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Ms. Gonzalez from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ready To Read-The Books Are All We Need!

My students need level A books as well as sight word books. We also need read-along stories for our listening center to help with fluency and repetition.

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My Students

My students love looking through books and really enjoy learning. Our daily interactive literacy centers consist of the listening center, reading books, learning sight words, and learning letters.

I teach a 12:1:1 class, which is a class of 12 students, one teacher and one classroom teacher assistant.

My students have various disabilities such as Autism, Down Syndrome, Speech and Language impairment, and Intellectual disabilities. Some of these children are also ESL. They need to be engaged and have full interaction with all lessons throughout the entire day because of their sensory needs. They all love looking through books, which is an absolute pleasure to see. Our students are high poverty and do not have access to books in their homes. I have 6 empty bookshelves and it is so sad to see. I have a total of 3 bins of books that I brought from my home and some that I purchased.

My Project

My students enjoy looking at pictures and learning how to read. These early readers are learning sight words through interactive centers made by me, but they need to practice and see these words in actual books as text. The only access to leveled books are copies of books from ReadingAtoZ. They are not enjoying colorful illustrations or reviewing their words. While some students are learning their alphabet, others are working on sight words with index cards and other forms of text. These sight word books and early reader books will help these students understand independence and ownership as they are responsible for their own "book baggie" for their "just right" books. The read aloud books with CDs will help students have fun with reading especially with Dr. Seuss rhymes. I can already see their excitement. Please help these children continue their love for books by providing them with a bigger library.

These books will be a tremendous help to our students.

They will benefit from seeing various text and it will help their self-esteem when they realize they really can read! My students need constant repetition and engagement, these read along CDs will be beneficial. Help my students continue their love for reading!

Ms. Gonzalez P94M @ PS 281 Grades PreK-2

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sight Word Readers Set • Teachers' School Supply $95.95 1 $95.95
Little Level Readers Level A New • Teachers' School Supply $29.99 1 $29.99
Rainbow Fish Big Book • Teachers' School Supply $25.00 1 $25.00
Meet The Sight Words Level 1 Easy • Teachers' School Supply $14.95 1 $14.95
Carry Along Book & Cd The Cat In • Teachers' School Supply $9.95 1 $9.95
Carry Along Book & Cd Hop On Pop • Teachers' School Supply $9.95 1 $9.95
Carry Along Book & Cd Dr Seuss Abc • Teachers' School Supply $9.95 1 $9.95

Materials cost

$195.74

Vendor shipping charges

 $21.53

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$250.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.15

Total project goal

$294.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $294.36

5 Donors

-$294.36

Donations toward project cost

-$250.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.15

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