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Ms. Shannon from New London, CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Kindness Counts!

Help me give my students the gift of kindness. These read-aloud books focus on empathy, self-control, and cooperation while explicitly teaching students strategies for self-regulation.

  • $204 goal

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My Students

My students are the future scientists and mathematicians that will save our planet. I teach in an urban district that is Connecticut's first all-magnet district. My school is the district's STEM magnet school and we serve approximately 600 students grades preK-5. I have taught in this district for 21 years, 17 of them at this school, and have taught grades 1, 2, 3, and 5.

My students love to dig into investigations and aren't afraid to get their hands dirty.

Whether they are working in our school gardens, conducting inquiry investigations in our science lab, or leading taste tests of healthy foods in our cafeteria, they give it their all.

They come from 20 different communities, but openly embrace their differences and welcome the opportunity to be members of our school, and even our classroom, community. Every student has an important role to play and unique insights to share. Together, we are more than the sum of our parts!

My Project

I am requesting a library of books that focus on social skills and self-regulation of emotions for my social skills instruction. Our school has a program that explicitly teaches students about empathy and self-control. I am finding that students benefit from the addition of read-aloud books that provide a shared experience to discuss difficult ideas in a safe way. These books will allow me to share a story with students that we can then apply to our social skills lesson.

Through these read-alouds, students will learn strategies for regulating their emotions and dealing with others in a kind and safe way.

Ms. Shannon
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Be Kind • Amazon Business $14.57 1 $14.57
I Just Want to Do It My Way! My Story about Staying on Task and Asking for Help • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
I Can't Believe You Said That!: My Story about Using My Social Filter...or Not! (Best Me I Can Be!) • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Kindness Counts: A Story for Teaching Random Acts of Kindness (Without Limits) • Amazon Business $10.93 1 $10.93
I Am Human: A Book of Empathy • Amazon Business $10.91 1 $10.91
Baditude! What to Do When Life Stinks! (Responsible Me!) • Amazon Business $9.30 1 $9.30
If Winning Isn't Everything, Why Do I Hate to Lose? • Amazon Business $9.30 1 $9.30
I Just Don't Like the Sound of No! My Story About Accepting No for an Answer and Disagreeing the Right Way! (Best Me I Can Be) • Amazon Business $9.30 1 $9.30
Of Course It's a Big Deal (Executive Function) • Amazon Business $9.30 1 $9.30
My Day Is Ruined!: A Story Teaching Flexible Thinking (Executive Function) • Amazon Business $9.30 1 $9.30
But It's Not My Fault! (Responsible Me!) • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29
Worries Are Not Forever (Best Behavior) • Amazon Business $9.21 1 $9.21
I Can Handle It (Mindful Mantras) (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $9.04 1 $9.04
My Mouth Is a Volcano Activity and Idea Book • Amazon Business $8.45 1 $8.45

Materials cost

$140.80

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.11

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$172.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$30.51

Total project goal

$203.42

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $203.42

5 Donors

-$203.42

Donations toward project cost

-$172.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.51

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 $0.00

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