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Ms. Chu from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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No More Boring Books!

My students need new high interest books to keep them interested in reading.

  • $538 goal

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My Students

We need lots and lots of books! All I heard from my students last year was “But I read this already three times!” My students are voracious readers with an appetite for reading but with the recent budget cuts they won’t have new books to read that will keep them interested in reading.

I am a first grade teacher teaching in a in a low-income neighborhood.

My school is composed of new immigrants from China and families with low-income. Families in this community rely heavily on schools to help broaden their children’s experiences and interests. Parents work long hours simply to make ends meet and rarely have time to help their children with schoolwork. Moreover, my students have challenges learning English compounding an already difficult and frustrating situation at home.

My Project

As you know, these are the crucial years of a child’s life when they are learning important literacy skills that will serve as the building blocks of their academic life. We need to offer options to our students to sustain their interest in reading. If schools lack books, a very basic need for all students, then how can our children improve and grow. How can they love reading? I would like to fill my library with high-interest books that would keep my students interested in reading. Donors Choose has always helped me tremendously in filling my library with high-interest books. As a result, most of my students (past and present) have unearthed a love for reading. Furthermore, it has strengthened their literacy skills. High-interest books pertaining to a child’s life and interests has proved to improve reading skills in my classroom.

First grade is a very crucial year to introduce children to the joys of reading and what better way than to capture their interest by offering them books they want to read while improving their literacy skills.

Donors Choose has always made it possible for me to fill my classroom library with an abundance of books. Please continue to support this cause knowing that you are making an impact on the lives of my current and future students.

Ms. Chu PS 2 Meyer London Grades PreK-2

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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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Toon Books Award Winners • AKJ Books $75.63 1 $75.63
Toon Books ALSC Graphic Novel Reading List Set • AKJ Books $75.63 1 $75.63
Wolfie the Bunny • Amazon $11.49 1 $11.49
Zig and Wikki in The Cow: TOON Level 3 • Amazon $10.96 1 $10.96
Zig and Wikki in Something Ate My Homework: TOON Level 3 • Amazon $10.90 1 $10.90
Stinky: TOON Level 2 • Amazon $10.71 1 $10.71
Flop to the Top!: TOON Level 3 • Amazon $10.16 1 $10.16
Benjamin Bear in Bright Ideas!: TOON Level 2 • Amazon $10.07 1 $10.07
Benjamin Bear in Bright Ideas!: TOON Level 2 • Amazon $10.07 1 $10.07
Otto's Backwards Day: TOON Level 3 • Amazon $9.77 1 $9.77
Maya Makes a Mess: TOON Level 2 • Amazon $9.77 1 $9.77
Patrick Eats His Peas and Other Stories: TOON Level 2 • Amazon $9.70 1 $9.70
LEGO Friends: a Puppy Tale (Comic Reader #1) • Amazon $3.99 2 $7.98
Here I Am! Said Smedley (Blue Bananas) • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Dilly and the Birthday Treat (Blue Bananas) • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Follow the Swallow (Blue Bananas) • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
LEGO Friends: The Birthday Surprise (Chapter Book #4) • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
LEGO Friends: Mystery in the Whispering Woods (Chapter Book #3) • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
LEGO Friends: Jungle Adventure (Chapter Book #6) • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
Benjamin Bear in Fuzzy Thinking: TOON Level 2 • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
Benny and Penny in the Big No-No!: TOON Level 2 • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
Mo and Jo Fighting Together Forever: TOON Level 3 • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
Too Much Ooze! (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) (Step into Reading) • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
LEGO Friends: Dolphin Rescue (Chapter Book #5) • Amazon $4.45 1 $4.45
LEGO Friends: Lights, Camera, Girl Power! (Chapter Book #2) (Lego Friends Chapter Books) • Amazon $4.28 1 $4.28
World of Reading: Hulk This is Hulk • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
DK Readers L2: LEGO Friends Perfect Pets • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
LEGO Friends: Andrea Takes the Stage (Comic Reader #2) • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
Lego Friends: Double Trouble (Comic Reader #3) • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
LEGO Ninjago: The Green Ninja (Reader #7) • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
DK Readers L1: LEGO® Pirates: Brickbeard's Treasure • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
Justice League Classic: Meet the Justice League (I Can Read Book 2) • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
Superman Classic: I Am Superman (I Can Read Book 2) • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
DK Readers L2: LEGO Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
DK Readers L1: The LEGO Movie: Calling All Master Builders! • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
DK Readers L1: LEGO® DC Super Heroes: Ready for Action! • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
Green Team! (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) (Step into Reading) • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
These are the X-Men Level 1 (World of Reading) • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
This is Iron Man Level 1 Reader (World of Reading) • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
This is Spider-Man Level 1 Reader (World of Reading) • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
These are The Avengers Level 1 Reader (World of Reading) • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
LEGO City: Follow That Easter Egg! • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
LEGO City: Cops, Crocs, and Crooks! • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
LEGO City: Mystery on the LEGO Express • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
LEGO City: Detective Chase McCain: Save That Cargo! • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
The Thirsty Moose, Grades K - 1: Level 2 (Lightning Readers) • Amazon $3.95 1 $3.95
Pizza Party! (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) (Step into Reading) • Amazon $3.39 1 $3.39
LEGO DC Superheroes: Save the Day (Comic Reader #1) • Amazon $3.25 1 $3.25
LEGO Ninjago Reader #3: The Golden Weapons • Amazon $3.25 1 $3.25
Super Friends: Flying High (DC Super Friends) (Step into Reading) • Amazon $2.55 1 $2.55

Materials cost

$420.66

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$456.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.64

Total project goal

$537.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $537.61

6 Donors

-$282.32

Donations toward project cost

-$244.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.85

match offer

-$250.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$212.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.29

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 $0.00

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