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Ms. Whitney from SEATAC, WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning through Read Alouds

Help me give my students books that represent students and new worlds to explore!

  • 8 donors
  • $301 still needed thanks to a match offer

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My Project

I teach 19 active kindergarteners south of Seattle. My students come from many different backgrounds and cultures and I want to celebrate that with the books we read in class.

I've asked for many different kinds of books - all will help be windows into new worlds and cultures and mirrors for students.

I have heard good things about the 'Little Spot' series of social emotional learning books. I included some classics, some rhyming and rhythm books, and some that honor different hair, skin, eyes, and actions. I want all of my students represented in the books we read and this project will help me do that!

Ms. Whitney McMicken Heights Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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SEATAC, WA View local requests

Nearly all 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

20 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Rhythm & Rhyme Paperback Library • Lakeshore Learning Materials $107.50 1 $107.50
8 Book Set: Little SPOT of Emotion - Anger, Anxiety, Peaceful, Happiness, Sadness, Confidence, Love; calming corner, social emotional learning • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $62.00 1 $62.00
8 Book Set: A Little SPOT of Life Skills - Courage, Perseverance, Teamwork, Talent, Thankful, Optimism, Creativity, Giving; social emotional learning • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $62.00 1 $62.00
Hair Love (hardcover, ages 4-8) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks - picture books for classroom library • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 2 $36.00
Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes (paperback picture book) - A Latino Book of Concepts series • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 2 $22.00
Bowwow Powwow (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Big - Caldecott Medal Winner & Coretta Scott King Honor Title (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
The Magical Yet (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
The Napping House Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.95 1 $19.95
Under My Hijab Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.95 1 $19.95
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Eyes That Speak to the Stars (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Strictly No Elephants Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $18.99 1 $18.99
Little Taco Truck Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $18.99 1 $18.99
Festival of Colors Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $18.99 1 $18.99
Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $18.99 1 $18.99
The Kissing Hand Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $18.99 1 $18.99
Jabari Tries (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Stacey's Extraordinary Words (hardcover picture book from The Stacey Stories) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $17.00 1 $17.00
Go Away, Big Green Monster! Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
Just Now I Feel Angry: A Kids Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Book about Anger and Frustration Feelings Awareness, Self-Management, Mindfulness and ... (Feeling Big Emotions Picture Books) • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Rumpelstiltskin (My First Fairy Tales) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Three Little Pigs (My First Fairy Tales) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Chicken Little (My First Fairy Tales) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Little Red Riding Hood (My First Fairy Tales) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Gingerbread Man (My First Fairy Tales) • Amazon Business $8.36 1 $8.36
Goldilocks and The Three Bears (My First Fairy Tales) • Amazon Business $8.36 1 $8.36
The Three Billy Goats Gruff (My First Fairy Tales) • Amazon Business $7.64 1 $7.64
The Ugly Duckling (My First Fairy Tales) • Amazon Business $7.43 1 $7.43
Jack and the Beanstalk (My First Fairy Tales) • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Pigeon - The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too! - Board Book • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
National Geographic Readers - Seed to Plant (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 1) - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost

$727.12

Vendor shipping charges

 $14.97

Sales tax

 $63.62

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$846.62

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.40

Total project goal

$996.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $996.02

7 Donors

-$280.00

Donations toward project cost

-$250.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.50

DonorsChoose Board Member W. Kamau Bell match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.71

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $601.32

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