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The Gift of (Informational) Reading

My students need access to rigorous informational texts that correspond to their study of American literature.

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My Students

Challenges Needed! The Common Core State Standards have come to my classroom, but the materials needed to adequately teach them are missing. While our current literature books have a few selections, it is not enough, and I desperately need to supplement it.

My students like a challenge, but relying only on our textbook does not meet their needs.

A few selections from Walden is not effective as an entire chapter (which this material gives us.) How do you really grasp "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" with just a bit of the beginning and the end? Not only does this text include these titles, but it also gives the students a guide on how to read challenging texts (in the margins.) I am determined to get them prepared for the rigor of college, and this would help me towards that goal.

My Project

Imagine this...Unit 6, World War II. We read the literature about the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the use of the first atomic bomb on Japan. Then we reach for this book and read the Popular Science Monthly article entitled "Annihilation Bomb - Friend or Foe?". Can you hear the discussions this will generate in the classroom? Can you imagine the interest level the kids will display? These are the kind of supplementary materials that is sorely missing in the high school classroom today.

I always tell the kids that the most rewarding things in life are those moments that you work hard for, the ones that test your resolve.

Reading is the same way. I know that they will be frustrated at first with the readings, even with the guided activity in the margins. But I am confident that they will persevere. In the end, those college texts will be more accessible to them - a great gift in the making.

Ms. S. John F Kennedy High School Grades 9-12

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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.

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Granada Hills, CA 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

35 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Reading Informational Texts Book III Set of 30 and teacher's edition • Prestwick House Inc. $349.99 1 $349.99
Reading Informational Texts Book III • Prestwick House Inc. $12.95 5 $64.75
I Just Don''t Like the Sound of No! • AKJ Books $17.96 1 $17.96
Teamwork Isn''t My Thing, and I Don''t Like to Share! Activity Guide for Teachers • AKJ Books $17.96 1 $17.96
Tease Monster : (a Book about Teasing vs. Bullying) • AKJ Books $9.86 1 $9.86
Thanks for the Feedback(I Think) • AKJ Books $9.86 1 $9.86
Peer Pressure Gauge • AKJ Books $9.86 1 $9.86
I Just Want to Do It My Way!: My Story About Staying on Task and Asking for Help • AKJ Books $9.86 1 $9.86
Teamwork Isn''t My Thing, and I Don''t Like to Share! • AKJ Books $9.86 1 $9.86
I Just Don''t Like the Sound of No! My Story About Accepting No for an Answer • AKJ Books $9.86 1 $9.86
Bully B.E.A.N.S. • AKJ Books $8.96 1 $8.96
Bully B.E.A.N.S Activity and Idea Book • AKJ Books $8.96 1 $8.96
A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue • AKJ Books $8.96 1 $8.96
It''s Hard to Be a Verb! • AKJ Books $8.96 1 $8.96
It''s Hard to Be a Verb! Activity and Idea Book • AKJ Books $8.96 1 $8.96
My Mouth Is a Volcano • AKJ Books $8.96 1 $8.96
Ricky Sticky Fingers • AKJ Books $8.96 1 $8.96

Materials cost

$572.54

Vendor shipping charges

 $41.48

Sales tax

 $56.18

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$708.79

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$125.08

Total project goal

$833.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $833.87

1 Donor

-$833.87

Donations toward project cost

-$708.79

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$125.08

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