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

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Books for Pre-K Please!

Help me give my students the books they need to learn how to read, learn facts from informational tests, and gain a love of reading!

  • $399 goal

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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 work with 18, wonderful and inquisitive pre-kindergarten students in a very diverse school in Brooklyn, New York. We have children from many different cultures in our class and children with many special abilities.

My pre-k students love to learn new things daily!

For many of these children, it is their first year in school. They are learning about themselves, others, school rules, routines, and many new concepts in various subjects! They have many opportunities to explore what kind of learners they are and learn concepts in many different ways!

My Project

Reading is so important at an early age! Having books to learn from that have facts, information, aid in learning how to read and stories that inspire of a love of reading is a must in an early childhood classroom.

My class would love new books to learn how to read and also learn important academics!

These books include beginning sight word and phonics readers, poetry, books about our class pet snails, books on science concepts we learn about, informational texts, multicultural books, and books that inspire a love of reading! My class will also engage in a service project for animal shelters and this includes books about animals and shelters so they can research this topic.

My students would love to have new books to read, enjoy, and learn from! Thank you in advance for any help you can give! We greatly appreciate any help you can give!

Mrs. Silvestry PS 9 Sarah Smith Garnet Grades PreK-2

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More than a third 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

18 students impacted 6donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Snail Crossing • Amazon Business $15.52 1 $15.52
Nala's Adoption Adventure!: One dog's journey from shelter rescue dog to finding her forever home with a new loving family and a little girl that is her new best friend! (A Fantastic Tails Book) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Tails from the Animal Shelter • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
First Little Comics Parent Pack: Levels A & B: 20 Funny Books That Are Just the Right Level for New Readers • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
The Everything Book of Cats and Kittens (Everything About Pets) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
My Big Book of Sounds: More Than 100 Sounds • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story • Amazon Business $12.68 1 $12.68
Corduroy (Book and Bear) • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Babies Don't Walk, They Ride! • Amazon Business $12.43 1 $12.43
It's My 4th Birthday! (It's My Birthday) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
A Letter From Your Teacher: On the First Day of School • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Everything You Should Know About: Snails Faster Learning Facts • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Dream Catcher Lullabies • Amazon Business $11.19 1 $11.19
Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear? sound book (Brown Bear and Friends) • Amazon Business $10.97 1 $10.97
The Very Impatient Caterpillar (A Very Impatient Caterpillar Book) • Amazon Business $10.46 1 $10.46
The Plan for the Gingerbread House: A STEM Engineering Story • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Going Back To School During Coronavirus • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Snails Are Just My Speed! • AKJ Education $9.45 1 $9.45
100 Super Sight Word Poems: Easy-to-Read Reproducible Poems That Target & Teach 100 Words From the Dolch List • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Mr. Snail's Counting Trails • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Animal Phonics Readers Parent Pack • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
What Do Living Things Need? • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Fireflies (Nocturnal Animals) • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
The Legend of the Coqui • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
The Neverending Story • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
Reindeer (A Day in the Life: Polar Animals) • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
GERIBO, The Shelter Cat • Amazon Business $5.90 1 $5.90
How and why do animals build homes? • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
Veterinarians Help • AKJ Education $4.59 1 $4.59

Materials cost

$298.52

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$339.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.82

Total project goal

$398.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $398.82

5 Donors

-$309.82

Donations toward project cost

-$263.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.47

match offer

-$89.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$75.65

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.35

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