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Mrs. M. from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fund Our Earth Day Project!

My students need a set of Real-Life Science Specimens, Color Discovery Tubes, a Color Mixing Instant Learning Center and a collection of environmental awareness books, including "The Giving Tree", "Earth Day" and "Why Should I Recycle?".

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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

Please help us get some wonderful environmental awareness picture books for our classroom library to celebrate Earth Day!

I currently have 29 students enrolled in my classroom.

My school is considered high poverty and according to the Illinois State Board of Education 99% of the students at our school are considered low income. All of my students are English Language Learners who speak a second language at home that is not English, plus they mostly come from low-income homes where there is often no money to purchase books. Unfortunately, my students' parents do not have the funds to purchase their children picture books so my students mostly rely on our classroom library for books.

My Project

We need an environmental awareness library that includes titles like The Giving Tree, Earth Day, Why Should I Recycle,and real-life science specimens. Since my students love to borrow books from our classroom library, I would love to promote environmental awareness by adding more picture books that promote Earth Day to our library. Currently, our library is lacking books that celebrate Earth Day. I would also like to add a few environmental activities that the students can explore hands-on such as real life science specimens.

With your generosity, we can contemplate our beautiful earth through environmental awareness picture books for our classroom library.

Please help my first graders foster a love for our planet!

Mrs. M. Sawyer 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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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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Earth Day Trudi Strain Trueit, Cecilia Minden-Cupp • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Earth Day: An Alphabet Book Gary Kowalski, Rocco Baviera (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.64 1 $8.64
It's Earth Day (Little Critter Series) Mercer Mayer, Mercer Mayer (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Berenstain Bears Don't Pollute (Anymore) Jan Berenstain • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
The Earth Book Todd Parr • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Why Should I Recycle? Jen Green, Wendy (Editor), Mike Gordon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Why Should I Save Water? Jen Green, Wendy (Editor), Mike Gordon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
On the Same Day in March: A Tour of the World's Weather Marilyn Singer, Frane Lessac (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Water Frank Asch, Deborah Halverson (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $6.30 1 $6.30
Our Big Home: An Earth Poem Linda Glaser, Ronald Ed. Glaser, Elisa Kleven (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Earthdance Joanne Ryder, Norman Gorbaty (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Garbage and Recycling Rosie Harlow, Sally Morgan • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Curious George Plants A Tree (Curious George Series) H. A. Rey • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Curious George Plants a Seed H. A. Rey • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $9.93 1 $9.93
LC735 - Lakeshore Color Discovery Tubes • Lakeshore Learning $49.95 1 $49.95
RA294 - Environmental Awareness Paperback Library • Lakeshore Learning $79.00 1 $79.00
TT698 - Color Mixing Instant Learning Center • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
DD900X - Real-Life Science Specimens - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $179.00 1 $179.00

Materials cost

$428.63

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$444.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$97.48

Total project goal

$541.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $541.54

3 Donors

-$96.00

Donations toward project cost

-$78.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.28

match offer

-$445.54

Match offer toward project cost

-$365.34

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.20

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