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Loving Literacy Tools!

Help me give my students learning supports: adapted graphic novels & literacy tools!

  • $647 goal

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My Students

I teach 11th and 12th graders English Literature. My students are bright, savvy, thoughtful, and academically motivated. Most are serious readers, and often blow me away with their levels of insight and independent analysis.

It can sometimes (often!) be challenging to meet the extremely diverse needs of the students I teach with one shared text.

By this level of high school, some students are breezing through Jane Eyre and running out to purchase themselves an anthology of the Bronte sisters (real example!), and some students are struggling to access the text. This might be due to learning differences, or gaps in primary education.

When a student who is struggling is able to participate in class, his/her/their confidence skyrockets. Building reading comprehension, and providing literacy supports is critical to student success.

Last year, the 6th grade teacher and I teamed up to pair 11th and 12th graders with 6th graders in a "Book Buddy" program. The two "buddies" read a book of the sixth grader's choosing, and the "big kid" prepares a discussion for their meeting. Some of these tools will be available not only in the classroom, but for book buddies to use this year.

My Project

Before college, it is important that all readers and writers practice study skills such as annotation and picking out key information (post-its and hi-liters!), and struggling readers build the necessary skills to access higher-level texts.

My co-teacher and I will use the graphic novels to pique interest in hesitant readers, and to support their comprehension.

They will not use any of the supportive texts (graphic novels, No Fear) as a replacement, but rather as an aid to comprehension of the original text. Students will use the texts side-by-side.

We will also use some of the tangible learning aids to assist students with learning differences (fidget bouncers; reading strips) and encourage students to use these independently - building self-management skills for college!

Ms. Flaherty Columbia Secondary School Grades 9-12

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Manga Classics: The Scarlet Letter • Amazon Business $17.59 4 $70.36
Post-it Mini Notes, 1.5” x 2”, 24 Pads, America's #1 Favorite Sticky Note, Call OUT Important Information, Recyclable, Cape Town Collection (653-24Anvad) • Amazon Business $13.99 5 $69.95
Teacher Created Resources 20634 Foam: Reading Comprehension Cubes • Amazon Business $10.79 5 $53.95
Learning Resources Reading Comprehension Cubes, Phonics Toy, 6 Colored Foam Cubes, Ages 6+ • Amazon Business $12.95 4 $51.80
Jane Eyre The Graphic Novel: (American English, Quick Text) • Amazon Business $12.88 4 $51.52
Learning Resources Retell a Story Cubes, 6 Foam Cubes, Reading & Listening, Ages 4+ • Amazon Business $12.47 3 $37.41
SB Education 10 x Dyslexia Reading Strips with Coloured Overlays. Reading Tracking Rulers for Dyslexia Irlens, ADHD and Visual Stress • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
Chair Bands (12-Pack)-Fidget Resistance Chair Bands for Kids with Sensory Needs-Kicking Improves Concentration for Students with Autism ADHD SPD, for School Chairs Desk Classroom • Amazon Business $26.87 1 $26.87
I Read It, but I Don't Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers • Amazon Business $26.65 1 $26.65
Avery Hi-Liter, Smear Safe Ink, Chisel Tip, 12 Pen Style Fluorescent Yellow School Highlighters (23591) • Amazon Business $6.18 4 $24.72
A Midsummer Night's Dream (No Fear Shakespeare) • Amazon Business $4.76 5 $23.80
Macbeth (No Fear Shakespeare) • Amazon Business $4.76 5 $23.80
Reading Guide Highlighter Strips, Set of 5 Colors: Blue, Orange, Green, Pink, Yellow with InPrimeTime Storage Case (InPrimeTimeExclusive) • Amazon Business $6.99 3 $20.97

Materials cost

$511.78

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$549.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.96

Total project goal

$646.42

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $646.42

5 Donors

-$645.65

Donations toward project cost

-$549.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$96.19

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.77

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