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Mrs. Graff from Charlottesville, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books that Look like Me

Help me give my students books where they can see themselves in the story. Rich reading experiences will help my students make connections to the importance of their own family narratives.

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My Students

Distance learning has had obstacles as well as positive opportunities to learn about providing equity for our home communities. Much online reading and zoom interactions have been added to the teacher's instructional toolbox. That being said, there were many students who did not participate in online activities. For the upcoming school year, my plans are to bring as many enriching, engaging, and multicultural books to my students through reading aloud on zoom and bookbag delivery.

My Project

These books were carefully chosen to be read aloud during distance learning. My plan is to read the stories out loud through zoom. I will keep a chart of stories and connections students made with each of the stories. After each story, there will be an opportunity for students to share their own family stories. Students will be able to choose one of the books to keep. I will make copies of the student's favorite family stories they shared and include it with the book they get to keep.

Stories that embrace a multicultural narrative are important for my students to read and make connections with their own stories.

Five of the titles will be read in conjunction with the upcoming Global Read Aloud(GRA) which will allow for further connections of our stories. Many of the books narrate important family cultures that will embrace sharing family narratives. Other books reflect the importance of dreams, imagination, and the power of stories. How powerful is an invitation into a story that will shape our experience, that will help us speak books with one another in order for us to understand each other?

Mrs. Graff Mountain View Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Charlottesville, VA View local requests

Half 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

40 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Alma and How She Got Her Name • Amazon Business $12.29 3 $36.87
La Madre Goose: Nursery Rhymes for los Niños • Amazon Business $13.79 2 $27.58
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
Swashby and the Sea • Amazon Business $11.99 2 $23.98
Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle • Amazon Business $7.99 3 $23.97
Drawn Together • Amazon Business $11.49 2 $22.98
Last Stop on Market Street • Amazon Business $10.49 2 $20.98
I AM... Positive Affirmations for Brown Boys • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History • Amazon Business $9.59 2 $19.18
Dreamers • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend • Amazon Business $12.40 1 $12.40
La Princesa and the Pea • Amazon Business $11.12 1 $11.12

Materials cost

$257.91

Vendor shipping charges

$52.61

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$344.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.77

Total project goal

$405.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$405.16

1 Donor

-$202.57

Donations toward project cost

-$172.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.38

match offer

-$202.59

Match offer toward project cost

-$172.20

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.39

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$0.00

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