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Mrs. Fiore Cardillo from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Miss, Do You Have Any New Books?

My students need 19 new independent reading books.

  • $293 goal

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In September, my 9th grade English students will tell me they hate reading and simply do not read. But, by June the same students will tell me they love to read. It is not that they really hate reading, it is just they hate all their previous experiences with reading. Many of my students struggle with reading, and were never given a book they could read or would enjoy reading. This robs them of forming a love for reading that so many develop at half their age. To combat this injustice, I developed an independent reading program that works to instill a love of reading in my students. Through my independent reading program students select a book from our classroom library, and participate in fifteen minutes of silent sustained reading. Students complete a weekly reading log, and periodically create projects and book reports based on their readings. With the reading program and other work completed in class, students advance on average one grade level in reading comprehension and vocabulary. But more importantly when they leave my classroom in June they are regularly going to the library and reading books on their own. Reading is so important for my students. I work in a large Title 1 public high school, and for these students reading allows them to go on adventures they otherwise would never have the privilege to go on. When they read they can be whoever they choose to be. Possibly even more importantly, it prepares them for college. Reading offers my students background & prior knowledge. Knowledge they should have, but is stolen from them because of their low socioeconomic status. I love my reading program, but it is very challenging to keep the classroom library suitable for the number of students I have. This year I have over 90 students, and dozens of previous students who come to me looking for books. Every student who asks me for a book gets one. I simply can not say no to a student who is asking for a book to read. But my library is getting smaller and smaller. Often books go missing or students lend them to parents, siblings, or friends never to be returned. I think this is wonderful that the students share the book with friends and family, but it makes it very challenging to keep the library stacked. We just need a few books to replace some of the lost ones to get us through this term. Anyway you can help is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time and thank you in advance for helping my students’ dreams become a reality!

Mrs. Fiore Cardillo Abraham Lincoln High School Grades 9-12

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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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Labyrinth Randall Sullivan • Barnes and Noble $13.50 1 $13.50
Chasing the Bear: A Young Spenser Novel Robert B. Parker • Barnes and Noble $10.79 1 $10.79
The Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders Emmanuel Guibert, Frederic Lemercier, Didier Lefevre, Alexis Siegel (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $23.96 1 $23.96
Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida Victor Martinez, Steve Scott (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Have a Little Faith: A True Story Mitch Albom • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
What Have You Lost Naomi Shihab Nye, Michael Nye (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $9.89 1 $9.89
The Juvie Three Gordon Korman • Barnes and Noble $12.79 1 $12.79
Autobiography of My Dead Brother Walter Dean Myers, Christopher A. Myers (Illustrator), Christopher Myers (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Why We Can't Wait Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Martin Luther, Jesse Jackson (Afterword) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
The Lovely Bones: Deluxe Edition Alice Sebold • Barnes and Noble $11.04 1 $11.04
From the Back of the Line: The Views of A Teenager from the 1960s Civil Rights Movement Rev Dr Wright • Barnes and Noble $18.89 1 $18.89
Keeping You a Secret Julie Anne Peters • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
How Long Will They Mourn Me?: The Life and Legacy of Tupac Shakur C. C. Wyndham, Dawn Marie Daniels • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Free Your Mind: The Book for Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Youth & Their Allies Ellen Bass, Kate Kaufman, With Kate Kaufman • Barnes and Noble $13.56 1 $13.56
Night Hoops Carl Deuker • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines Nic Sheff • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Can't Get There From Here Todd Strasser • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Living Dead Girl Elizabeth Scott • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Sentences: The Life of M.F. Grimm Percy Carey, Ronald Wimberly (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49

Materials cost

$207.01

Vendor shipping charges

 $20.70

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.11

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$239.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.65

Total project goal

$292.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $292.49

1 Donor

-$146.26

Donations toward project cost

-$119.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.33

match offer

-$146.23

Match offer toward project cost

-$119.91

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.32

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