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

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Investing in Tiny Bookworms: Make a Page-Turning Difference

Help me give my students access to engaging book series to encourage them to read independently.

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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

My students are currently reluctant independent readers; they shy away from words and engage in compensatory skills that prevent them from reading and engaging with text. My role as their teacher is to increase their decoding, fluency, and comprehension skills, but, more importantly, my role is to cultivate their love for reading! I am requesting stuffed animals from children's literature and various sets of children's book series.

Having children engaged in a book series builds their affinity for reading and text sets while boosting their self-esteem and motivation to transact with text.

My students currently enjoy Pete the Cat and the Mo Willems books. They love these works so much that, on the first day back from summer, all my students went straight to the library to read Pete the Cat, Elephant & Piggie, and the Pigeon series.

The boxed sets of book series will allow my students to start a series and have enough books to continue with fidelity. This project will enable my students to explore other book series and increase their reading stamina and intrinsic motivation to read independently. The stuffed animals will help encourage my students to read by acting as their reading buddies.

Mr. Vincenzo PS 124 Silas B Dutcher 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.

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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
Pigeon Series 7 Book Set : Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus / Stay up Late. Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog ....and 4 More Titles • Amazon Business $33.20 1 $33.20
Pete the Cat Series 5 Books Collection Set (Pete the Cat I Love My White Shoes, Rocking in My School Shoes, His Four Groovy Buttons, His Magic Sunglasses & The New Guy) • Amazon Business $31.99 1 $31.99
Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus Plush 12 Inch Kid's Picture Book Characters Pigeon Soft Stuffed Bird Stuffed Animal Toy for Boys Girls Gifts for Kids,Home Decor Plushies • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
Aurora® Whimsical Dr. Seuss™ Horton Stuffed Animal - Magical Storytelling - Literary Inspiration - Blue 12 Inches • Amazon Business $18.59 1 $18.59
Mercy Watson Boxed Set: Adventures of a Porcine Wonder: Books 1-6 • Amazon Business $16.31 1 $16.31
Amelia Bedelia 5-Book I Can Read Box Set #1: Amelia Bedelia Hit the Books (I Can Read Level 2) • Amazon Business $14.98 1 $14.98
MerryMakers The Day the Crayons Quit Orange Soft Plush Crayon Toy, 12-Inch, from Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffer's The Day the Crayons Quit Book Series • Amazon Business $14.96 1 $14.96
An Elephant & Piggie Biggie! Volume 4 (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
My Favorite Spooky Stories Box Set: 5 Silly, Not-Too-Scary Tales! A Halloween Book for Kids (I Can Read Level 2) • Amazon Business $13.30 1 $13.30
Llama Llama Red Pajama Beanbag Stuffed Animal Plush Toy • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
An Elephant & Piggie Biggie! Volume 5 (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon Business $12.74 1 $12.74
Pete the Cat's Giant Groovy Book: 9 Books in One (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $12.25 1 $12.25
KIDS PREFERRED World of Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Bean Bag Toy, 10 inches • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish Boxed Set: (My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish; The Seaquel; Fins of Fury) • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
An Elephant & Piggie Biggie Volume 2! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
The Flat Stanley Collection Box Set: Flat Stanley, Invisible Stanley, Stanley in Space, and Stanley, Flat Again! • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
Pete the Cat Take-Along Storybook Set: 5-Book 8x8 Set • Amazon Business $9.30 1 $9.30
An Elephant & Piggie Biggie! Volume 3 (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon Business $9.00 1 $9.00
An Elephant & Piggie Biggie! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
Pete the Cat and the Mysterious Smell • Amazon Business $3.98 1 $3.98

Materials cost

$293.11

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$327.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.80

Total project goal

$385.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $385.31

6 Donors

-$188.24

Donations toward project cost

-$167.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.74

Matching donations from our partners

-$188.25

Match offers toward project cost

-$160.01

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.24

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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