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Ms. Pongratz from Rego Park, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading and Writing Books!

Help me give my students books to help them grow as readers. Thank You!

  • $246 goal

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My Project

The school year is going by so fast. My students reading levels are increasing as well. In my class students have the opportunity to borrow books from the library and take them home to read with their families. We also read independently in class.

These books will allow my students to have an array of book choices!

Having an array of choices will help build a love of reading. Independent reading leads to an increased volume of reading. The more one reads the better one reads. The more one reads, the more knowledge of words and language one acquires. The more one reads the more fluent one becomes as a reader.

Ms. Pongratz PS 175 Lynn Gross Discovery Grades PreK-2

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Rego Park, NY View local requests

More than 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

25 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Guided Science Readers Super Set: Animals: A BIG Collection of High-Interest Leveled Books for Guided Reading Groups • Amazon Business $92.99 1 $92.99
Hygloss Paperback Blank Story Books for Children - Write & Illustrate Stories - Great Activity for Classroom, Home & More - 6 Vibrant Colors - 5.5" x 8.5", Pack of 24, Assorted Colors, (77224) • Amazon Business $30.64 1 $30.64
Little Leveled Readers: Level C Box Set: Just the Right Level to Help Young Readers Soar! • Amazon Business $27.49 1 $27.49
Sun, Water, and Soil - Teaching Kids How Plants Grow - Children's Biology Books • Amazon Business $9.43 1 $9.43
My First Book of Trees: Learn All About Trees (For Toddlers and Kids ages 3-5 years) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Explore My World A Tree Grows Up • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Twister on Tuesday (Magic Tree House, No. 23) • Amazon Business $2.89 1 $2.89

Materials cost

$176.42

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$209.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.89

Total project goal

$245.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $245.96

5 Donors

-$237.14

Donations toward project cost

-$209.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.07

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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 $0.00

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