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Mrs. Cahill from Pueblo, CO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Successful Sixth Grade with Legit Literature Learning

My students need a class set of the novels, The Crossover and A Long Walk to Water, so we can grow together, as a strong community of readers.

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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

I started teaching at a new grade level and school, and I walked into this new experience with one overlaying goal: Let my students read. My students didn't even understand the concept of "time to read" in school. We have already challenged that mindset, and will keep challenging it all year long.

My students and I have committed to always having a time each day where we can just read.

This is my students' favorite part of the day, but the idea of reading time shouldn't be a novelty to them. Many of these sixth graders haven't been given the time, at home or at school, to just read. It shows, but not in all the ways you would think. Yes, we still have growth to make. Our goals for the year will focus a lot on critical thinking, analyzing the text, and constantly looking and citing textual evidence. But more than anything they're ecstatic about the time they are being given to read. Because they have never had experiences like this, they think that time to read is such a gift and such a cherished time. They are already making tremendous growth as readers and as a community simply because of this time. Time to read shouldn't be a novelty for these kids, but it is, and we intend to work hard to change this idea, in our classroom, and in our school.

My Project

My students are already making tremendous growth, and now it's time to push our thinking as readers even more...with books that are written in verse and books that are non-fiction. These books will be used to teach every single Common Core reading informational, reading literature, and writing standard in an engaging and challenging format. These students will be reading, sharing, critically thinking, and pushing themselves as readers. My students who aren't exposed to as much sixth and seventh grade vocabulary and literature will have these exact components at their very fingertips. By having our whole class with the same set of books, they will be given the exact support they need. On that same note, these books will challenge my true readers to share their thinking, teach others, and enrich their vocabulary. By participating in class novel studies, all my students will be exposed to the same literature, yet still allow them to challenge themselves as individual readers.

All students will learn to be in a community of readers that truly think about and just love reading.

My students have rarely all been exposed to the same piece of literature because of our current school set-up. Being exposed to the same great literature is such a vital piece for us to create a whole community of lifelong readers, and these books are just the ticket for building that beautiful reading community.

Mrs. Cahill Highland Park Elementary School Grades 6-8

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Pueblo, CO 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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Crossover • Amazon Business $10.86 22 $238.92
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story • Amazon Business $4.22 24 $101.28

Materials cost

$340.20

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $21.77

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$397.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.07

Total project goal

$467.14

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $467.14

6 Donors

-$312.73

Donations toward project cost

-$269.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.16

match offer

-$150.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$127.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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