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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 Nonfiction Readers

My students need sets of colorful, engaging, leveled, nonfiction texts to meet common core standards.

  • $701 goal

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My Students

Standards are changing to include nonfiction requirements in kindergarten!

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

This month 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 aligns with common core standards in a developmentally appropriate way. However, the success of the program depends heavily upon providing students with books to explore at their own reading levels. These nonfiction books are a vital part of each child's daily individual reading and an important component of the new core curricular standards. Students will go book "shopping" on a weekly basis and keep texts in their book bags for daily practice for a week before selecting new books. However, I do not have these necessary nonfiction texts.

I have seen the results that these books can make possible in my classroom.

Given the needed materials, I believe that I can reach each of my students and boost them to their full potential. Please help my kindergarten readers excel!

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
How Animals Move Concept Book 6 pack • National Geographic/ Hampton Brown $53.10 1 $53.10
Places On Earth Concept Book 6 pack • National Geographic/ Hampton Brown $53.10 1 $53.10
Transportation 6 pack • National Geographic/ Hampton Brown $53.10 1 $53.10
Plants Concept Book 6 pack • National Geographic/ Hampton Brown $53.10 1 $53.10
On A Map 6 pack • National Geographic/ Hampton Brown $34.80 1 $34.80
Spring, Summer, Fall Winter 6 pack • National Geographic/ Hampton Brown $34.80 1 $34.80
What's My Job? 6 pack • National Geographic/ Hampton Brown $30.90 1 $30.90
Fall Colors Six Pack • National Geographic/ Hampton Brown $30.90 1 $30.90
What's On The Road? 6 pack • National Geographic/ Hampton Brown $30.90 1 $30.90
On The Rocks 6 pack • National Geographic/ Hampton Brown $30.90 1 $30.90
Watermelons 6 Pack • National Geographic/ Hampton Brown $30.90 1 $30.90
I See Tails 6 pack • National Geographic/ Hampton Brown $28.26 1 $28.26

Materials cost

$464.76

Vendor shipping charges

 $46.47

Sales tax

 $42.54

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$595.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$105.13

Total project goal

$700.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $700.87

1 Donor

-$297.87

Donations toward project cost

-$297.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$350.44

Match offer toward project cost

-$297.87

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.57

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$52.57

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 $0.00

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