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Ms. Mak from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading for Pleasure in 5th grade

The cost of 30 copies of Holes by Louis Sachar for this proposal is $266, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

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Dear Prospective Donors, Last year, I borrowed the book Holes, by Louis Sachar, from a colleague at a neighboring school. He taught me about core-lit books and how they can teach kids comprehension, vocabulary, as well as the joys of reading a whole story. I took my colleague's advice, and read chapter books with my students. The particular book that I remember is Holes. The characters were explained from the beginning of the book, and the students had the opportunity to grow, and see how the characters Stanley and Zero developed a friendship. They were able to take the book home, or read along with me. At the end of the 3 weeks I read the last page, and as I closed the book, the students were clapping at the wonderful ending. Since then, I have had great success with other books, such as Tuck Everlasting, Harry Potter, Esperanza Rising. I can see that they can relate to these characters and develop an interest in them. It means a lot to me that they enjoy books other than Captain Underpants. It makes a difference when they're telling their friends or siblings about a cool book they read. Open Court books only take small excerpts from different stories to match the theme that the class is studying. Many times, the basal books don't project how wonderful a story is, and due to lack of knowledge about the characters and the lack of an ending to the story the students read, they don't pay attention, and they're bored with reading. Many children culminate from the 5th grade without having read a chapter book. I would like to request the money to buy a class set of the book Holes for my school. A class set would be 30 books. I would cover them with plastic so that other students can also enjoy them for many years to come. Thank you so much for you time and for caring about these kids!

Ms. Mak Ann Street Elementary School Grades 3-5

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At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

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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
Holes Louis Sachar • Barnes and Noble $5.85 30 $175.50

Materials cost

$175.50

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$215.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$47.25

Total project goal

$262.50

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$262.50

2 Donors

-$250.42

Donations toward project cost

-$215.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.88

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.43

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$0.00

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