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Ms. Koroma-Bernard from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Countless Opportunities Through Reading!

My students need books to improve their literacy, help foster a love for reading, and engage their high interest levels.

  • $672 goal

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My Students

"Good morning class! Happy (day of the week)! We have a lot to learn and a lot to do." These are my usual first words to my students once we arrive in front of our classroom. It is important my students understand that education is vital and that is the number one reason they attend school.

I've often observed people cringe up their face or respond in a way that lets me know they think my job is more difficult than that of other teachers because of where I teach, or that my job is less enjoyable.

Actually, I have the privilege of teaching the best group of 3rd graders out there. They are extra special to me because I have had this group since 1st grade. They are eager to learn, respectful, very talkative, humorous, and at times have a little more energy than I would like, but all in all I wouldn't trade them for any other group of students. We belong to a school in Brownsville, Brooklyn. This neighborhood has been deemed one of the worst areas in Brooklyn. It possesses all of the qualities that come with poverty: high crime rate, gang violence, failing schools, limited services, etc. My school is specifically looking at each individual child and trying to find an approach that works best for them. It's not an easy task, but we are committed.

My Project

I have ordered various books, thinking individually about each student and their interest. Reading is a big part of our curriculum and students are expected to read for about 35 minutes daily, but my classroom has limited books. As a teacher, I have learned that the best readers are students that read daily and have developed a love for books. A lot of my students have limited books at home, so it is crucial that my class is equipped with enough books that will keep kids engaged while developing that great love. The eager faces I once saw when it was time for reading has diminished. They are not as excited because they have read the same books multiple times. I am saddened by that look and I'm eager to once again see the joy that reading had brought them. Reading is adventurous, the words have the power to take kids on unimaginable adventures. During reading, you can see multiple students stretched out on the carpet, some at their desks, or others in a corner. Reading is fundamental!

If my project is funded, my kids will once again be taken on unimaginable adventures through the power of words and books.

If kids learn to develop a love for reading, the opportunities are countless. Being that my students through no fault of their own were born into poverty, they are in the midst of all the factors that come with poverty. That cycle is hard to break; however, I am a firm believer that education and knowledge is one of the most important factors in breaking that cycle.

Ms. Koroma-Bernard PS 446 Riverdale Ave Community School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

More about Ms. Koroma-Bernard

Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Brainstorm! : The Stories of Twenty American Kid Inventors • AKJ Books $6.56 3 $19.68
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch • AKJ Books $3.64 5 $18.20
Last Summer with Maizon • AKJ Books $4.37 4 $17.48
Lost and Found - Bluford High 1 (Scholastic) • AKJ Books $4.37 4 $17.48
There''s A Boy in the Girl''s Bathroom • AKJ Books $5.10 2 $10.20
Magic School Bus - In the Time of the Dinosaurs • AKJ Books $5.10 2 $10.20
The World According to Humphrey • AKJ Books $4.37 2 $8.74
Fourth Grade Rats • AKJ Books $4.37 2 $8.74
Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All • AKJ Books $3.64 2 $7.28
DSA #3: Class Trip to Doom • AKJ Books $3.64 2 $7.28
Culture Clash • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
Exploring Space • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Inventions and Investigations • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
The Great Migration: An American Story • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Hurricane Katrina • AKJ Books $6.53 1 $6.53
Nations of the Northwest Bobbie Kalman • AKJ Books $6.53 1 $6.53
Hurricane Katrina • AKJ Books $6.53 1 $6.53
How are we are the same and different? Bobbie Kalman • AKJ Books $6.53 1 $6.53
Polar Bear, Why Is Your World Melting? • AKJ Books $6.07 1 $6.07
So, You Want to be an Inventor? • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
The Great Wall of China • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Why am I a Reptile? • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Alligator vs. Crocodile • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
James and the Giant Peach • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Fantastic Mr. Fox • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Ancient West African Kingdoms (2nd Edition) • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Ancient West African Kingdoms (2nd Edition) • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Shark vs. Killer Whale • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Train To Somewhere • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Tornadoes! • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Hungry, Hungry Sharks • AKJ Books $2.91 2 $5.82
The Bicycle • AKJ Books $5.80 1 $5.80
What Is a Life Cycle? Bobbie Kalman, Jacqueline Langille, Ja • AKJ Books $5.80 1 $5.80
The Solar System • AKJ Books $5.32 1 $5.32
Wilma Unlimited • AKJ Books $5.11 1 $5.11
Abigail Adams : Girl of Colonial Days • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Wall • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Wayside School is Falling Down • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
James and the Giant Peach • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street Roni Schotter, Kyrsten B • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Day My Butt Went Psycho! Andy Griffiths • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Indian in the Cupboard, The • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (PMC) • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Amelia Earhart: Young Aviator • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Extreme Sports • AKJ Books $5.07 1 $5.07
Lemonade for Sale • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Who Was Mark Twain? • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Circle of Gold • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Circle of Gold • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Stone Fox 30th Anniversary Edition • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Felita • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Adventures of Captain Underpants, The • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Thank You, Jackie Robinson • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Sarah, Plain and Tall (rpkg) • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Escape from Slavery : Five Journeys to Freedom • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Amber Brown Is Feeling Blue Paula Danziger • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Skinnybones • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Is There Life in Outer Space? • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
How to Eat Fried Worms (Pbk) • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Amber Brown Is Feeling Blue Paula Danziger • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Amber Brown Is Feeling Blue Paula Danziger • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Amber Brown Is Feeling Blue Paula Danziger • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Amber Brown Is Feeling Blue Paula Danziger • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
The Whipping Boy • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Amber Brown Is Feeling Blue Paula Danziger • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Summer School! What Genius Thought That Up? • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Fair Is Fair! • AKJ Books $4.34 1 $4.34
TJ Secret Pitch • AKJ Books $4.34 1 $4.34
Boot Camp Eric Walters, Jerome Williams, Johnnie Williams • AKJ Books $4.34 1 $4.34
The Canary Caper • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Mr. Klutz is Nuts! • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Miss Daisy Is Crazy! • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Chocolate Fever • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Chocolate Fever • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Miss Daisy Is Crazy! • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Karate Kick Matt Christopher, Stephanie Peters • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Miss Daisy Is Crazy! • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Miss Daisy Is Crazy! • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Miss Daisy Is Crazy! • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Balto and the Great Race • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Miss Daisy Is Crazy! • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Miss Daisy Is Crazy! • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Miss Daisy Is Crazy! • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Miss Daisy Is Crazy! • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Chocolate Fever • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Who Was Louis Armstrong? • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Chocolate Fever • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Shoeshine Girl • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Finding the Titanic • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
Atlantis: The Lost City • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
Mrs. Cooney is Loony! • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
Clara Barton: Spirt of the American Red Cross • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
Dolphins! • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
Horrible Harry and the Green Slime • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
The Mystery of the Stolen Corn Popper • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
Tut''s Mummy: Lostand Found • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
Amelia Bedelia Helps Out • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
Great Black Heroes: Five Brilliant Scientists • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
Monarch Butterfly (Life Cycles) - 3059 • AKJ Books $2.55 1 $2.55

Materials cost

$532.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$570.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$100.76

Total project goal

$671.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $671.71

3 Donors

-$318.20

Donations toward project cost

-$285.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.73

match offer

-$335.86

Match offer toward project cost

-$285.48

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.38

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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 $0.00

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