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Mrs. Smith from Nashville, TN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Diverse Library for Diverse Learners

Help me give my students books with diverse characters that look like them and will help them to develop social and emotional skills to tackle life's challenges.

  • $435 goal

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My Students

My students are an energetic and curious bunch of kiddos! They come to school every day with smiles on their faces, eager to learn, despite some of the tough situations they come from. They are thrilled to learn and grow, every day, no matter what challenges they face in their home lives!

Our classroom is a community where the students can feel included, safe, and successful!

Access to hands-on learning materials and books is necessary for their success and engagement in their learning. They are so appreciative of the opportunities that they have to grow as a community of learners together in our classroom!

My Project

My students come from low-income areas with very diverse backgrounds, most of which include minimal exposure to educational activities before arriving in our classroom. Due to different circumstances, their families are unable to provide the manipulatives, literature, or other extra materials that are necessary for cultivating a love of learning.

My students come from all different backgrounds and need books that reflect them physically and culturally within our classroom.

These diverse books (both fiction and non-fiction) will help catch the eye of the children in my classroom and increase their love of reading. With the help of these books, my scholars will learn to feel accepted and inspired to be who they are in their own skin. These books will teach scholars about others like them when they read texts about Rosa Parks or Wilma Rudolph in our biography unit; they will learn positive affirmations and social interactions with others who are different from themselves with the use of these inclusive books during our character education blocks and daily library time. My first grade friends love learning and most especially reading! I want to choose books that will make them feel included and accepted as well as help them develop social and emotional skills to support character development and relationship building.

Mrs. Smith East End Preparatory School Grades PreK-2

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Nashville, TN View local requests

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
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Four Feet, Two Sandals • Amazon Business $18.00 1 $18.00
Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles: The First Day of School: Banicia's Book Cover • Amazon Business $15.00 1 $15.00
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist • Amazon Business $14.17 1 $14.17
The Bad Seed • Amazon Business $13.66 1 $13.66
Fix Your Dragon’s Attitude: Help Your Dragon To Adjust His Attitude. A Cute Children Story To Teach Kids About Bad Attitude, Negative Behaviors, and Attitude Adjustment. (My Dragon Books) • Amazon Business $12.98 1 $12.98
Train Your Dragon To Accept NO: Teach Your Dragon To Accept ‘No’ For An Answer. A Cute Children Story To Teach Kids About Disagreement, Emotions and Anger Management (My Dragon Books) • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut (Denene Millner Books) • Amazon Business $12.01 1 $12.01
I'm Mixed! • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
The Journey • Amazon Business $11.61 1 $11.61
Mary Had a Little Glam • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
Curlilocks and the Big Bad Hairbrush • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Curlilocks and the Three Pink Pandas • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
The Good Egg • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Tease Monster: A Book About Teasing Vs. Bullying (Building Relationships) • Amazon Business $10.45 1 $10.45
Look What Brown Can Do! • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
I AM... Positive Affirmations for Brown Girls • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Seraphina Does Everything • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Chocolate Milk, Por Favor: Celebrating Diversity with Empathy • Amazon Business $9.51 1 $9.51
Jilly's Terrible Temper Tantrums: And How She Outgrew Them • Amazon Business $9.33 1 $9.33
Skin Like Mine (Kids Like Mine) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Bubble Gum Brain • Amazon Business $7.80 1 $7.80
I Love My Hair! • Amazon Business $7.75 1 $7.75
Wilma Rudolph (On My Own Biography) • Amazon Business $7.64 1 $7.64
Happy in Our Skin • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
The Sandwich Swap • Amazon Business $7.58 1 $7.58
Rosa's Bus: The Ride to Civil Rights • Amazon Business $7.41 1 $7.41
The Princess and the Pea • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Sleepover Scientist #3 (Jada Jones) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 1: The Quest for Screen Time • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Rock Star #1 (Jada Jones) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Class Act #2 (Jada Jones) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 2: The Ladek Invasion (Volume 2) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 3: Muffin Wars (Volume 3) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Dancing Queen #4 (Jada Jones) • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Personal Space Camp • Amazon Business $5.08 1 $5.08

Materials cost

$334.72

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.02

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$369.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.25

Total project goal

$434.99

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $434.99

7 Donors

-$208.87

Donations toward project cost

-$188.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.25

match offer

-$213.08

Match offer toward project cost

-$181.12

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.96

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.04

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