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Mrs. Dellamano from East Palo Alto, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Crazy for Series Books

My students need lots of series books to hit the ground running in August.

  • $568 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Students

I teach in a very high poverty school in the middle of Silicon Valley, California. Ninety-nine percent of my students receive free or reduced lunch. The majority of my students are second language learners and text complexity can be very challenging. Most of my students are learning how to use background knowledge to do the hard work of inferring. My students love to come to school and book shop in our classroom library and be able to find the books they want and can read. A classroom that is predictable and safe can help reduce the stresses of challenging lives.

My Project

This year our classroom of readers went Crazy for series books. My students loved Tracy West books (which unfortunately have gone out of print, but I was able to find used copies), Katie Woo, Poppleton, and Bunnicula to name a few. They practically begged me to order more than I had in my classroom, which I truly felt compelled to oblige, even though it was near the end of the school year.

This year I focused on sentence structures and its effect on text complexity and I found that the majority of students needed to stay at reading levels a little longer in order to internalize sentence structures.

It made sense to me why they loved series books. The books have familiar characters and events, which enable the students to be familiar with the predictability of the story lines. The hard work of reading for second language learners is half way done when it is scaffolded.

Mrs. Dellamano Costano School & 49Ers Academy Grades PreK-2

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.

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East Palo Alto, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

24 students impacted 13donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Katie Woo (14 Bk Set) • AKJ Books $63.12 2 $126.24
Puppy Mudge (5 Bk Set) • AKJ Books $14.76 2 $29.52
Power of the Fire Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #4) A Branches Book • AKJ Books $3.64 4 $14.56
Heidi Heckelbeck Says "Cheese!" • AKJ Books $4.37 2 $8.74
Heidi Heckelbeck Might Be Afraid of the Dark • AKJ Books $4.37 2 $8.74
Heidi Heckelbeck Is the Bestest Babysitter! • AKJ Books $4.37 2 $8.74
Heidi Heckelbeck Is Ready to Dance! • AKJ Books $4.37 2 $8.74
Heidi Heckelbeck Is Not a Thief! • AKJ Books $4.37 2 $8.74
Heidi Heckelbeck in Disguise • AKJ Books $4.37 2 $8.74
Heidi Heckelbeck Has a Secret • AKJ Books $4.37 2 $8.74
Heidi Heckelbeck Goes to Camp! • AKJ Books $4.37 2 $8.74
Heidi Heckelbeck and the Secret Admirer • AKJ Books $4.37 2 $8.74
Heidi Heckelbeck and the Tie-Dyed Bunny • AKJ Books $4.37 2 $8.74
Heidi Heckelbeck Casts a Spell • AKJ Books $4.37 2 $8.74
Heidi Heckelbeck Gets the Sniffles • AKJ Books $4.37 2 $8.74
Heidi Heckelbeck and the Cookie Contest • AKJ Books $4.37 2 $8.74
Iris and Walter: The Sleepover The Sleepover • AKJ Books $4.34 2 $8.68
Heidi Heckelbeck Is a Flower Girl • AKJ Books $3.64 2 $7.28
Saving the Sun Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #2) • AKJ Books $3.64 2 $7.28
Secret of the Water Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #3) • AKJ Books $3.64 2 $7.28
Heidi Heckelbeck and the Christmas Surprise • AKJ Books $3.64 2 $7.28
Poppleton • AKJ Books $3.64 2 $7.28
Poppleton: Poppleton and Friends • AKJ Books $3.64 2 $7.28
Poppleton: Poppleton Everyday • AKJ Books $3.64 2 $7.28
Rise of the Earth Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #1) • AKJ Books $3.64 2 $7.28
Iris and Walter: Substitute Teacher • AKJ Books $2.91 2 $5.82
Iris and Walter: Lost and Found • AKJ Books $2.91 2 $5.82
Iris and Walter and the Birthday Party • AKJ Books $2.91 2 $5.82
Iris and Walter and Cousin Howie • AKJ Books $2.91 2 $5.82
Scholastic Reader Level 3: Poppleton In Winter (Common Core Exemplar) • AKJ Books $2.91 2 $5.82
Scholastic Reader Level 3: Poppleton in Spring • AKJ Books $2.91 2 $5.82
Iris and Walter: True Friends • AKJ Books $2.91 2 $5.82
Iris and Walter: the Sleepover • AKJ Books $2.91 2 $5.82
Iris and Walter: The School Play • AKJ Books $2.91 2 $5.82
Iris and Walter • AKJ Books $2.91 2 $5.82

Materials cost

$409.06

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $37.43

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$482.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.17

Total project goal

$567.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $567.80

11 Donors

-$517.80

Donations toward project cost

-$440.13

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.67

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

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