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Mrs. Chaney from Lakewood, CO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books for 1st Grade

Help me give my students engaging and diverse books our classroom library needs!

  • $459 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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

I teach a group of 30 dual language first graders. They are learning in Spanish and English every day. I get the privilege of teaching the English side of our program at a Title I school and I get to watch these incredible second language learners develop a new language and excel at it.

The majority of my students come from low income households and don't often have all the resources they need to succeed.

At school, we try to create a space of support and safety and provide all the resources they could need.

My students are becoming super readers every day, and it brings me so much joy watching as they discover this entire new world of adventure. Early literacy will be a big focus for us this year, and I can't wait to see the growth these incredible students make.

My Project

Reading is the foundation of first grade and our classroom library needs some help! This project will provide brand new books for my students to read and engage with each and everyday.

The books for this project are engaging, diverse and relevant for my students.

They represent their culture and other cultures around the world. Some are also books that are at their level of reading so they can continue their growth in becoming super readers! I want my students to love reading and these books will do just that!

Mrs. Chaney
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Niño • AKJ Education $17.09 1 $17.09
I Am Enough • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Carmela Full of Wishes • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Day You Begin • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Dreamers • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Finding Winnie • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Maybe Something Beautiful • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Alma and How She Got Her Name • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Where Are You From? • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
My Papi Has a Motorcycle • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Sulwe • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Just Ask! • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Islandborn • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
How Do Dinosaurs Stay Safe? • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
At The Zoo • AKJ Education $7.04 1 $7.04
Spaceship • AKJ Education $5.99 1 $5.99
Round Is a Tortilla A Book of Shapes • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
You Can Do It! • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Do You Want to Be My Friend? • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Giraffes Can't Dance • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
My First Graphic Novel: Lily's Lucky Leotard • AKJ Education $4.56 1 $4.56
My First Graphic Novel: Goalkeeper Goof • AKJ Education $4.56 1 $4.56
Playground Friends • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Star of the Show • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
Graphic Sparks Time Blasters Blast to the Past • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
I Broke into Gymnastics Camp • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
Biggest Fish, The • AKJ Education $3.76 1 $3.76
Playing in the Snow • AKJ Education $3.76 1 $3.76
School is Cool! • AKJ Education $3.76 1 $3.76
Sam's New Shoes • AKJ Education $3.76 1 $3.76
Pinky And Rex And The Just-Right Pet • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Pinky and Rex • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Amelia Bedelia Helps Out • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Who Will Be My Friends? • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Click, Clack, Moo • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Puppy Mudge Has A Snack • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Mouse Loves School • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Ace • AKJ Education $3.61 1 $3.61
Danny and the Dinosaur: 50th Anniversary Edition • AKJ Education $3.49 1 $3.49
Basketball Break • AKJ Education $2.88 1 $2.88

Materials cost

$328.13

Vendor shipping charges

$6.00

Sales tax

$21.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$390.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.83

Total project goal

$458.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$458.88

1 Donor

-$229.43

Donations toward project cost

-$195.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.41

match offer

-$229.45

Match offer toward project cost

-$195.03

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.42

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$0.00

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