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

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Kids Change the World With Social Issues Book Clubs

My students need sets of Carl Hiassen books to analyze important themes in texts and become agents of change by reading about young protagonists who are dedicated to helping their communities and protecting the environment.

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My Students

My fab fifth graders hail from New York and are proud members of a gifted and talented public school program in an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse community. Throughout the years, they have flourished as critical thinkers, readers, writers, creative problem solvers, and observers of the world in which we live. From the first day of school, students are encouraged to think for themselves and engage in activities and discussions that that allow for in-depth analysis of texts and life issues without having to find the “right answer.” They are empowered to know that they can make a difference in making the world better and brighter.

The first step to building literacy and social comprehension skills is by finding humanity in ourselves and in others along with the realization that all living things are interconnected.

By providing students with engaging texts, we help deepen their interpretive analysis in exploring themes, symbols and other important ideas. This school year is the first in which students will be departmentalized in core subjects. I will be the reading, writing and social studies teacher for 50 bright, eager and energetic learners. Therefore, we need additional classroom resources to support this powerful work.

My Project

The Carl Hiassen series of books are filled with powerful messages and will support students' delve into learning how to read with interpretive lenses both independently and in partnerships.

Since our first fifth grade reading workshop unit after fostering agency and independence is exploring social issues in book clubs, students will work on novels where other kids are committed to making a difference in their communities.

In Carl Hiassen’s Hoot, Flush, Scat & Chomp, the young protagonists are committed to making a difference by helping save the spotted owl, take on a casino boat that is flushing raw sewage into the harbor, rescue an endangered baby panther while exposing a crooked oil drilling operation, and battle an egotistical and abusive star of a reality TV show called "Expedition Survival!" who abuses wild animals in his care, respectively.

Mrs. Davis PS 165 Edith K Bergtraum Grades 3-5

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Flushing, 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

50 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Chomp • Amazon Business $7.19 9 $64.71
Scat • Amazon Business $7.19 9 $64.71
Hoot • Amazon Business $6.15 9 $55.35
Flush • Amazon Business $5.99 9 $53.91

Materials cost

$238.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$272.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.05

Total project goal

$320.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $320.31

6 Donors

-$250.69

Donations toward project cost

-$214.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.10

match offer

-$67.85

Match offer toward project cost

-$57.67

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.18

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.77

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 $0.00

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