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Ms. Clark from Milwaukee, WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning to Read Is the Key to Knowledge

Help me give my students some books and reading materials they need to become fluent readers and develop their comprehension skills.

  • $227 goal

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My Students

Every morning we start the day reading a book. When you walk into my classroom, you will see students reading various books and articles. Alan Bennet stated, “A book is a device to ignite the imagination."

My students are motivated 1st-grade students looking for an opportunity to learn to become fluent in reading.

My school is a Title I school with an increasing number of students qualifying for free or reduced-rate lunch. My students are 1st graders who strive to be the best in all academic areas. Because of their diverse ways of learning, it is essential to have various teaching tools to ignite curiosity and help develop a love and passion for reading.

My students are eager learners and deserve the opportunity to prepare themselves for the future by exposing them to books and reading materials to increase their reading and comprehension skills.

If funded, you will be helping students increase reading and develop their comprehension skills.

My Project

This collection of books and reading material will inspire my students to develop a love for reading.

Students will be able to choose books or use reading materials that will help them become fluent readers and develop their comprehension skills.

Every student book that is placed in my library is treated with love and care, and they are thankful for the opportunities to read. All of these books have been chosen with my students in mind.

The best way to increase reading ability is to read more, and these books will continue to help my students grow stronger in their reading skills and strategies. Many of my students do not have independent reading books at home. My goal is to build a library they feel comfortable borrowing from to continue their love of reading outside of class time.

My students love reading independently and this collection will help develop their passion to become lifelong readers!

Ms. Clark Lowell P Goodrich Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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Milwaukee, WI 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

36 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT536 - Lakeshore Fiction Sight-Word Readers - Level 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
EE709 - Change-A-Sound Flip Books • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
EE203 - Guided Reading Book Set - Level A • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
GG369 - Touch Read CVC Words Match • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99

Materials cost

$159.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$192.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.95

Total project goal

$226.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $226.31

2 Donors

-$150.87

Donations toward project cost

-$128.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.63

match offer

-$75.44

Match offer toward project cost

-$64.12

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.32

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 $0.00

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