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

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Help My Students Fall In Love With Reading

My students need book series that are below grade level to continue their reading progress.

  • $576 goal

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My Students

My students need more exposure to the wonderful world of reading that books can provide. Many of my students are English Language Learners who are still trying to grasp the language of their new country. They are eager to learn and I am trying to build on that interest by introducing them to more books and book series. Another group of my students have grown up in this country but have never had any positive feelings attached to reading. Many of them are special education students with learning disabilities that see reading as something that needs to be tolerated. They are the stereotypical, reluctant readers who have to be pulled kicking and screaming to the classroom library. The majority of my students are reading below grade level.

My students need more exposure to books that are high interest and low level that appeal to middle school students.

My students have wonderful personalities but they are less than engaged when it comes to reading. My motto is "If you don't like reading, you haven't been introduced to the right book". Right now, I need help in getting the right books into the hands of my students.

My Project

It's been proven that students will be more engaged in reading if they can find captivating characters to read about or a favorite book series to hold their interest. I need to add more book series to my classroom library to hold the interest of struggling and special needs students who are reading below grade level. Studies have shown that the most important thing you can do to improve your reading level is to read as much as possible. In order to inspire my students to do that, I need to add books to my classroom library that are high interest and low reading levels for middle school students.

I work at a Title One school, which means the majority of my students cannot afford to go to Barnes & Noble to buy their own books.

Many of them struggle just to able to buy school supplies at the beginning of the year. By giving a donation, you would giving them a chance to explore a whole new world that only reading can bring. Please help my students to become better readers.

Ms. Pugh MS 88 Peter Rouget Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Brooklyn, 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

90 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box Set Collection (10 Books) • Amazon Business $59.99 1 $59.99
Dork Diaries x 10 title set: Dork Diaries / Party Time / How to Dork your Diary / Pop Star / Dear Dork / TV Star / Skating Sensation / Holiday Heartbreak / OMG / Once Upon a Dork • Amazon Business $53.29 1 $53.29
I Survived Collector's Toolbox (I Survived) • Amazon Business $44.65 1 $44.65
Trilogy Box Set (Star Wars: Jedi Academy) • Amazon Business $34.49 1 $34.49
The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #1-4 Box Set: Full-Color Edition • Amazon Business $31.50 1 $31.50
Middle School: Ultimate Showdown • Amazon Business $10.06 2 $20.12
Middle School: Just My Rotten Luck • Amazon Business $13.97 1 $13.97
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History • Amazon Business $12.83 1 $12.83
Middle School: Save Rafe! • Amazon Business $11.57 1 $11.57
Middle School: Escape to Australia • Amazon Business $10.10 1 $10.10
I Even Funnier: A Middle School Story (I Funny) • Amazon Business $9.80 1 $9.80
A New Class (Star Wars: Jedi Academy #4) • Amazon Business $9.78 1 $9.78
Middle School: Dog's Best Friend (Middle School: Book 8) • Amazon Business $9.78 1 $9.78
Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 3: Muffin Wars (Volume 3) • Amazon Business $4.58 2 $9.16
The Force Oversleeps (Star Wars: Jedi Academy #5) • Amazon Business $8.93 1 $8.93
Dork Diaries 12: Tales from a Not-So-Secret Crush Catastrophe • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
I Totally Funniest: A Middle School Story (I Funny) • Amazon Business $8.08 1 $8.08
Wolves • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Global Warming • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Hurricanes • Amazon Business $6.97 1 $6.97
Ghosts • Amazon Business $6.92 1 $6.92
Earthquakes • Amazon Business $6.64 1 $6.64
Drama • Amazon Business $6.56 1 $6.56
Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 2: The Ladek Invasion (Volume 2) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 5: Mission Star-Power (Volume 5) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 4: Attack of the Swamp Thing (Volume 4) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 1: The Quest for Screen Time (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Penguins (Smithsonian) • Amazon Business $5.14 1 $5.14
Coco: My Delicious Life (A Branches Book: Lotus Lane #2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Lulu: My Glamorous Life (A Branches Book: Lotus Lane #3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Crook Who Crossed the Golden Gate Bridge (Field Trip Mysteries) • Amazon Business $4.89 1 $4.89
Our Solar System: Revise Edition • Amazon Business $4.39 1 $4.39
Kiki: My Stylish Life (A Branches Book: Lotus Lane #1) • Amazon Business $3.82 1 $3.82
Mika: My New Life (A Branches Book: Lotus Lane #4) • Amazon Business $3.14 1 $3.14

Materials cost

$452.81

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$489.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.40

Total project goal

$576.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $576.00

8 Donors

-$288.00

Donations toward project cost

-$244.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.20

match offer

-$288.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$244.80

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.20

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