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Mrs. Giles from Baltimore, MD is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Ready First Graders

My students need a variety of ways to access interesting text that is on grade level which include 27 magazine subscriptions and 12 various audio books.

  • $325 goal

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My Students

Each student has a unique way of approaching and engaging in text. In order to support each student there needs to be various texts available to them. By supplying different texts and audio books to these fantastic first grade students, they will have a higher chance of being successful readers.

My students come from a low-income community in Baltimore City.

These students are thrilled about reading and working with words as we do every morning during reading workshop. Our school community is working hard to engage students in rigorous work that matches or exceeds the work in their more affluent neighboring classrooms. Each student has a different interest and are always talking about what they want to be when they grow up. Everything from teacher to race car driver, these students understand the importance of a good education and are excited to learn.

My Project

The magazine subscription and audio books will help to make our reading workshop even more comprehensive. Currently, our listening center is supplied with musical Cd's that is way below these first graders' comprehension and reading level. They are looking for more rigorous work to keep their brains growing. Also, we are constantly discussing articles and nonfiction informational sources but have no magazines available to us. It is difficult to speak of something and learn from it without copies in your hand. The magazine subscription will help students to solidify their understanding of a magazine and it's importance in the world of informational text.

This first grade project is important because it will help to diversify our classroom library and the resources available to us during reading workshop and beyond.

It will help to engage students that are looking for new ways to gain information.

Mrs. Giles George Washington Elementary School 22 Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Mrs. Giles

Baltimore, MD View local requests

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
D. Scholastic News , Grade 1 (min. 10 subscriptions per order) • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $4.35 27 $117.45
Frog&Toad Together (Audio) • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Horton Hears a Who and Other Sounds of Dr. Seuss • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Amelia Bedelia (Audio) • AKJ Books $10.94 1 $10.94
Pocket for Corduroy Book and CD • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Curious George • AKJ Books $8.02 1 $8.02
Curious George Flies a Kite • AKJ Books $8.02 1 $8.02
Tigress • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Lilly''s Big Day and Other Stories: 9 Stories Kevin Henkes, P • AKJ Books $10.91 1 $10.91
Mouse Soup [I Can Read Series, Level 2] Arnold Lobel, Arnold • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Surprising Sharks • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
One Tiny Turtle with Audio, Peggable: Read, Listen & Wonder • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Gentle Giant Octopus • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56

Materials cost

$218.04

Vendor shipping charges

$11.74

Sales tax

$13.08

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.27

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$276.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.73

Total project goal

$324.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$324.86

4 Donors

-$322.21

Donations toward project cost

-$276.13

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.08

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.65

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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