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

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Interesting Books for Struggling Readers

My students need high interest low-level books to read.

  • $586 goal

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My Students

By middle school and certainly high school, it is expected that students "read to learn" rather than learn to read. Unfortunately, many of my 10th grade students are reading far below grade level and struggling across the curriculum as a result.

I teach Special Education in an all girls, Title I high school.

That means more than 70% of our students qualify for free lunch. We strive to provide a safe, welcoming environment for our girls through partnerships with non-profits that allow us to work on improving our students' well-being and sense of self. The staff at our school is like a second family for our girls and we strive to help them in as many ways as possible.

My Project

We are extremely fortunate to have texts that are on grade level for general education students to read but there are few books for my 10th grade students who are reading at 2nd grade to 6th grade reading levels. My students will use these book to improve their reading levels. Our school allows students to choose what they want to read across the curriculum. I chose a wide variety of books that girls will want to read in English as well as in Social Studies. In addition, to simply reading, they will use these books to support their writing. They will be able to write responses to prompts using texts that are on their level.

This project will give my students access to books they can read independently.

This will help improve my students sense of self and help them to believe they are capable of learning and achieving success. Hopefully, it will help them fall in love with reading!

Ms. Negele Urban Assembly Institute - M&S for Young Women Grades 9-12

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Ms. Negele

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

12 students impacted 17donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Judy Blume Essentials: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret; Blubber; Deenie; Iggie's House; It's Not the End of the World; Then Again, Maybe I Won't; Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself • Amazon $34.62 1 $34.62
Genocide: Modern Crimes Against Humanity • Amazon $27.50 1 $27.50
Forbidden City: China's Imperial Palace (Castles, Palaces & Tombs) • Amazon $24.33 1 $24.33
Hidden on the Mountain: Stories of Children Sheltered from the Nazis in Le Chambon • Amazon $22.45 1 $22.45
The Spiderwick Chronicles, the Complete Series: The Field Guide; The Seeing Stone; Lucinda's Secret; The Ironwood Tree; The Wrath of Mulgrath • Amazon $22.19 1 $22.19
Judy Blume's Fudge Box Set • Amazon $19.13 1 $19.13
Voices from Colonial America: Florida 1513-1821 (National Geographic Voices from ColonialAmerica) • Amazon $18.19 1 $18.19
Treasury of Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monsters • Amazon $15.51 1 $15.51
Who Was First?: Discovering the Americas (Bank Street College of Education Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (Awards)) • Amazon $14.51 1 $14.51
The World Made New: Why the Age of Exploration Happened and How It Changed the World (Timelines of American History) • Amazon $13.84 1 $13.84
A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel • Amazon $12.06 1 $12.06
Another Day as Emily • Amazon $11.07 1 $11.07
Spaceman • Amazon $9.86 1 $9.86
I Survived True Stories: Five Epic Disasters • Amazon $9.35 1 $9.35
Coraline: The Graphic Novel • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
Ask Me No Questions • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
Chat Room (Orca Currents) • Amazon $8.96 1 $8.96
One of Us (Urban Underground #5) • Amazon $8.96 1 $8.96
House Party (Orca Soundings) • Amazon $8.96 1 $8.96
Disconnect (Orca Currents) • Amazon $8.96 1 $8.96
Spoiled Rotten (Orca Currents) • Amazon $8.96 1 $8.96
Shadows of Guilt (Urban Underground #2) • Amazon $8.70 1 $8.70
Sticks and Stones (Orca Soundings) • Amazon $8.45 1 $8.45
If You Really Loved Me (Urban Underground #4) (Urban Underground (Quality)) • Amazon $8.33 1 $8.33
Truth (Orca Soundings) • Amazon $8.21 1 $8.21
Something Girl (Orca Soundings) • Amazon $8.21 1 $8.21
Just As Long As We're Together • Amazon $7.76 1 $7.76
A Boy Called Twister (Urban Underground #3) (Urban Underground (Quality)) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
World History Biographies: Elizabeth I: The Outcast Who Became England's Queen (National Geographic World History Biographies) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Outrunning the Darkness (Urban Underground #1) (Urban Underground (Quality)) • Amazon $7.00 1 $7.00
Cheyenne Again • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Harriet the Spy, Double Agent (Harriet the Spy Adventures (Dell Yearling Book)) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
The Long Secret (Harriet the Spy) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Harriet the Spy • Amazon $6.00 1 $6.00
Harlem Summer • Amazon $5.96 1 $5.96
Harriet Spies Again • Amazon $5.85 1 $5.85
The Pinballs (Apple Paperbacks) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
The Prince of the Pond: Otherwise Known as De Fawg Pin • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
The Whipping Boy • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
I Survived #9: I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944 • Amazon $4.08 1 $4.08
I Survived #10: I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 • Amazon $4.08 1 $4.08
I Survived #7: I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 • Amazon $4.08 1 $4.08
I Survived #4: I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 • Amazon $4.08 1 $4.08
I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 • Amazon $3.55 1 $3.55

Materials cost

$461.15

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$498.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.89

Total project goal

$585.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $585.96

13 Donors

-$409.20

Donations toward project cost

-$349.32

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.88

match offer

-$175.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$148.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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 $0.00

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