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

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Help a First Grader Get Lost in a Book!

Help me give my students new books to support their goal to become better readers.

  • $264 goal

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My Students

First graders come to us as babies and grow so much! They not only grow physically but they grow so much as readers. Some of them come to first grade reading as little as ten words and leave us reading well over two hundred. But some also come not reading any words and struggle through out the year to keep up with the rest of the bunch.

My first grade team and I would love to purchase much needed guided reading books so we can help each and everyone of them grow as a reader.

My Project

These books will help my students to increase their vocabulary and their love for reading. First grade is a big year for the students to develop their reading habits. With the proper supplies we will help them grow as readers. We have many books that are falling apart and I would love to be able to show them how we should treat our books by taking care of them. This project will give me the opportunity to open up an entire world to them, that they would not be exposed to otherwise. My students are so excited to start on a new journey! Please help them achieve this goal! We will use these books during guided reading and for the kids to use in their book baggies to have books to read and practice their skills during reading workshop.

Ms. Galford PS 48 William C Wilcox Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Staten Island, NY View local requests

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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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Series Sampler - Young Cam Jansen (5 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $18.67 3 $56.01
Series Sampler - Fly Guy (5 Books) • AKJ Education $23.91 2 $47.82
Favorite Author Study - Arnold Lobel (4 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $14.94 3 $44.82
Series Sampler - National Geographic Readers (4 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $14.18 3 $42.54

Materials cost

$191.19

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$224.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.54

Total project goal

$263.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $263.60

4 Donors

-$213.60

Donations toward project cost

-$181.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.04

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

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 $0.00

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