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Mrs. Richards from Springdale, AR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Creating Lifelong Readers

Help me give my students familiar storybooks, such as Caps for Sale and The Three Bears, that will help them develop the foundational literacy skills necessary to create avid readers.

  • $255 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

Do you remember the first time you retold a familiar storybook? Think of the excitement you felt when you realized that you were a reader!

My classroom is comprised of just that: energetic and eager readers ready to discover and retell our favorite storybooks.

My Kindergarten students have thrived as learners during reading workshop, and are excited to take on an active role in their learning! My students are in need of a high volume of emergent storybooks to take their reading to new heights.

My Project

These emergent storybooks will be used to launch our reading workshop to create avid readers! Emergent storybooks hold rich story language with pictures that show plot, characters, and setting. These can trigger the story for the reader. Children learn to read with greater ease when they have been read and can reread good strong literature that does not rely solely on phonics. My students will use these familiar storybooks to strengthen their reading muscles on the way to becoming conventional readers! With your help, each table in my classroom will have a communal bin filled with a variety of storybooks. Each students will be able to select an old favorite of their choice during reading workshop and read and retell it to their partner. They will not only be developing a lifelong love of reading but an understanding of how books have meaning and tell a story. Having access to books is a game changer! Studies have shown that the difference between a child getting a high school diploma or not is by a mere 500 books over the course of their education. My goal is to help them gain access to books that instill a love of literature for years to come.

Mrs. Richards Westwood Elementary School 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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Springdale, AR 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

20 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Three Bears • Amazon Business $7.99 5 $39.95
Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business • Amazon Business $6.98 5 $34.90
The Gingerbread Boy (Paul Galdone Classics) • Amazon Business $6.95 5 $34.75
The Little Red Hen (Paul Galdone Classics) • Amazon Business $6.59 5 $32.95
Harry the Dirty Dog (Harry the Dog) • Amazon Business $5.39 5 $26.95

Materials cost

$169.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $13.98

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$216.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$38.12

Total project goal

$254.14

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $254.14

4 Donors

-$154.14

Donations toward project cost

-$131.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.12

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

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 $0.00

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