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Ms. Sanchez Gonzalez from San Jose, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Making Literature Circles Come Alive!

Help me give my students a more positive experience with literature. By introducing them to high interest text, they will be able to see reading as a part of their own identity.

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My Students

My students are incredibly insightful, and full of joy. Despite not always feeling successful or capable in academic work, they set goals for themselves to lead them to personal growth. Although some of my students have previously struggled with reading, they have begun to discover their own reading interest and habits. Ultimately, they are learning to engage with, and be engaged by connecting what they read to their own life experiences. This means they bring so much thoughtfulness into our classroom conversations about literature.

My Project

Some of my students are already interested in reading. However, the majority have shared that they see reading as something they MUST do, rather than something they CHOOSE to do.

I know that so much of the joy that comes from reading is about finding texts that reflect your own experience with content that you can discuss with others.

Reading as a social activity makes it that much more enjoyable and come alive in ways that would not happen without belonging to a community of readers.

I know that by creating the opportunity for students to engage in literature circles, and have the choice of reading high interest books, they will begin to see reading as something they enjoy doing instead of something they are forced to do.

Ms. Sanchez Gonzalez William C. Overfelt High School Grades 9-12

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San Jose, CA View local requests

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

95 students impacted 36donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives • Amazon Business $16.19 24 $388.56
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter • Amazon Business $12.59 24 $302.16
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe • Amazon Business $11.99 24 $287.76
The Hate U Give • Amazon Business $11.77 24 $282.48

Materials cost

$1,260.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $115.38

3rd party payment processing fee

$18.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,425.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$251.51

Total project goal

$1,676.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,676.76

33 Donors

-$1,200.59

Donations toward project cost

-$1,038.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$162.09

match offer

-$455.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$386.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$68.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$21.17

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 $0.00

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