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Ms. Kohner from Woodbury, MN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building an Inclusive Community, One Sign at a Time.

Help me give my students the chance to promote an inclusive environment at the elementary schools!

  • $7,499 goal

This project expired on December 23, 2024.

This project expired on December 23, 2024.

My Project

WHS ASL Concurrent Enrollment/Level 4 students continue building an inclusive community one sign at a time! We need books for our students to complete this project.

This project began two years ago and will continue annually.

ASL students translate children’s books from written English to ASL. These books focus on ASL, Deaf Culture, deafblindness, and being deaf or hard of hearing. This project focuses on educating elementary students and promoting inclusion.

Book pages are scanned, and students use editing software to add a video on each page, translating the English words to ASL for ASL users.

At the end of each book, ASL students teach the reader sign language based on content from the book. The written content is voiced for full inclusion and to help promote reading!

QR codes are created and will be placed on the book making it easy for elementary students to scan the code and view the video.

When the project is complete, ASL students visit district elementary schools during media time to promote their book. Elementary students love the books and the visits!

There are currently 48 completed projects. This Donor's Choose project aims to donate one set of 48 books to each of the 16 elementary schools in our district. Your support is greatly appreciated!

Ms. Kohner
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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Fastest Girl on Earth!: Meet Kitty O'Neil, Daredevil Driver! • Amazon Business $19.99 16 $319.84
The Brave Princess and Me • Amazon Business $18.95 16 $303.20
Ninita's Big World: The True Story of a Deaf Pygmy Marmoset • Amazon Business $17.99 16 $287.84
My Happy Place • Amazon Business $14.99 16 $239.84
Never Mind: Duke the Deaf Dog ASL Series • Amazon Business $14.99 16 $239.84
Sometimes I Like the Quiet (Duke the Deaf Dog ASL Series) • Amazon Business $14.99 16 $239.84
My Dawg Koa (Duke the Deaf Dog ASL Series) • Amazon Business $14.99 16 $239.84
Farts Make Noise (Duke the Deaf Dog ASL Series) • Amazon Business $14.99 16 $239.84
All the Ways I Hear You • Amazon Business $14.56 16 $232.96
My Monster Truck Goes Everywhere with Me: Illustrated in American Sign Language • Amazon Business $13.94 16 $223.04
Deafinitely Awesome: The Story of Acorn • Amazon Business $13.03 16 $208.48
Mighty Mila • Amazon Business $12.99 16 $207.84
Super Kena: A Girl Made Fierce with Hearing Aids • Amazon Business $12.99 16 $207.84
Ada and the Helpers • Amazon Business $12.95 16 $207.20
Helen Keller: A Kid's Book About Overcoming Disabilities (Mini Movers and Shakers) • Amazon Business $12.91 16 $206.56
My Deaf Friend Can Do Anything You Can Do • Amazon Business $12.24 16 $195.84
Freddie and the Fairy (Aziza's Secret Fairy Door, 346) • Amazon Business $11.96 16 $191.36
Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion • Amazon Business $11.60 16 $185.60
Can Bears Ski? • Amazon Business $10.90 16 $174.40
Gracie's Ears • Amazon Business $10.76 16 $172.16
The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game • Amazon Business $9.99 16 $159.84
Lilly & Lila • Amazon Business $9.99 16 $159.84
I am Helen Keller (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $9.25 16 $148.00
I am Deaf (Live and Learn) • Amazon Business $8.99 16 $143.84
Moses Goes to a Concert • Amazon Business $8.99 16 $143.84
Ranvir Cannot Hear • Amazon Business $8.81 16 $140.96
Roller Skating Worries (Emma Every Day) • Amazon Business $7.73 16 $123.68
Crazy for Apples (Emma Every Day) • Amazon Business $6.97 16 $111.52
Tap Dance Troubles • Amazon Business $6.95 16 $111.20
The Writing Contest (Emma Every Day) • Amazon Business $6.95 16 $111.20
Dad and Me in the Morning • Amazon Business $6.39 16 $102.24
The Lemonade Stand (Emma Every Day) • Amazon Business $5.95 16 $95.20
Friendship Goals (Emma Every Day) • Amazon Business $5.95 16 $95.20
Helen Keller: The World at Her Fingertips (I Can Read Level 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 16 $79.84

Materials cost

$6,249.76

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$93.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$6,373.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$1,124.74

Total project goal

$7,498.25

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