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Ms. Potter from La Mesa, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Great Books for Growing Readers

Help me give my students appropriate and relevant books that will allow them to continue to progress in reading!

  • $398 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 Project

All of the students in my classroom are growing readers who are looking to improve their phonics and decoding skills. It is incredibly important for these students to have access to texts that are both entertaining and accessible. These students show up with a desire to learn every day, which has made me incredibly proud to be their Reading Intervention Teacher.

These engaging books will motivate my students to read independently as they continue to focus on their skills.

I have chosen these titles carefully, as they are "easy to read" trade books with a variety of interests and topics. Students will have daily access to these books as they practice applying phonics skills they have been learning in our intervention groups.

Ms. Potter La Mesa Dale Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

More about Ms. Potter

La Mesa, CA 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

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Great Migration • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
My Brother Martin • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
14 Cows for America • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The First Rule of Punk • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Rules • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Front Desk • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
When You Reach Me • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The One and Only Bob • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
100 Cupboards (100 Cupboards Book 1) Book 1 • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Laugh-eteria • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Wild Field Trip • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
The Lemonade War • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29
Fish in a Tree • AKJ Education $6.28 1 $6.28
Investigating the Scientific Method with Max Axiom, Super Scientist • AKJ Education $5.91 1 $5.91
How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Turtle of Oman • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Same Sun Here • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Last Summer with Maizon • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Lety Out Loud: a Wish Novel • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
A Boy Called Bat • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Mango, Abuela, and Me • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Lola at the Library • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Finding Langston • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The One and Only Ivan • AKJ Education $5.49 1 $5.49
I Survived #6: I Survived the Attacks of September 11th, 2001 • AKJ Education $5.39 1 $5.39
I Survived #2: I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 • AKJ Education $5.39 1 $5.39
I Survived #3: I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 • AKJ Education $5.39 1 $5.39
I Survived #8: The Japanese Tsunami, 2011 • AKJ Education $5.39 1 $5.39
I Survived #11: I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 • AKJ Education $5.39 1 $5.39
EllRay Jakes Is Not a Chicken • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Case of the Buried Bones • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Ballpark Mysteries #7: The San Francisco Splash • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Case of the Poisoned Pig • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Alvin Ho: Allergic to the Great Wall, the Forbidden Palace, and Other Tourist Attractions • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Dead Bodies, Funerals, and Other Fatal Circumstances • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Skateboard Party • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
I Survived #1: I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Was Celia Cruz? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Who Was Maria Tallchief? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Clementine • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Young Cam Jansen and the Spotted Cat Mystery • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Young Cam Jansen and the Pizza Shop Mystery • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
A Dinosaur Named Sue: The Find of the Century • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Mae Jemison • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Young Cam Jansen and the Library Mystery • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64

Materials cost

$278.36

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$25.47

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$338.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.65

Total project goal

$397.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$397.66

2 Donors

-$132.55

Donations toward project cost

-$112.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.88

match offer

-$265.11

Match offer toward project cost

-$225.34

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.77

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