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Ms. Ferguson from West Roxbury, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Creating a Classroom Library That's Reflective of its Students

Help me give my students books that look like them, and learn about themselves.

  • $410 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My students attend an urban, public school, serving children in grades kindergarten through grade 8. My students are in a substantial separate classroom. They come from many different backgrounds. I work with students with special needs, many of whom are also bilingual. Some of my students are faced with extraordinary challenges every day. However, they come to school happy and eager to learn. Over the years for some of my students school has been their home, and their only consistent safe haven. For 180 days our classroom forms a family; we learn, grow, and share with one another.

My Project

Reading books like "Julian is a Mermaid", "Thank you Omu," and "Proudest Blue" help my students feel seen. It is so important for my students to have books that they can identify with.These are characters that tell stories similar to their own experiences. Their stories are not just their own, but now a shared experience with the whole class. This allows us to meet people who are different than us, and helps us to build those bridges of understanding. As we work on learning about ourselves, each other, and our emotions students need to see characters that look like them and go through similar experiences. These books will help students understand one another as well as themselves. We will explore our own identity, who we are, what we want/ need, and our emotions. These books will help us do just that!

Ms. Ferguson
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
EE100X SocialEmotional MatchUps Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $36.99 1 $36.99
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $15.78 1 $15.78
Thank You, Omu! • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Way I Feel • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injustice • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
I Am Jazz • Amazon Business $14.57 1 $14.57
Same, Same But Different • Amazon Business $14.52 1 $14.52
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
One • Amazon Business $14.44 1 $14.44
Each Kindness (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Last Stop On Market Street • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $11.58 1 $11.58
A Big Mooncake for Little Star • Amazon Business $11.51 1 $11.51
Julián Is a Mermaid • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
My Mouth Is A Volcano • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
We're All Wonders: Read Together Edition (Read Together, Be Together) • Amazon Business $8.98 1 $8.98
Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Be Quiet, Marina • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Mrs. Katz and Tush (Dell Picture Yearling) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Feelings Book • Amazon Business $7.93 1 $7.93
The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! • Amazon Business $7.80 1 $7.80
I Am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness (I Am Books) • Amazon Business $7.47 1 $7.47
Say Hello! • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$309.20

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.99

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$347.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.38

Total project goal

$409.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $409.21

3 Donors

-$314.90

Donations toward project cost

-$271.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.49

match offer

-$89.91

Match offer toward project cost

-$76.42

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.49

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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 $0.00

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