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Ms. Espinoza from Yuma, AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books on Books on Books!

Help me give my students books they can fall in love with! Building a library is a must in our classroom!

  • $594 goal

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Ms. Espinoza has another project! Donate to Organized Minds, Bright Futures to help her classroom.

$637 - complete this project and be a hero

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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

Middle Schoolers are so special! They are figuring out who they want to be, and their identities are being discovered. One way to allow them to express their feelings and explore the outside world is through books.

There’s nothing like the feeling of introducing a reader to their new favorite book.

Books are the windows to the outside world which allows students to have multi-dimensional views. Students can become part of different worlds in the comfort of the classroom. They are not judged on what book they pick but instead encouraged to share ideas with others. In middle school, there are many themes we discuss such as friendship, grief/loss, and family. Seeing a character in a middle-grade novel experience grief can help kids to feel less alone. Even for students who have not experienced the pain of loss, these novels can give them a deep sense of empathy for those that have.

Students will be provided time to read and discuss the various books they have read. This is important to help them discover a character that they can relate to. Books are an escape to a different world. My goal is to introduce books through First Chapter Friday, in which students listen to the first chapter and are able to rate it. This helps expose students to different genres to help them pick their favorite books!

Ms. Espinoza Gowan Science Academy Grades 6-8

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Yuma, AZ View local requests 125 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Alone Out Here • Amazon Business $17.99 2 $35.98
A Rover's Story • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
The Other Merlin (Emry Merlin) • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
Airborn: A Printz Honor Winner • Amazon Business $11.99 2 $23.98
The Rabbit's Gift • Amazon Business $11.89 2 $23.78
The Tryout: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $10.99 2 $21.98
The Last Cuentista • Amazon Business $10.39 2 $20.78
Thirst • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
Millionaires for the Month • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
Ban This Book: A Novel • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
Mockingbird • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1) • Amazon Business $8.85 2 $17.70
Red Queen (Red Queen, 1) • Amazon Business $8.79 2 $17.58
Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1) • Amazon Business $8.39 2 $16.78
When You Reach Me: (Newbery Medal Winner) (Yearling Newbery) • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
A Night Divided (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
The Lion of Mars • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Coop Knows the Scoop • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Endangered • Amazon Business $7.89 2 $15.78
Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, 1) • Amazon Business $7.19 2 $14.38
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Restart • Amazon Business $6.40 2 $12.80
Refugee • Amazon Business $9.40 1 $9.40

Materials cost

$436.71

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $31.22

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$504.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.03

Total project goal

$593.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $593.51

2 Donors

-$374.20

Donations toward project cost

-$350.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.71

match offer

-$181.16

Match offer toward project cost

-$153.99

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.17

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$38.14

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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