interest fiction texts for my students to read. These include challenging series texts like the fabulous Olympians series as well as Neal Shusterman's compelling novels. My students are avid readers but need some assistance finding texts to suit their tastes. Please help me fill our classroom library with books that will motivate my students to EXCEED their reading goals for the year!

Ms. Liles MS 88 Peter Rouget 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Breathless Lurlene McDaniel • Barnes and Noble $8.79 2 $17.58
Raven's Gate (The Gatekeepers Series #1) Anthony Horowitz • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
The Magician's Elephant Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.04 1 $11.04
Sent (Missing Series #2) Margaret Peterson Haddix • Barnes and Noble $10.39 1 $10.39
Escape from Memory Margaret Peterson Haddix • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Double Identity Margaret Peterson Haddix • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey Margaret Peterson Haddix • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Feed M. T. Anderson • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Jumped Rita Williams-Garcia • Barnes and Noble $13.59 2 $27.18
Vampire Academy Richelle Mead • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Vampire Academy Box Set Richelle Mead • Barnes and Noble $17.54 1 $17.54
Just Another Hero Sharon M. Draper • Barnes and Noble $13.59 2 $27.18
Shiver Maggie Stiefvater • Barnes and Noble $10.79 2 $21.58
Immortal Gillian Shields • Barnes and Noble $13.59 2 $27.18
Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life Rachel Renee Russell • Barnes and Noble $10.39 2 $20.78
When You Reach Me Rebecca Stead • Barnes and Noble $17.09 2 $34.18
My Rotten Life David Lubar • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
Invasion of the Road Weenies: and Other Warped and Creepy Tales David Lubar • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Curse of the Campfire Weenies: And Other Warped and Creepy Tales David Lubar • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Never Slow Dance with a Zombie E. Van Lowe • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Lord Loss (The Demonata Series #1) Darren Shan • Barnes and Noble $8.09 2 $16.18
Death's Shadow (The Demonata Series #7) Darren Shan • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Dark Calling (The Demonata Series #9) Darren Shan • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Wolf Island (The Demonata Series #8) Darren Shan • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59

Materials cost

$342.47

Vendor shipping charges

 $34.25

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$390.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.80

Total project goal

$476.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $476.68

4 Donors

-$476.68

Donations toward project cost

-$390.88

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$85.80

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