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Mr. Christiansen from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Vocabulary Books for Amazing Kids!

My students need 120 individual vocabulary books to build up their reading and word skills.

  • $1,590 goal

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My Students

My kids are smart, but many lack the exposure to vocabulary that they need to understand and express ideas at the same level as their peers. Most of my students are reading 3-4 years below grade level and need to have specific interventions to build their skills.

I teach 90 students in three 8th grade classes in what is considered an 'economically-disadvantaged' middle school.

I have been trying to get individual vocabulary books in front of my kids for years, every year in fact. I see what ownership my students have for things that are given to them so I know these vocabulary books will be a great resource. Extra money is not something that my students and their parents/guardians regularly have, if ever. I cannot "require" my students to purchase "extra" books and materials and my school does not have the money to purchase them, even if I know this will have an incredible impact on my students' learning.

My Project

With individual vocabulary books from Wordly Wise 3000, my students will have regular exposure to new words and skills that they can practice at their own level. These books are paired with free online resources so kids can play games, practice and self-test their own vocabulary to reinforce their skills. We will have time every week where they can focus on vocabulary learning and these books will go home with students for practice and study. My students have had such pride and ownership of the books that they are given and the results are incredible. Vocabulary has always been important, but with the new Common Core tests, it has even more emphasis than ever. Too many times, I have seen smart kids get questions wrong simply because they did not know the vocabulary of the question.

Kids have fun with words and they love to study them - these Wordly Wise books are a fantastic system that is well-designed and at the right level for my students to learn.

And as big a difference that I am sure they will make, my students will simply never get these books without your help.

Mr. Christiansen MS 88 Peter Rouget 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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Brooklyn, 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wordly Wise 3000 Book 7: Systematic Academic Vocalulary Development • Amazon Business $11.16 60 $669.60
Wordly Wise 3000 Book 5: Systematic Academic Vocabulary Development • Amazon Business $11.15 30 $334.50
Wordly Wise 3000 Book 6: Systematic Academic Vocabulary Development • Amazon Business $9.92 30 $297.60

Materials cost

$1,301.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$19.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,351.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$238.45

Total project goal

$1,589.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,589.68

8 Donors

-$782.28

Donations toward project cost

-$675.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$106.66

match offer

-$794.84

Match offer toward project cost

-$675.61

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$119.23

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.57

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 $0.00

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