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Ms. Ahmeti from Paterson, NJ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Superstar Readers Theatre

My students need simple reading materials to practice decoding and comprehension skills. We need early readers and lively materials that can motivate struggling students.

  • $508 goal

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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 have nothing. Our school was flooded and destroyed by Irene. We have been depending entirely on donations to get the year started. Reading is their greatest struggle. I manipulate their love of movies and hip-hop to motivate them to try. It works.

My students are between 10-15 years of age, urban, special needs students with significant impairments.

The school is in a poor urban district in NJ. My students are housed in an office building which has no gym, no playground and no lunch room (they walk around the corner for lunch). They are generally shy, largely due to the fact that other students tease them for being in special education. However, in the classroom, they are superstars and workhorses in my class. Through drama, they are learning to read and build self-esteem.

My Project

While many struggle with even the most basic sight words, I have discovered that using music, dance and theater, has motivated even the most struggling student to want to try. When a fourteen year old child cannot tell you (reliably) whether "cat" rhymes with "hat," how can you teach that child? To make the grueling challenge of decoding exciting, we pretend to be stars on stage. I intend to use the reading theater books and early reading materials to act out stories and create songs with students, largely through puppet theater but also through my imaginary life-sized classroom stage.

My project is important because it works.

I have been using music and drama to teacher for the last two years (I use to teach only math and science). Using dramatic arts and music is a strong motivator. Even my lowest and most defiant students, want to participate in literacy when the Hip-hop-apotamus v the Rhyme-nocerous during our class "poetry [phonics] slams." I have never seen anything work better than music and dramatic arts, to motivate non-reading, 13-year olds, to try.

Ms. Ahmeti Dr Frank Napier Junior School of Tech, 7-8 Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

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.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

15 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
CLUES TO COMPREHENSION GR. 3-4----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $24.95 1 $24.95
READERS THEATER GR.1----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $21.21 1 $21.21
READERS THEATER GR.2----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $21.21 1 $21.21
READERS THEATER GR.3----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $21.21 1 $21.21
READERS THEATER GR.4----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $21.21 1 $21.21
READERS THEATER GR.5----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $21.21 1 $21.21
WORD FAMILIES AND RHYMING CENTER POCKET CHART----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $34.99 1 $34.99
TABLE TOP POCKET CHART SETS BEGINNING BLENDS----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $20.99 1 $20.99
READING RODS SIGHT WORDS KIT GR. 1+----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $56.99 1 $56.99
READ AND RHYME GAME AGES 4 and UP SHORT VOWELS----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $9.99 1 $9.99
LEARNING TO READ GAME AGES 4 and UP WORDS WITH BLENDS----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $12.47 1 $12.47
Center Stage Tabletop Puppet Theater----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $29.99 1 $29.99
OLD MACDONALD BY MONKEY MITT----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $8.00 1 $8.00
LEARN TO READ HOLIDAY SERIES VARIETY PACK 12 BOOKS Grades 1-3----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $41.88 1 $41.88
REMNANT YARN 1/2 LB.----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $5.72 1 $5.72

Materials cost

$352.02

Vendor shipping charges

 $38.72

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.28

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$431.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.06

Total project goal

$507.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $507.08

2 Donors

-$505.12

Donations toward project cost

-$431.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.10

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.96

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