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Ms. Sunderlin from Nashville, TN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Read, Baby Read!

My students need high interest, low readability books to help them improve their ever growing reading scores!

  • $557 goal

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

Every morning my students come in, shake my hand and beg me to recommend them a book. This is the joy I see my students have in reading every day.

The students in our building are nothing short of amazing.

They choose to come to our charter school and advocate for a better education. Our students enter our school anywhere from 2-5 years behind in reading, but by the time they are in 8th grade they are on average reading at a 9.5 grade level by winter break. Our students have learned the joy of reading through the remarkable and dedicated teachers they have been with every year. We not only instill the necessity of reading but the pure love when we learn a lesson, or when characters inspire us. Students have extended days where they get 4.5 hours of reading instruction a day to make up for the differences between themselves and their peers across the river. They work harder and with more dedication than any students I have encountered before.

My Project

When they come into the 7th grade, scholars who have been here have grown more than 4 years on reading. But those who came in more behind, or struggle to love reading need extra support. The books on this list will help those students who need the extra push. These books are high interest but low readability, with the hopes of sucking them into the reading culture. I have selected books for our students with the lowest reading level in the grade, with the idea to get them started off in the new year with some new books.

Your donation will help the lowest readers discover their own passion for reading.

They will be able to say, my favorite book is... and recommend it to others. Our students will gain the love of reading which will serve them for the rest of their lives.

Ms. Sunderlin Liberty Collegiate Academy Grades 6-8

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Nashville, TN 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

100 students impacted 14donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
High Interest, Low Readability - Adventure (7 bk set) • AKJ Books $40.11 1 $40.11
High Interest, Low Readability - Sports (6 bk set) • AKJ Books $30.71 1 $30.71
Coretta Scott King Award and Honor Winners (5 bk set) • AKJ Books $25.97 1 $25.97
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter #2) J. • AKJ Books $18.24 1 $18.24
Zen Shorts • AKJ Books $16.25 1 $16.25
Word after Word after Word Patricia MacLachlan • AKJ Books $11.04 1 $11.04
Flight of the Phoenix (Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist Series) • AKJ Books $10.40 1 $10.40
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) • AKJ Books $8.44 1 $8.44
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) • AKJ Books $8.44 1 $8.44
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban • AKJ Books $7.14 1 $7.14
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer''s Stone • AKJ Books $7.14 1 $7.14
Princess in the Spotlight • AKJ Books $6.49 1 $6.49
Princess in Love • AKJ Books $6.49 1 $6.49
Princess in Waiting • AKJ Books $6.49 1 $6.49
The Princess Diaries • AKJ Books $6.49 1 $6.49
Culture Clash • AKJ Books $6.47 1 $6.47
Unite or Die • AKJ Books $5.80 1 $5.80
Giraffe and the Pelly and Me Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illu • AKJ Books $5.19 1 $5.19
Fearst Stepsister • AKJ Books $5.19 1 $5.19
Jade Green • AKJ Books $5.19 1 $5.19
James and the Giant Peach • AKJ Books $5.19 1 $5.19
George''s Marvelous Medicine • AKJ Books $5.19 1 $5.19
All about Sam Lois Lowry, Diane de Groat (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
J. T. Jane Wagner, Gordon Parks (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Black-Eyed Susan Jennifer Armstrong, Emily Martindale (Illus • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Anastasia Again • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
The Battle for the Castle • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Who Stole the Wizard of Oz? Michael Avi-Yonah, Derek James ( • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Anastasia Krupnik • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Rooftop • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
The Secret School • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Anastasia at Your Service • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Farmer Boy • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Fearst First Date • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Fearst Best Friend • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Fearst Secret Admirer • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Fearst Confession • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Summer of Secrets - Bluford High 10 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Payback - Bluford High 6 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
The Boy Next Door • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
The Bully - Bluford High 5 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
A Matter of Trust - Bluford High 2 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Until We Meet Again - Bluford High 7 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Survival (Island, Book 2) • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Football Double Threat (Matt Christopher Series) Matt Christ • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Shipwreck (Island, Book 1) • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Just Juice • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Lost and Found - Bluford High 1 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Fearst Perfect Date • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Someone to Love Me - Bluford High 4 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Anastasia On Her Own • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Skinnybones • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Secrets in the Shadows - Bluford High 3 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Fearst All-night Party • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
The Best School Year Ever • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Blood is Thicker - Bluford High 8 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Joyful Noise : Poems for Two Voices • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Escape (Island, Book 3) • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Stone Fox 30th Anniversary Edition • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Boot Camp Eric Walters, Jerome Williams, Johnnie Williams • AKJ Books $3.87 1 $3.87
Brothers in Arms - Bluford Series #9 (Townsend) • AKJ Books $3.25 1 $3.25
Our Strange New Land • AKJ Books $3.24 1 $3.24
Freedom''s Wings • AKJ Books $3.24 1 $3.24
Flying Free • AKJ Books $3.24 1 $3.24
DK Readers: Danger on the Mountain: Scaling the World''s High • AKJ Books $2.59 1 $2.59

Materials cost

$436.47

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$473.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.47

Total project goal

$556.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $556.49

10 Donors

-$232.60

Donations toward project cost

-$198.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.34

Matching donations from our partners

-$323.25

Match offers toward project cost

-$274.76

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.49

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.65

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