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

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Help My Bookworms Have More Books To Read

My students need 50+ new and exciting books such as A Color Of His Own, Shells, Busy Horsies, Baby Whale, Baby Sea Otter, Are You A Bee, Butterfly, Dragonfly, Ladybug, and Ant books to begin the new school year with.

  • $519 goal

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My Students

Have you ever needed basic supplies in your classroom and had nothing there that you could use to assist the children? My students need books. The majority of them each year are struggling readers. They need fun and interesting books on topics that are of interest to them.

I have been teaching for many years now.

I am teaching at a hard to staff school in Brooklyn, New York. It's been a wonderful experience for me and each day I learn so very much. This year I am teaching Kindergarten. The students that I teach come mainly from Housing Projects. They come from very low socioeconomic backgrounds. Many of my students are in foster homes, homeless shelters, have a parent incarcerated or live with a grandparent. These children face great adversity daily, however they come to school each day eager to learn with their friends. Our school is a Title I school. Over 98% of our student body participates in the free lunch program. My students are often unprepared and some are not taught the sort of hygiene children should be taught. Some come disheveled and unwashed with hungry stomachs. We have to get them the services they need to change this situation. Teachers at my school are therapists and counselors all day every day.

My Project

My students need at least 60 new and exciting books such as A Color Of His Own, Shells, Busy Horsies, Baby Whale, Baby Sea Otter, Are You A Bee, Butterfly, Dragonfly, Ladybug, and Ant books to begin the new school year with. My students are often times reading way below grade level and need a great deal of support. Many need a lot of small group phonics work and all teachers at this school work very hard to move their students to the next reading level as quickly as possible. Many assessments are given as children are moved along. However there are way too many who move too slowly along with their reading levels and some decode well but have poor comprehension. My students need books that interest all readers in my classroom. I have few sports, non-fiction, joke and comic books. These are the books my boys love best of all. They also love audio fiction. Most of the books in my room are fiction which the girls prefer. I want to help my struggling readers who are mostly the boys. I want to have some wonderful non-fiction books on bugs and reptiles and all other gory things they seem to love best of all in my classroom. I want my male students to also be successful this school year.

My students need 60 non-fiction books.

I want these special children who deserve a chance to be the best they can be. My students truly love school and learning. They enjoy success. They want to learn and have fun with their friends. They have big hopes and dreams and see themselves as success stories. Let's help them make this dream a reality.

Ms. L. PS 335 Granville T Woods Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Brooklyn, NY 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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ice Bear • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Sea Horse With Audio, Peggable • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
White Owl, Barn Owl • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: Book & CD Bill Martin Jr., John Arc • AKJ Books $8.13 1 $8.13
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed-CD Only • AKJ Books $3.70 1 $3.70
Fox in Socks: Book & CD Dr. Seuss • AKJ Books $7.36 1 $7.36
Hop on Pop: Book & CD Dr. Seuss • AKJ Books $7.36 1 $7.36
Mary Engelbreit''s Mother Goose • AKJ Books $10.32 1 $10.32
My First Nursery Songs • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: Book & CD Dr. Seuss • AKJ Books $7.36 1 $7.36
The Real Mother Goose • AKJ Books $9.61 1 $9.61
Three Little Kittens Book and CD Paul Galdone • AKJ Books $8.13 1 $8.13
Curious George''s First Day Of School • AKJ Books $8.13 1 $8.13
Election Day • AKJ Books $14.02 1 $14.02
Happy Graduation! • AKJ Books $14.02 1 $14.02
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? Jane Yolen • AKJ Books $7.36 1 $7.36
How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? Jane Yolen, Mark Teague • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? (How Do Dinosaurs...? Serie • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
Jamie Lee Curtis''s Books to Grow By: Treasury Jamie Lee Curt • AKJ Books $18.49 1 $18.49
Loukoumis Good Deeds (Book CD Narrated by Jennifer Aniston • AKJ Books $14.36 1 $14.36
No Mirrors in My Nana''s House Ysaye M. Barnwell, Synthia Sai • AKJ Books $5.92 1 $5.92
Olivia Ian Falconer, Ian Falconer (Illustrator), Read by Dam • AKJ Books $9.61 1 $9.61
Are You a Spider? • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Is a Spider an Insect? • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
Up, Up and Away • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Animal Babies in Rain Forests • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Animal Babies in Rain Forests • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Rainforest Romp • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
A Bee''s Life • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
National Geographic Readers: Ants Melissa Stewart • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Ants • AKJ Books $10.29 1 $10.29
Are You a Bee? • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Are You a Butterfly? • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Are You a Dragonfly? • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Are You a Ladybug? • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Are You an Ant? • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Animal Babies in Ponds and Rivers • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Baby Sea Lion • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
Baby Sea Otter • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
Baby Whale • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
Fish Faces • AKJ Books $6.62 1 $6.62
Incredible Sharks Seymour Simon, Chronicle Books • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Mother''s Journey, A • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
About Penguins • AKJ Books $11.80 1 $11.80
Baby Penguin • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
Busy Birdies • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Penguins! John Schindel, Jonathan Chester (Photographer) • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Busy Gorillas • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Gorillas: Gentle Giants of the Forest • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
A Color of His Own • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Reptiles and Amphibians • AKJ Books $7.36 1 $7.36
Snakes Slither and Hiss (DK Readers Pre-Level 1 Series) DK P • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
What Color Should I Be? • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
That''s Not My Reindeer • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
Animals: Baby Touch and Feel DK Publishing, Designed by Vict • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Ears • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Shells • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Jungle Animals • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Busy Horsies • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17

Materials cost

$399.54

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$440.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.74

Total project goal

$518.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $518.27

6 Donors

-$418.27

Donations toward project cost

-$355.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.74

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

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