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Ms. Morello from Middletown, CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Literacy and Movement: A Perfect Combination!

My students need a collection of books to combine literacy and movement!

  • $249 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

New England winters can get very cold and snowy resulting in a lot of "indoor recess." We need books that combine movement and literacy so that we can READ and MOVE indoors during the winter months!

Over 80% of our students come from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Many of these children don't have access to the selection of reading materials that children from more affluent families take for granted. Our children have a great hunger for knowledge, but often lack the materials to fulfill this appetite.

My Project

We are requesting a collection of books that are read aloud AND allow for movement. For example... the book "From Head to Toe," by Eric Carle, is a book that has pictures of beloved animals doing movements with parts of their bodies. When children are invited to join in with moving the corresponding parts of their bodies, the book suddenly comes alive! Read aloud time becomes an opportunity to move in a fun way! Each of the books on the list was specially selected for its way of allowing teachers to introduce movement into read aloud time.

Demographics should not equal destiny.

Although my students may come from disadvantaged backgrounds and don't always have access to the latest resources, they have a desire to reach for the stars. Having a book collection like this could make a real difference.

Ms. Morello MacDonough Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

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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Middletown, CT 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

25 students impacted 13donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Who Ate All the Cookie Dough? Karen Beaumont, Eugene Yelchin • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
From Head to Toe • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Barn Dance! Bill Martin Jr., John Archambault, Ted Rand (Ill • AKJ Books $13.10 1 $13.10
Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Down by the Cool of the Pool • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Giraffes Can''t Dance Giles Andreae, Guy Parker-Rees (Illustr • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Dancing Feet! • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Jazz Baby • AKJ Books $11.68 1 $11.68
Sometimes I Like to Curl Up Into a Ball • AKJ Books $10.91 1 $10.91
Clap Your Hands • AKJ Books $9.89 1 $9.89
Can You Make a Scary Face? • AKJ Books $9.48 1 $9.48
I Ain''t Gonna Paint No More! • AKJ Books $8.75 1 $8.75
It''s Raining, It''s Pouring • AKJ Books $5.80 1 $5.80
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Farmyard Beat • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Jingle-Jingle • AKJ Books $5.07 1 $5.07
Can You Cuddle Like a Koala? • AKJ Books $5.07 1 $5.07

Materials cost

$178.21

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$210.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.21

Total project goal

$248.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $248.09

7 Donors

-$245.00

Donations toward project cost

-$210.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.65

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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