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Ms. Lazo from Needham, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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If You Build It, They Will Read!

Help me give my students a robust and diverse classroom library to push my struggling readers to fall in love with reading!

  • $1,208 goal

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

"I don't know about you, but I love stories--just not the stories we read in school."

-J., a middle school student, is lamenting how she wishes our school had better titles to choose from in the classroom.

Building a culture of readers in the classroom starts with providing students with access to good books and empowering students to choose what they want to read. Research shows that robust, updated, and beautifully designed classroom libraries are the most effective way to promote a positive culture around reading. As a middle literacy specialist, I work with our most vulnerable readers in a post-pandemic world. I need your support to help me build a classroom library that allows students to love reading. Working with middle school students in intervention and special education, I see how struggling readers avoid books altogether because being behind their peers in reading lowers their self-esteem and deteriorates their reader identity. Although digital access to books has allowed for more access to titles, we now know that reading on screens does not support the deep reading our students need to engage in so that they can build their critical thinking.

My project includes new and classic titles that are highly interesting to my middle school readers but are leveled to meet their reading ability. This means that students can read stories reflecting their identity and ability. Additionally, I have included six oversized bean-bag chairs to provide students with a comfortable reading space as they delight in these captivating stories. I am building the shelves, painting the walls, and adding bright and beautiful lighting. Please help me by donating these gorgeous titles and comfy chairs!

Thank you for your generosity!

Ms. Lazo Pollard Middle School Grades 6-8

More about Ms. Lazo

Needham, MA View local requests 25 students impacted 16donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bean Bag Chairs for Adults - 3' High-Rebound Memory Foam Filled Bean Bag for Living Room Bedroom College Dorm with Soft Premium Corduroy Round Fluffy Couch Big Ultra Supportive Stuffed • Amazon Business $69.99 6 $419.94
Really Good Stuff All Purpose Bins - Boho 6 Pack • Amazon Business $63.41 1 $63.41
Run: Book One (hardcover graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $25.00 1 $25.00
Ain't Burned All the Bright (hardcover graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Thirst (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel • AKJ Education $19.70 1 $19.70
Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
They Called Us Enemy (paperback graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
The Kite Runner Graphic Novel • AKJ Education $16.06 1 $16.06
American Born Chinese (YA paperback graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Sunshine: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $15.69 1 $15.69
School Trip: A Graphic Novel (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $13.49 1 $13.49
Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel (paperback graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Frizzy (paperback graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Invisible: A Graphic Novel (paperback graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Class Act (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $11.69 1 $11.69
The Moon from Dehradun: A Story of Partition • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Monster: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $10.78 1 $10.78
Squished: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Noise: A graphic novel based on a true story • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Hoops: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Drama: a Graphic Novel • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Ghosts: a Graphic Novel • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Jacky Ha-Ha: My Life Is a Joke Graphic Novel • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
The Red Pyramid: The Graphic Novel • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Wonder • Amazon Business $9.40 1 $9.40
Smile: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $9.38 1 $9.38
When Stars Are Scattered • Amazon Business $9.37 1 $9.37
Booked Graphic Novel (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $9.35 1 $9.35
The Crossover Graphic Novel (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29
How to Make Friends with the Sea • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Miss Quinces: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $8.92 1 $8.92
The Tryout: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $8.88 1 $8.88
Sara and the Search for Normal • Amazon Business $8.68 1 $8.68
From the Desk of Zoe Washington • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The List of Things That Will Not Change • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
We Dream of Space: A Newbery Honor Award Winner • Amazon Business $7.89 1 $7.89
Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign, Book 1): (Book #1 in the Show Me a Sign Trilogy) • Amazon Business $7.83 1 $7.83
Every Missing Piece • Amazon Business $7.51 1 $7.51
Fish in a Tree • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Mañanaland (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Black Brother, Black Brother • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Guts: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
The One and Only Bob • Amazon Business $6.75 1 $6.75
Who Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?: Rosa Parks: A Who HQ Graphic Novel (Who HQ Graphic Novels) • Amazon Business $5.97 1 $5.97

Materials cost

$967.59

Vendor shipping charges

$14.00

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,026.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$181.08

Total project goal

$1,207.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,207.18

9 Donors

-$1,004.10

Donations toward project cost

-$898.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$105.50

match offer

-$150.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$127.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$53.08

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$0.00

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