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

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Help Us Have A Lending Library In Our Class!

My students need a variety of books, book pouches, and a labeling system so our class can create a lending library to allow students to read at home with their parents.

  • $478 goal

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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

Do you remember how wonderful it felt when your mother or father laid down beside you and read you a bedtime story? I want to give that experience to my students by lending out books they love from our classroom to take home and share in a reading experience with their parents.

I teach 18 wonderful, inquisitive Pre-K children in a high need school.

They love listening to stories every day. Some of them are even ready to read! They are always asking me if they can take our classroom books home but due to severe budget cuts, books are a precious commodity that are not easily obtainable.

My Project

Not all children have books at home or have the opportunity to visit the public library. Even those that do have books at home may not have a wide variety of books such as non-fiction, informational texts, and sight word readers. I would like to create a lending library in our class that allows children to choose from a wide variety of books to take home with them so they can read with their families. Reading at home with your family not only shows children great reading habits but it also reinforces a love of literature which is essential to learning how to read. In order to create a lending library, my class needs a book browser, library labels, storage pouches, and many different types of books!

With your help, my Pre-K class can have the wonderful experience of taking home books from our class and having their families read with them.

This will help them become lifelong lovers of literature and great readers! Please help us by donating to this worthy cause! Thank you!

Mrs. Silvestry PS 9 Sarah Smith Garnet Grades PreK-2

More about Mrs. Silvestry

Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than a third 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

18 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
GG834X - See & Store Book Pouch - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning $36.00 2 $72.00
HH626 - Classroom Library Labels • Lakeshore Learning $19.95 1 $19.95
TT557 - Lakeshore Nonfiction Sight-Word Readers • Lakeshore Learning $49.95 1 $49.95
PreK - 1 NonFiction • AKJ Books $31.67 1 $31.67
Dr. Seuss Cheryl Carlson • AKJ Books $4.34 1 $4.34
School in Many Cultures • AKJ Books $5.07 1 $5.07
Hello, New York City! • AKJ Books $5.07 1 $5.07
Martin Luther King Day • AKJ Books $4.34 1 $4.34
My Very Favorite Art Book: I Love to Collage! Jennifer Lipse • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
RACK BIG BOOK BROWSER RED • School Specialty Inc. $109.87 1 $109.87
TT235 - Lakeshore Fiction Sight-Word Readers - Level 1 • Lakeshore Learning $49.99 1 $49.99

Materials cost

$359.51

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.99

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$405.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$71.63

Total project goal

$477.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $477.52

7 Donors

-$284.00

Donations toward project cost

-$246.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.05

Matching donations from our partners

-$186.98

Match offers toward project cost

-$158.93

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.05

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.53

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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