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Mrs. Agostino from Danville, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books as Windows and Mirrors

Help me give my students books from a variety of voices so that all students can see themselves in the characters.

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My Students

In our high performing community, our students "do school," and care greatly about getting good grades, but often miss out on meaningful learning in the process. More specifically, many of them have lost their love of reading. They view reading as a boring chore, one that they do begrudgingly, or even worse, don't do at all.

My students crave choice and independence in their learning.

I believe they need more choice in what they read and study, to entice them to be lifelong readers and learners. Also, as in any classroom, I have a huge range of reading abilities. By giving them a choice, I can better differentiate instruction and use reading conferences to make sure each student has a book that works for him or her.

My Project

In these unique and trying times, everyone has had to adapt to our new normal. As an English teacher, getting my students to read is one of my most important roles, and I refuse to let this go, even though it will be much harder to get books to students this year.

The books from this project will all be added to my classroom library for students to browse remotely, and then pick up at school on designated days.

They will be able to see the titles of everything I have, fill out a form telling me what they want to read, and then I will be able to pull and label books for them to pickup.

I really believe these titles are essential additions to my library because they represent a variety of voices and identities so that all students can find characters they identify with. Additionally, students can read stories about characters or by authors with different identities than their own, thus building understanding and empathy.

Mrs. Agostino San Ramon Valley High School Grades 9-12

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Danville, CA View local requests 165 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Little Family: A Novel • Amazon Business $20.11 1 $20.11
They Called Us Enemy • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
March: Book Three • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
The Black Flamingo • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Today Tonight Tomorrow • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
All the Things We Never Knew • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Felix Ever After • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
All the Stars Denied • Amazon Business $16.12 1 $16.12
We Are Not from Here • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Maybe He Just Likes You • Amazon Business $15.79 1 $15.79
Calling My Name • Amazon Business $14.98 1 $14.98
When You Were Everything • Amazon Business $14.98 1 $14.98
Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
A Song Below Water: A Novel • Amazon Business $14.87 1 $14.87
You Should See Me in a Crown • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Girls Like Us • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Black Brother, Black Brother • Amazon Business $13.83 1 $13.83
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
Love from A to Z • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
March: Book One • Amazon Business $13.45 1 $13.45
The Book of Unknown Americans • Amazon Business $13.00 1 $13.00
Light It Up • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Not So Pure and Simple • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
Clean Getaway • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Let Me Hear a Rhyme • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Monster: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $10.86 1 $10.86
The Boy in the Black Suit • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
March: Book Two • Amazon Business $10.77 1 $10.77
Homegoing • Amazon Business $10.38 1 $10.38
The Beauty That Remains • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Patron Saints of Nothing • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Hearts Unbroken • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
Mexican WhiteBoy • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
For Every One • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Ghost Boys • Amazon Business $6.81 1 $6.81
Piecing Me Together • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $5.48 1 $5.48
All American Boys • Amazon Business $5.07 1 $5.07

Materials cost

$546.82

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $50.03

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$635.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$112.07

Total project goal

$747.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $747.12

3 Donors

-$496.91

Donations toward project cost

-$423.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.04

match offer

-$248.45

Match offer toward project cost

-$211.18

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.27

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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