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Mrs. Ven from Ridgewood, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books! Books! Books!

Help me give my students the opportunity to listen and see a live read aloud with a physical book in their teacher’s hand.

  • $383 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

Currently I am working as an ESL teacher servicing Kindergarten and 1st graders . I am teaching English Language Learners reading and writing remotely to 60 of the sweetest and eager students.

Our students come from low income family homes.

Many families have been affected by the current corona virus pandemic. Families have experienced hardship such as family loss, income loss, stress from remote learning.

Families are working hard to log in daily on to Google Classroom and complete their work. Many students don't have access to physical books because they are all remote.

Many families struggle with remote learning because it is not the actual one to one experience. Our teaching has been greatly modified due to our pandemic situation.

As amazing as GOOGLE CLASSROOM is with visual support and videos, it is not the same case for everyone. All students have their unique way of learning and require different support.

My Project

These books would be such a wonderful gift to my students. Books are such a rich and unique way of helping children grow love for books. When we were in a physical classroom, we would be able to pick our books from our library ranging on levels A- Z and physically see the book. Due to current pandemic, children have been placed in front of screens and made to read digital books. These materials would give students the sense and exciting of seeing the teacher actually holding a real book, rather than screen sharing a digital book. There is nothing like sitting in your chair and listening to a good read aloud. These materials would also help create small guided reading groups.

We need BOOKS to support all our learners based on their reading levels and expose them to literature.

Being that I am remotely teaching, I don't have access to guided reading materials.

I would love to have all my tools and resources to support all my ESL learners where they need this visual support. I would be able to show them the actual book and allow them to continue growing their love for physical books during this technology driven education.

Mrs. Ven Learners & Leaders Grades PreK-2

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.

More about Mrs. Ven

Ridgewood, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

60 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Elephant & Piggie: The Complete Collection (An Elephant & Piggie Book) (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon Business $87.99 1 $87.99
Sight Word Readers Box Set • Amazon Business $56.17 1 $56.17
Little Leveled Readers: Level D Box Set: Just the Right Level to Help Young Readers Soar! • Amazon Business $21.49 1 $21.49
Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers Parent Pack: 15 Classic Stories That Are "Just Right" for Young Readers • Amazon Business $16.25 1 $16.25
Scholastic Guided Science Readers Set, Level E-F (Guided Science Readers Parent Pack) • Amazon Business $14.74 1 $14.74
First Little Readers Parent Pack: Guided Reading Level B: 25 Irresistible Books That Are Just the Right Level for Beginning Readers • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Fox and Crow Are Not Friends (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
My Parents Think I'm Sleeping (I Can Read Level 3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
First Flight: The Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers (I Can Read Level 4) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Emma's Strange Pet (I Can Read Level 3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
How Not to Start Third Grade (Step into Reading 4) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Big Max and the Mystery of the Missing Giraffe (I Can Read Level 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Splat the Cat and the Lemonade Stand (I Can Read Level 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Outside Dog (I Can Read Level 3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Cece Loves Science: Push and Pull (I Can Read Level 3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
It's Snowing! It's Snowing!: Winter Poems (I Can Read Level 3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Zack's Alligator (An I Can Read Book) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
My Weird School Goes to the Museum (I Can Read Level 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
My Weird School: Class Pet Mess! (I Can Read Level 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Splat the Cat Gets a Job! (I Can Read Level 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
A Poor Excuse for a Dragon (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
S-S-snakes! (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Dolphins! (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$290.86

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$325.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.39

Total project goal

$382.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$382.61

1 Donor

-$191.29

Donations toward project cost

-$162.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.69

match offer

-$191.32

Match offer toward project cost

-$162.62

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.70

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$0.00

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