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Mrs. Shkolyar-Oricchio from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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For the Love of Reading

Help me give my students books to help them gain a love of reading!

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My Students

Kindergarten is so much fun. Our students learn in many different ways using all of our senses and multiple intelligences. We use a wide range of techniques to help all the students succeed no matter what their level. Our students attend a Title I school. Most of the students come from families of low socioeconomic status, with over 70% of our students receiving free lunch. Our school is also one of the most ethnically diverse schools in our state. Our school is a caring community of successful learners, which can be seen through collaborative, student project-based​ learning in and out of the classroom. Kindergartners in our classes love to work with hands-on materials and have many different opportunities to practice a skill before it is mastered.

My Project

The addition of these collections of books to our classroom library will allow my students to grow their love of reading. We value the importance of reading every day in class as we read together, in groups or independently. By growing our classroom library, my students will be able to read more books that are not only of interest to them but at their reading levels.

With these new books, my students' love of reading will flourish and they will attain their reading goals and become more responsible for their own learning and growth.

They will have the opportunity to foster a love of reading with each other, as these books will be the center of many independent reading assignments, group projects, and class lessons and discussions.

My students have expressed their love of reading and the addition of these books will continue to grow their interest and allow them to have even more fun and exciting experiences with books!

Mrs. Shkolyar-Oricchio PS 139 Alexine A Fenty 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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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Very Hungry Caterpillar • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Gingerbread Baby • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Creepy Carrots! • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Fly! • Amazon Business $13.67 1 $13.67
Flora and the Flamingo (Flora and Her Feathered Friends Books, Baby Books for Girls, Baby Girl Book, Picture Book for Toddlers) • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
Flora and the Peacocks (Flora and Her Feathered Friends-books) • Amazon Business $13.17 1 $13.17
Flora and the Penguin (Flora and Her Feathered Friends-books) • Amazon Business $13.05 1 $13.05
Flashlight • Amazon Business $12.87 1 $12.87
Pick a Pumpkin • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Bruce's Big Storm (Mother Bruce Series) • Amazon Business $11.86 1 $11.86
Chalk • Amazon Business $11.76 1 $11.76
The Bad Seed • Amazon Business $11.73 1 $11.73
Journey (Aaron Becker's Wordless Trilogy) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Creepy Pair of Underwear! • Amazon Business $11.48 1 $11.48
Found • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Hero Mom • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Veterans: Heroes in Our Neighborhood • Amazon Business $10.97 1 $10.97
Gingerbread Christmas • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
A Little SPOT of Love • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
A Little SPOT of Anger: A Story About Managing BIG Emotions • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
A Little SPOT of Sadness: A Story About Empathy And Compassion • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
A Little SPOT of Happiness • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Stumpkin • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
The Red Book (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $10.29 1 $10.29
The Gingerbread Girl • Amazon Business $10.25 1 $10.25
The Very Quiet Cricket Board Book • Amazon Business $10.24 1 $10.24
Return (Aaron Becker's Wordless Trilogy) • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
The Gingerbread Man • Amazon Business $9.26 1 $9.26
The Day the Crayons Quit • Amazon Business $9.19 1 $9.19
Wave: (Books about Ocean Waves, Beach Story Children's Books) • Amazon Business $9.18 1 $9.18
How to Catch a Turkey • Amazon Business $9.04 1 $9.04
Another • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
How to Catch a Leprechaun • Amazon Business $8.28 1 $8.28
I'm Your Flag So Please Treat Me Right • Amazon Business $8.08 1 $8.08
Turkey Trouble • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Re-Zoom • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Who is the Mystery Reader? (Unlimited Squirrels) • Amazon Business $7.93 1 $7.93
Zoom (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $7.61 1 $7.61
Tuesday • Amazon Business $7.55 1 $7.55
Veterans Day (Holidays in Rhythm and Rhyme) • Amazon Business $7.04 1 $7.04
The Grouchy Ladybug • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
American Symbols: What You Need to Know (Fact Files) • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey! • Amazon Business $6.42 1 $6.42
How to Catch an Elf • Amazon Business $6.02 1 $6.02
How to Catch the Easter Bunny • Amazon Business $5.79 1 $5.79
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
F Is for Flag (Reading Railroad) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
A Is for America: A Patriotic Alphabet Book • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Explore My World: Honey Bees • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Explore My World Sea Otters • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Explore My World Tigers • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Explore My World: Weather • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Explore My World Koalas • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Explore My World Butterflies • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Explore My World Clouds • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Explore My World: Coral Reefs • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Explore My World: Kangaroos • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
Explore My World Snow Leopards • Amazon Business $4.29 1 $4.29
L Is for Liberty (Railroad Books) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Explore My World Planets • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Explore My World Rain Forests • Amazon Business $2.99 1 $2.99

Materials cost

$544.57

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.98

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$586.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.54

Total project goal

$690.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $690.26

1 Donor

-$586.72

Donations toward project cost

-$586.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$103.54

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 $0.00

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