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Ms. Katy from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fascinating First Grade Series Books

Help me give my students series books that are engaging and embody diverse characters.

  • $532 goal

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My Students

The children that we serve are predominantly low-income, with 85% qualifying for free and reduced-priced lunch. Nestled in southern Harlem, our small school serves nearby children who live in the neighborhood as well as children who commute. Our students are energetic, creative, and hard-working.

This year, we are teaching in a blended learning environment.

Our first graders love reading and need engaging and mutli-cultural books in series. They will travel with their books to and from school, using them learn at home and in the classroom. Our first graders are ready to find their favorite characters in series and read avidly, one book after another. They are eager and enthusiastic, learning to be avid readers in school or while learning from home.

My Project

In first grade, students become interested in reading series books. These books are on first grade reading levels and have high interest characters and engaging themes. Many of the books contain diverse characters, so students can relate to the books and see themselves in the series. Students will be excited about reading and in a series, when they read one book, they will be eager to get the next one and keep reading. First graders grow substantially in their independent reading and comprehension skills. These books will allow for high interest reading and students will move from series to series, reading higher and higher levels and increasing their reading stamina. Within these stories, students will be taught fluency, comprehension, inferencing, and character studies. Students will be able to take these books home and travel with them as they read their series both at school and at home.

Ms. Katy PS 185 Locke School Arts & Design 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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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

60 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cam Jansen 33 Book Collection Set : Includes Books 1-33 Titles Listed in Description • Amazon Business $137.99 1 $137.99
I Spy Readers Complete 10-Book Set • Amazon Business $59.99 1 $59.99
Biscuit 6-Book Set: Biscuit, Biscuit and the Baby, Biscuit Finds a Friend, Biscuit Wins a Prize, Bis • Amazon Business $35.99 1 $35.99
Biscuit's Neighborhood: 5 Fun-Filled Stories in 1 Box! (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Get a Hit, Mo! (Mo Jackson) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Swim, Mo, Swim! (Mo Jackson) • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Don't Throw It to Mo! (Mo Jackson) • Amazon Business $11.84 1 $11.84
Kick It, Mo! (Mo Jackson) • Amazon Business $11.43 1 $11.43
The Perfect Gift (Confetti Kids) (Dive into Reading, Level 5) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Want to Play? (Confetti Kids) (Confetti Kids. Dive into Reading!) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Block Party (Confetti Kids) (Confetti Kids: Dive Into Reading!, Level 3) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
The Garden (Confetti Kids) (Dive Into Reading!) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Follow That Map! (Confetti Kids #7) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Lily's New Home (Confetti Kids) (Confetti Kids. Dive into Reading!) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
The Buddy Bench (Confetti Kids #8) • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
The Tricky Tooth (Katie Woo) • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Katie's Lucky Birthday (Katie Woo) • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Katie's Spooky Sleepover (Katie Woo) • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Katie Woo Rules the School • Amazon Business $4.95 1 $4.95
Katie Woo Tries Something New • Amazon Business $4.95 1 $4.95
Katie Woo, Every Day's an Adventure • Amazon Business $4.95 1 $4.95
Katie Woo and Her Big Ideas • Amazon Business $4.95 1 $4.95
Katie Woo Loves School • Amazon Business $4.95 1 $4.95
Pass the Ball, Mo! (Mo Jackson) • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
Katie Blows Her Top (Katie Woo) • Amazon Business $3.95 1 $3.95
Daddy Can't Dance (Katie Woo) • Amazon Business $3.95 1 $3.95
Katie Woo and Friends • Amazon Business $2.79 1 $2.79

Materials cost

$415.54

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.23

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$451.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.72

Total project goal

$531.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $531.49

8 Donors

-$423.45

Donations toward project cost

-$367.43

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.02

match offer

-$99.24

Match offer toward project cost

-$84.35

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.89

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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 $0.00

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