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Ms. Sanders from San Francisco, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Kindergarten Classic Storybooks

My students need a variety of classic storybooks from " Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" to "The Carrot Seed" to read again and again.

  • $346 goal

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My Students

As I read my much loved copy of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom to my new kindergartners this morning, a page fluttered out of the book and onto the floor.

My diverse, urban kindergartners are predominately English language learners who live below the poverty line and have not attended preschool.

They live and attend school in the most dangerous neighborhood in our large city. As they walk to school, they pass homeless people sleeping on the streets, drug dealers, and other urban predicaments that children should not experience. However, despite all of these challenges, my students develop a love of learning and want to come to school every day.

My Project

Over the summer, I participated in a teacher training at Columbia University Teacher's College that revolutionized the way I think about reading at the kindergarten level. The Reading and Writing Project has developed an integrated, differentiated approach to reading and writing that boosts academic expectations and meets common core standards in a developmentally appropriate way. However, the success of the program depends heavily upon daily read alouds and many of my books are becoming worn and falling apart.

My students love reading these books again and again.

Please help me provide them with sturdy, long lasting hard covers that will allow them to experience books without worrying about the pages falling out! Please help my kindergarten readers excel and meet their personal best.

Ms. Sanders Tenderloin Community 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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More than three‑quarters 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

66 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree • AKJ Books $11.20 1 $11.20
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom • AKJ Books $14.03 1 $14.03
Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
The Gingerbread Man • AKJ Books $14.03 1 $14.03
Goldilocks and the Three Bears • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Little Red Riding Hood • AKJ Books $14.00 1 $14.00
The Three Little Pigs • AKJ Books $5.42 1 $5.42
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed • AKJ Books $12.48 1 $12.48
Five Little Monkeys Play Hide And Seek • AKJ Books $12.48 1 $12.48
Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree • AKJ Books $12.48 1 $12.48
Five Little Monkeys Wash the Car • AKJ Books $11.70 1 $11.70
Five Little Monkeys With Nothing to Do • AKJ Books $12.48 1 $12.48
Ten Little Bears • AKJ Books $11.66 1 $11.66
Ten Little Fish • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Ten Little Mice • AKJ Books $20.24 1 $20.24
Ten Little Ducks • AKJ Books $8.57 1 $8.57
Ten Little Race Cars • AKJ Books $11.66 1 $11.66
The Carrot Seed • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Five Little Pumpkins • AKJ Books $8.06 1 $8.06

Materials cost

$233.49

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $21.36

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$293.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.77

Total project goal

$345.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $345.12

1 Donor

-$172.56

Donations toward project cost

-$146.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.88

match offer

-$172.55

Match offer toward project cost

-$146.67

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.88

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 $0.00

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