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Learning to Love Reading: Graphically!

Help me give my students an updated classroom library of graphic novels to help them foster a love of reading. Graphic novels such as Coraline, and A Wrinkle in Time, would the pique the interest of all readers.

  • $581 goal

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My Students

I teach English Language Arts to 36 Special Education students in grades 6-8. My school is a Title I school in need of improvement, with 95% of the students falling below the poverty level. We are a Pre-K-8 school in Brooklyn, NY.

The students have limited resources at home.

Most of my students are at a wide variety of levels and many read below to far below grade level standards, however this does not stop them from wanting to come to school each day ready to learn. I have been teaching here for over 16 years and I am always looking for new ways to ignite and create a passion in students to learn. I can think of no better way to get the students excited and passionate about reading then through graphic novels.

My Project

It is very important for children to grow up within an environment that promotes a positive rapport toward reading. These graphic novels would enable me to reach reluctant readers.

These visually stimulating stories afford students with an opportunity to understand the sequence of events, interpret characters’ nonverbal gestures, the plot of a story and make inferences.

Through graphic novels, my students would be to develop inferencing and literary skills that apply when interacting with photos, paintings, and other people. Most importantly these stimulating stories create a gateway to a deeper understanding of a text.

The variety of selected graphic novels would certainly pique the interest of my students and support or daily reading routines. We read daily for at least 20 minutes throughout the school day and students are required to read for at least 20 minutes for homework. These graphic novels will allow them to select a book that interests them and increases their chances of actually reading a book in its entirety. This project is a great way to help my students grow stronger in reading and develop a passion to read all genres.

Ms. Griffin PS 288 Shirley Tanyhill 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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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel • AKJ Education $18.24 2 $36.48
Black Panther 1 • AKJ Education $12.40 2 $24.80
Coraline Graphic Novel • AKJ Education $8.02 2 $16.04
Black Beauty • AKJ Education $8.02 2 $16.04
Anne Frank - Graphic Novel • AKJ Education $7.67 2 $15.34
Naruto, Vol. 12 The Great Flight!! • AKJ Education $7.29 2 $14.58
The Trojan Horse The Fall of Troy • AKJ Education $7.29 2 $14.58
Drowned City • AKJ Education $7.29 2 $14.58
Naruto, Vol. 13 The Chunin Exam, Concluded • AKJ Education $7.29 2 $14.58
Thea Stilton Graphic Novels #6 • AKJ Education $7.29 2 $14.58
Naruto, Vol. 38 • AKJ Education $7.29 2 $14.58
Naruto, Vol. 27 Departure • AKJ Education $7.29 2 $14.58
Naruto, Vol. 25 Brothers • AKJ Education $7.29 2 $14.58
This One Summer • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Breadwinner : A Graphic Novel • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
Hansel and Gretel The Graphic Novel • AKJ Education $4.34 3 $13.02
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 • AKJ Education $6.29 2 $12.58
Hansel and Gretel (Standard Edition) • AKJ Education $11.87 1 $11.87
The Wolves in the Walls • AKJ Education $5.83 2 $11.66
Becoming Naomi Leon • AKJ Education $5.59 2 $11.18
A Raisin in the Sun (Common Core Exemplar) • AKJ Education $5.57 2 $11.14
Emperor of the Airwaves • AKJ Education $3.61 3 $10.83
Quarterback Scramble • AKJ Education $5.25 2 $10.50
Spotlight Striker • AKJ Education $5.25 2 $10.50
Kickoff Blitz • AKJ Education $5.25 2 $10.50
Full Court Pressure • AKJ Education $5.25 2 $10.50
Summer Camp Science Mysteries 6 The Whispering Lake Ghosts: A Mystery About Sound • AKJ Education $5.07 2 $10.14
EDGE: Sporting Heroes: Serena Williams • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Graphic Sparks Time Blasters Blast to the Past • AKJ Education $4.34 2 $8.68
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Graphic Novel • AKJ Education $4.34 2 $8.68
Cinderella: The Graphic Novel • AKJ Education $4.34 2 $8.68
The Boy Who Burped Too Much • AKJ Education $4.34 2 $8.68
Thea Stilton Graphic Novels #3: The Treasure of the Viking Ship The Treasure of the Viking Ship • AKJ Education $4.20 2 $8.40
Thea Stilton Graphic Novels #4: Catching the Giant Wave • AKJ Education $4.20 2 $8.40
Disney Graphic Novels #1: Planes • AKJ Education $4.15 2 $8.30

Materials cost

$456.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$493.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.11

Total project goal

$580.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $580.71

3 Donors

-$316.00

Donations toward project cost

-$268.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.40

Matching donations from our partners

-$264.71

Match offers toward project cost

-$225.00

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.71

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