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Mrs. Gauci from East Palo Alto, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books For Our New Language Arts Curriculum

Help me give my students books that correlate to our new language arts curriculum to supplement the program and help my children understand.

  • $577 goal

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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 Project

Books are vital for a child to learn to read. Our new language arts program for second grade teaches the topics of ancient Greek civilization, ancient Chinese civilization, the War of 1812, western expansion, and cycles in nature. I would love to supplement the curriculum with literature that is written for children in shorter bursts of words. These books will help my students to understand the subject matter in this new program with less sit-and-listen time. The manipulatives will help my children see the life cycles and spartan helmet to manipulate them as we read so the can better understand the subject matter.

Literature books that supplement our curriculum will help my children to further understand the subject matter addressed in our newly adopted language arts program.

Building a library of books that relate to the new curriculum will better expose my students to these civilizations, wars, expansions, and life cycles. They will help me to better teach them.

Thank you for considering my class for your donation.

Mrs. Gauci Costano School & 49Ers Academy 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.

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East Palo Alto, CA 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Incredible Creatures© Set - Life Cycle of a Frog • Nasco $9.31 6 $55.86
hand2mind Changing Seasons Sensory Tubes, Sensory Fidget Tubes, Learning Weather for Kids, Anxiety Calming Tools, Stress Relief Toys, Occupational Therapy Toys, Calm Down Corner Supplies (Set of 4) • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Ancient Greek Bronze Museum Replica of Spartan Officer Helmet (387) • Amazon Business $24.60 1 $24.60
Mythologica: An encyclopedia of gods, monsters and mortals from ancient Greece • Amazon Business $19.29 1 $19.29
The Fisherman and His Wife • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Lonely Planet Kids Myths and Legends of the World 1 • Amazon Business $17.69 1 $17.69
The Reason for the Seasons (A Joulia Copernicus Book) • Amazon Business $16.91 1 $16.91
Ancient Greece for Kids: A Captivating Guide to Greek History, from the Mycenean Civilization and the Trojan War through the Golden Age of Pericles to ... and Roman Conquests (History for Children) • Amazon Business $16.42 1 $16.42
The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus) • Amazon Business $15.08 1 $15.08
Christmas and winter holidays around the world: A Funny Read Aloud Picture Book About Holiday Gifts and Traditions of the Holidays Season For Kids and Adults • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Classic Storybook Fables: Including "Beauty and the Beast" and Other Favorites • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Goddess Power: A Kids' Book of Greek and Roman Mythology: 10 Empowering Tales of Legendary Women • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The War of 1812: By the Dawn's Early Light - Social Studies Book for Kids - Great for School Projects and Book Reports (Social Studies: Informational Text) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Star-Spangled Banner (Reading Rainbow Books) • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
Heroes of Olympus, The, Book Five: Blood of Olympus, The-(new cover) (The Heroes of Olympus) • Amazon Business $9.17 1 $9.17
Artemis the Loyal (7) (Goddess Girls) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Frogs • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
My 1st Book of Seasons: Learn about Four Different Seasons & Weather: Winter Summer Fall / Autumn Spring (For Toddlers and Kids ages 2-5 years) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Life Cycle of a Frog • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
The Reasons for Seasons (New & Updated Edition) • Amazon Business $8.90 1 $8.90
Liang and the Magic Paintbrush (Reading Rainbow Books) • Amazon Business $8.32 1 $8.32
Heroes of Olympus, The, Book Five: Blood of Olympus, The-Heroes of Olympus, The, Book Five • Amazon Business $8.32 1 $8.32
The Emperor's New Clothes (Folk Tale Classics) • Amazon Business $8.17 1 $8.17
Pecos Bill • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Paul Bunyan • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
A Frog's Life Cycle (Explore Life Cycles) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Truthfully, Something Smelled Fishy!: The Story of the Fisherman and His Wife as Told by the Wife (The Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Who Was Alexander the Great? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Little Olympians 4: Artemis, the Archer Goddess • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Little Olympians 2: Athena, Goddess of Wisdom • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Little Olympians 3: Hermes, the Fastest God • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
What Are the Summer Olympics? (What Was?) • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
The Blind Men and the Elephant (Hello Reader!, Level 3, Grades 1&2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$410.99

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.59

Sales tax

 $37.61

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$490.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.53

Total project goal

$576.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $576.88

2 Donors

-$284.03

Donations toward project cost

-$248.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.10

match offer

-$284.02

Match offer toward project cost

-$241.42

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.60

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

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