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Ms. Simuel from Dallas, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books Are Better Than Movies!

Help me give my students an opportunity to do a book study in order to compare the differences between the book and the movie.

  • 2 donors
  • $224 goal

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$263 - complete this project and be a hero
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Ms. Simuel has another project! Donate to Learning the Alphabet With Puppets! to help her classroom.

$263 - complete this project and be a hero

My Project

These books will help my students see that books are better than movies!

My students currently have a love for screens!

They love tv screens, video screens, and cell phone screens. Once we finish reading the book and completing a book study we will watch the movie together. I am hoping that this process will enable my students to see that books are better than movies.

Once my students realize that books can be better than movies they will possibly have a desire to read more books independently. Reading more books will expand their vocabulary and turn on their creative imaginations.

Please help my students see that books are better than movies!

Ms. Simuel Umphrey Lee Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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Dallas, TX View local requests

Nearly all 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

42 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Matilda - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 24 $157.44

Materials cost

$157.44

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$189.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.49

Total project goal

$223.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$223.29

1 Donor

-$99.90

Donations toward project cost

-$94.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.00

match offer

-$111.65

Match offer toward project cost

-$94.90

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.75

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$0.00

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