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Mrs. Best-Blanton from Richmond, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Don't Stop Reading!

Help me give my students books to help diversify our classroom library and science notebooks.

  • $668 goal

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My Project

As we dive into the year, I have noticed we need more supplies- composition notebooks for our interactive science notebooks. I also wanted to add to my classroom library.

As our school becomes a more diverse place, I want to ensure all students feel welcomed and accepted- and include books written in their first language.

With new books in various languages and some more relevant topics to what we are learning, I hope to engage students, welcome them, and work on building better relationships among my students within the entire grade level. The gift card will allow me to get resources to support my English learners and get social-emotional learning resources

Mrs. Best-Blanton Westover Hills Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Richmond, VA View local requests

Nearly all 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
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on TPT • TPT $100.00 1 $100.00
Our Strange New Land: Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary, Book One (My America) • Amazon Business $5.39 6 $32.34
A Kids Book About Trauma - social emotional learning collection (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
McGraw-Hill's Spanish Picture Dictionary • Amazon Business $18.00 1 $18.00
Along the Tapajós • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
1607: A New Look at Jamestown • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Mi familia es Especial: Libro para niños sobre la diversidad familiar: familias divorciadas, juntadas, homoparentales, divorciadas, monoparentales… En letra de PALO: Libro juego: Busca busca: 1 • Amazon Business $15.00 1 $15.00
I Feel... Meh: Overcoming Boredom and Apathy for Kids (Understanding Feelings Book for Kids, Social Emotional Learning for Kids) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Todo el mundo cabe aquí (An All Are Welcome Book) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Cousins Forever - Cousines pour toujours: Α bilingual children's book in French and English (French Bilingual Books - Fostering Creativity in Kids) (French Edition) • Amazon Business $13.50 1 $13.50
The Frenglish Boy / Le Garçon Franglais: Bilingual Children's book in English and French (Proud to be bilingual) (French Edition) • Amazon Business $13.00 1 $13.00
The Mexiglish Girl / La Chica Mexiglish: Bilingual Children's book in English and Spanish (Proud to be bilingual) • Amazon Business $13.00 1 $13.00
Just Now I Feel Angry: A Kids Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Book about Anger and Frustration Feelings Awareness, Self-Management, Mindfulness and ... (Feeling Big Emotions Picture Books) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Tocado y hundido / The Deep End (Diario Del Wimpy Kid) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.60 1 $12.60
Vicki and A Summer of Change! ¡Vicki y un verano de cambio! • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Where Is My Little Dog? - Où est mon petit chien?: Bilingual English-French Picture Book for Children Ages 2-6 (Where Is.? - Où est.?) • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
¿De dónde eres?: Where Are You From? (Spanish edition) • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Como Yo / Like Me SPANISH Edition (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
Jamestown Trivia: Flabbergasting Facts for Kids... and Adults! (Jamestown: First Permanent English Settlement in the New World!) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Pizza y Taco: ¿Quién es el mejor?: (A Graphic Novel) (Pizza and Taco) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
My First Haitian Creole Words for Communication Picture Book with English Translations: Bilingual Early Learning & Easy Teaching Haitian Creole Books ... Basic Haitian Creole words for Children) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Eva the Adventurer. Eva avantirye a: Dual Language Kids Book - English and Kreyòl (Haitian Creole) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
¡Estamos en un libro!-An Elephant and Piggie Book, Spanish Edition • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
¡Esperar no es fácil!-An Elephant and Piggie Book, Spanish Edition • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
It's OK to be Different: A Children's Picture Book About Diversity and Kindness • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
The Story of Jamestown (Graphic Library: Graphic History) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Alix Se Fawouchè (Haitian Creole) (Creole Edition) • Amazon Business $8.37 1 $8.37
Spanish Novels: El Hacker (Spanish Novels for Pre Intermediates - A2) (Spanish Novels Series) • Amazon Business $8.24 1 $8.24
French-English Picture Dictionary: Learn French for Kids, 350 Words with Pictures! (Books For Toddlers 1-3, Learning books, Homeschool Supplies) (First Bilingual Picture Dictionaries) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Telaraña de Carlota: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Un sillón para mi mamá (A Chair for My Mother) • Amazon Business $7.96 1 $7.96
A Kids' Guide to the American Revolution (Kids' Guide to American History, 2) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Sobreviví los ataques de tiburones de 1916 (Graphix) (I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916) (Sobreviví (Graphix)) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Kiki and Jacques: A Refugee Story • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Los Tipos Malos (the Bad Guys), Volume 1 (Los Tipos Malos) [Spanish] • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Blood on the River: James Town, 1607 • AKJ Education $5.84 1 $5.84

Materials cost

$529.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$567.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$100.18

Total project goal

$667.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $667.88

3 Donors

-$331.00

Donations toward project cost

-$286.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.65

match offer

-$331.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$281.35

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.65

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.88

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