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

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High-Interest Chapter Books

Help me give my students grade-level and above, culturally relevant, coming-of-age chapter books!

  • $545 goal

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My Students

My students benefiting from this project are in a Title One school where the majority receive free or reduced-price lunch. Many families receive meals/coats from our school's food pantry. They are hard-working scholars who have recently returned to the school building and learning in-person but are requesting access to high-interest books.

My Project

I am having success promoting literacy with my students. Since we have recently returned to learning in-person, my sixth graders have enjoyed the books in my classroom library, but are requesting more. I have recently started a Book Review Contest to further promote my sixth graders to read chapter books from cover to cover and then to share their thoughts. The book reviews are being posted online and shared throughout the school.

There are challenges with keeping the excitement for reading going, with all the distractions offered on the internet and media, for my tech-savvy students.

All the books in this project are chapter books that will foster grade-level and above literacy skills including fluency and comprehension. These books have been hand-selected by my students and identified as high-interest chapter books. The students will be completing a creative book report project in groups of 3-5 using many of the books in this project order.

Mr. Mercaldo New Heights Middle School 722 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

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

Nearly all 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

37 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Life I'm In • Amazon Business $17.97 6 $107.82
The Vanished (Shuri: Black Panther Novel #2) (2) • Amazon Business $15.99 5 $79.95
Black Brother, Black Brother • Amazon Business $13.88 5 $69.40
Wonder • Amazon Business $9.73 4 $38.92
Shuri: A Black Panther Novel (Marvel) (1) • Amazon Business $14.34 2 $28.68
Becoming Muhammad Ali • Amazon Business $6.74 4 $26.96
The Talisman: A Novel • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Body • Amazon Business $10.17 1 $10.17
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (A Tristan Strong Novel, Book 1) (Tristan Strong, 1) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Among the Betrayed • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Clara Voyant • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Clean Getaway • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Among the Enemy (6) (Shadow Children) • Amazon Business $7.89 1 $7.89
The Parker Inheritance (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69

Materials cost

$426.43

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$462.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.68

Total project goal

$544.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $544.51

5 Donors

-$542.74

Donations toward project cost

-$462.83

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$79.91

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.77

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