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

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Help Me Foster A Love Of Reading In My Students!

Help me give my students the books they will need to foster a love for reading.

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My Students

I am a teacher teaching in Brooklyn, NY. Our school serves students in grades 6-8. My school provides rigorous academics and social/emotional training to students by trained professionals such as license and certified teachers, OT, PT, Speech in a safe learning environment. We are working every day to close the achievement gap between our students' abilities and those of their peers, despite the socio-economic gap between the groups. Sometimes the task of closing the achievement gap seems almost impossible to complete and can be daunting. One of our primary tasks is to determine how close the achievement gap is when students do not have the necessary materials to meet or succeed academically and emotionally. Our goal is to improve the lives of our students in every way. We do our best to support our students learning by providing them with appropriate reading and writing materials that would help them acquire much-needed skills and the ability to excel academically.

My Project

Help Me Foster A Love of Reading In My Students! As a General and Special Education teacher, fostering a love for reading is a must in my students. I need your help to do so. I would love to foster a love for reading in my students. Unfortunately, my students come from places where they don't have as much access to books that I would like them to read. Most of my students don't have access to a local library or a personal library at home. "The time I spent with books transformed my life and sparked my imagination. I wanted to create a similar experience for my students." To help foster a love for reading in my students, I've selected nine essential books that I would like my students to read throughout the year. I plan to introduce students to novels and other books they can see themselves. Students will read one story per month in a book club of twenty students. By reading relatable books, students will be more inclined to read. Students will develop decoding, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension skills. Students will build reading stamina as they read with their reading buddies, participate in book talks, answer comprehension questions, and visit places only a book can take them. By reading these books, students will make predictions, connect to the characters, ask questions before, during, and after every reading experience.

To help foster a love for reading in my students, I've selected nine important novels to connect with my students and improve reading and comprehension skills.

You can help to support my students by donating to our book club. Would you mind supporting my efforts by contributing to our students' library? Thank you so much for being so supportive of fostering a love for reading in my students.

Mrs. Coward Middle School 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center 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

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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Brooklyn, NY 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wonder • Amazon Business $9.72 12 $116.64
The Journey of Little Charlie (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $8.99 12 $107.88
The Crossover (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $8.99 12 $107.88
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 • Amazon Business $7.99 12 $95.88
Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears • Amazon Business $6.99 12 $83.88
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon Business $6.87 12 $82.44
Bud, Not Buddy: (Newbery Medal Winner) • Amazon Business $6.49 12 $77.88
One Crazy Summer • Amazon Business $4.99 12 $59.88
My Side of the Mountain (Puffin Modern Classics) • Amazon Business $3.39 4 $13.56
Ruby Lee and Me • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$753.91

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$795.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$140.33

Total project goal

$935.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $935.55

1 Donor

-$397.61

Donations toward project cost

-$397.61

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$467.78

Match offer toward project cost

-$397.61

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$70.17

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$70.17

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 $0.00

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