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Ms. Plachy-Feinstein from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Their Stories to Write Our Own

Help me give my students memoirs to learn about how people build successful lives and overcome adversity.

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

My students come from high poverty yet rapidly gentrifying neighborhood in Brooklyn. Our community was hit heavily by COVID-19 and we are now dealing with the reality of a shrinking budget for the upcoming school year. Despite the challenges, my rising eighth graders are creative and independent thinkers. This past year, they wrestled with ideas about how authors convey compelling stories in reading novels like Monster and The Crossover, and they developed their own personal narratives using various tech tools.

My students have been dealing with the uncertainty of what school will look like in the fall.

I am excited to teach many of the same students again this year, and want to provide them access to new genres of texts. My goal is to provide as consistent of an educational experience as possible, regardless of whether we're in the building or remote.

My Project

My school serves students in pre-kindergarten to eighth grade. Since they are part of our community for so long, they often struggle with the transition to high school. In the last school year, my 8th graders read the memoir A Mighty Long Way by Carlotta Walls LaNier. This year, I plan to expand on that unit by starting with a whole class memoir then breaking into book clubs with a variety of memoirs.

Students will read a memoir of their choice, discussing the book in small groups.

While they read, they will look at the techniques authors use to develop their own stories. They will also study how authors overcome adversity and build successful careers. At the end of the unit, students will develop a plan for success in the future using the lessons they have learned in their memoirs.

Ms. Plachy-Feinstein PS/IS 384 Frances E Carter Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Color of Water 10th Anniversary Edition • AKJ Education $11.68 8 $93.44
March: Book One • AKJ Education $10.91 8 $87.28
Knucklehead Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing up Scieszka • AKJ Education $9.48 8 $75.84
It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers) • Amazon Business $8.99 8 $71.92
Brown Girl Dreaming • AKJ Education $8.02 8 $64.16
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom • AKJ Education $7.29 8 $58.32
Warriors Don't Cry • AKJ Education $5.83 8 $46.64
This Book Is Anti-Racist • AKJ Education $10.94 3 $32.82

Materials cost

$530.42

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$574.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$101.36

Total project goal

$675.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $675.74

3 Donors

-$675.74

Donations toward project cost

-$574.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$101.36

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