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Mrs. G. from The Colony, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Knowledge is Power; Books with Diversity

Help me give my students books with diverse characters that they can connect to.

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My Students

I work in a public, nationally certified STEM elementary school in 5th grade. I share 3 classes of kids that are amazing wonderers! Many of the kids have been with each other since they began their school careers and have formed great bonds with each other.

I want to have diverse characters represented through the books available in my classroom library and used for read alouds in my lessons.

Our campus values facilitating the kids' growth in being Persistent, Solution Focused, Service Minded, and Adaptable. There are so many lessons like this that can be learned from characters that look like all of my students, not just some.

As 5th graders, we really work on building the skills to be successful in their middle school classes, but I want to start building their success as kind and accepting adults, too.

My Project

I am listening and learning every day as humans around me need help and recognition to get equality. I have realized that many diverse students are only provided with school material that doesn't honor their differences. I have used several book lists to come up with chapter and picture books that will build diverse representation in my classroom library. If this project gets funded, my diverse learners can adventure in books with diverse characters just like them.

All students will be exposed to the history of diverse characters and build empathy for all people.

Mrs. G. Prestwick Elementary School Grades 3-5

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The Colony, TX View local requests 75 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Resist A Story of D-Day • Amazon Business $60.00 1 $60.00
Jason Reynolds's Track Series Paperback Collection: Ghost; Patina; Sunny; Lu • Amazon Business $22.49 1 $22.49
The Boy at the Back of the Class • Amazon Business $16.89 1 $16.89
Genesis Begins Again • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $12.24 1 $12.24
Clean Getaway • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
From the Desk of Zoe Washington • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Last Stop on Market Street • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
Watch Us Rise • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Refugee • Amazon Business $9.74 1 $9.74
Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Blended • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Amal Unbound • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
American Born Chinese • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon Business $8.37 1 $8.37
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
A Good Kind of Trouble • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
New Kid • Amazon Business $7.79 1 $7.79
The Bicycle Spy • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
Ghost Boys • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Piecing Me Together • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Fish in a Tree • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Front Desk (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $5.60 1 $5.60
Inside Out and Back Again • Amazon Business $5.29 1 $5.29

Materials cost

$300.15

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$334.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.06

Total project goal

$393.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $393.71

1 Donor

-$196.86

Donations toward project cost

-$167.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.53

match offer

-$196.85

Match offer toward project cost

-$167.32

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.53

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