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Mrs. Pellicci from Bayside, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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TIME to Help Us Grow as Readers!

My students need 47 subscriptions to Time for Kids magazine to improve literacy skills.

  • $311 goal

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My Students

What better way to welcome someone to America than by extending a helping hand!

Can you imagine trying to read a 7th grade text when you are reading on a first grade level?

That is what my students are trying to do every day. All of my students are newcomers (in the U.S.A less than a year), or beginners (speaking English at a beginning level. Our school resides in the beautiful town of Bayside, where we have a large Chinese population and a growing Hispanic population. In my ESL class we consider ourselves a "family". My students feel they can come to me with any problem they may encounter. I consider my ESL classroom a safe place for learning and growing.

My Project

When their reading levels were tested, most of my students were functioning at a K-2 reading level. However, they are expected to make sense of 7th grade texts day in and day out. Studies show that the only way to improve your reading level is to actually read texts that are on, or slightly above, your level! They only way to help my students close the gap wit their peers is to find interesting texts that they can actually make sense of. With the addition of Time for Kids in our classroom, our students will not only have exposure to text that they can actually understand, they will have a great source of non fiction, real life news! They will be growing as readers and as citizens. In addition to increasing their literacy skills, these magazines will also help my students explore American culture! It is so hard to be new to this country and my students long to fit in.

This project will not only help to close the achievement gap between ESL students and American students; it will help these kids adapt to a new life in a new country!

By donating to this project you are helping to create well rounded citizens who and appreciate this wonderful country.

Mrs. Pellicci Middle School 158 Marie Curie Grades 6-8

More about Mrs. Pellicci

Bayside, NY View local requests

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

47 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
TIME For Kids - Grade 2 - 28 issues / Minimum of 10 subscriptions • Time for Kids $4.91 47 $230.77

Materials cost

$230.77

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$264.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$46.63

Total project goal

$310.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $310.86

7 Donors

-$292.04

Donations toward project cost

-$255.73

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.31

match offer

-$10.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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