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Ms. Diaz from Long Is. City, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Make Reading Fun: Struggling Readers Can Learn Too!

My students need high interest books that can help in their literacy comprehension and the Weekly Reader news magazine. Help make reading fun for dyslexic English language learners!

  • $374 goal

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Imagine opening a book and not understanding a word you see. Imagine excelling at math and not understanding why your literacy skills won't transfer. Those are my students: their reading disabilities make it difficult for them to engage during literacy lessons. That CAN change!

My students are learning disabled children in a New York public school.

Due to their disabilities, they have been placed in a self contained bilingual classroom. My students' parents, though invested in their education, are often paralyzed by their inabilities to communicate directly with service providers. These students deserve to get all they need in my classroom, and I am trying to make that happen. They are all very playful, very friendly boys, who often need a lot of attention and love because of their home situations. My students are very bright children, all of whom function properly at math but can not excel at similar levels in literacy. These kids deserve to experience the joy that is reading.

My Project

My students need high-interest books so that they can fully engage! I am requesting a set of high interest, low reading levels books that would give my students the confidence they need to be successful readers! Imagine opening a dictionary and not fully understanding what the words mean; well, with a visual children's dictionary, for example, we can help them. That is just one step to the gift of reading! Let's help them become more confident! If my students' literacy skills can improve, they can move into less restrictive classrooms with an integrated student body. I think these children deserve to learn in a community, where they can model the behavior and the learning processes of other children. These kids are now in fourth and fifth grade and are still struggling readers; we can make sure they don't drop out by giving them the gift nobody has up to this point: the gift of literacy. Help me make sure my children stay in school until graduation by supporting our project!

The donations will make a difference because it will help my dyslexic children realize that what was missing was not skill, but interest.

At ages 9, 10, and 11, these children still can not read properly. They have the right to a proper education and the school can not provide the resources we need to make sure the learning happens in my classroom. These donations will help the most severe child finally understand that it isn't his fault that he writes numbers backwards.

Ms. Diaz PS 76 William Hallet Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Long Is. City, 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

3 students impacted 6donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Early Beginning Readers Dk Readers High Interest/Low Readability-11 Books • AKJ Books $38.27 1 $38.27
High Interest Reluctant Readers Level 3-10 Books • AKJ Books $40.09 1 $40.09
Student Bodies (QR4) • AKJ Books $3.05 2 $6.10
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: A Novel in Cartoons • AKJ Books $12.16 3 $36.48
Meet Trouble • AKJ Books $3.48 1 $3.48
Silver Balloon • AKJ Books $6.97 1 $6.97
Edition 3 - 4 with Around the World (Grades 3 and 4) TIME For Kids is a weekly classroom newsmagazine that motivates kids to read. Issues cover a wide range of real-world topics and themes kids love to learn about and it s the best nonfiction text you ll find! Edition 3 - 4 builds non-fiction literacy skills and helps students better understand their world. In addition to receiving Edition 3 - 4, subscribers will receive TFK Around the World. • Time for Kids $4.88 10 $48.80
Fat Boy (QR3) • AKJ Books $3.05 1 $3.05
High Interest Reluctant Readers Level 4-10 Books • AKJ Books $43.37 1 $43.37
In the Tall, Tall Grass • AKJ Books $22.63 1 $22.63
Kingfisher Illustrated Pocket Dictionary • AKJ Books $9.55 3 $28.65

Materials cost

$277.89

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$317.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.95

Total project goal

$373.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $373.01

6 Donors

-$368.75

Donations toward project cost

-$317.06

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.69

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.26

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