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Mrs. Solis from Minneapolis, MN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Read: Culturally Responsive Books for 5th Graders!

My students need a variety of books with diverse characters and authors, such as Yo Soy Muslim and I Am Not A Number.

  • $430 goal

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Mrs. Solis has another project! Donate to Picture Books to Build Strong, Resilient Classroom Community to help her classroom.

All donations currently doubled!
You can complete this project for $199.
2X

My Students

My students have come from many different parts of the world including Ecuador, Mexico, Guatemala, Nepal, Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, and the United States. They come with tenacity, creativity, and a wide variety of experiences and gifts. At our school, 98% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch and 96% of the students are students of color. The majority of my students are learning English as a second or third language. They are students with the capacity to achieve greatness.

My Project

In our room, we love to read. We walk to the local library every month and we go to our school library. We share books we are reading and discuss books with peers. We read in the mornings, afternoons, and on field trips. That said, it is always a challenge to find books that reflect the students in my class. My students are very accustomed to literature as a window to somewhere else, but we all need mirrors in the literature that we are reading. These books would provide my students that opportunity.

When students are validated in all aspects of who they are, their confidence grows.

When students are confident in themselves they can truly achieve anything. These additions to our classroom library will provide us with some of the materials necessary to engage our students with culturally relevant literature.

Mrs. Solis Folwell Community School Grades 3-5

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
Women in Science: 100 Postcards • Amazon Business $17.11 1 $17.11
I Am Not a Number • Amazon Business $16.10 1 $16.10
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (Millbrook Picture Books) • Amazon Business $14.96 1 $14.96
When a Bully is President: Truth and Creativity for Oppressive Times (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
Echo • Amazon Business $14.45 1 $14.45
Yo Soy Muslim: A Father's Letter to His Daughter • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family's Journey (Arabic and English Edition) • Amazon Business $13.60 1 $13.60
Island: A Story of the Galápagos • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance • Amazon Business $12.91 1 $12.91
Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin • Amazon Business $12.64 1 $12.64
I Am Jazz • Amazon Business $12.54 1 $12.54
My Night in the Planetarium • Amazon Business $12.20 1 $12.20
The Only Road • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Women in Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win • Amazon Business $11.55 1 $11.55
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $11.04 1 $11.04
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) • Amazon Business $10.93 1 $10.93
Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story • Amazon Business $10.92 1 $10.92
The First Rule of Punk • Amazon Business $10.33 1 $10.33
Skin Again • Amazon Business $10.13 1 $10.13
Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Wonder • Amazon Business $8.80 1 $8.80
Deep in the Sahara • Amazon Business $7.54 1 $7.54
Camo Girl • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
The Ghosts in the Castle (City Kids) (Volume 3) • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00
Dayshaun's Gift (City Kids) (Volume 2) • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00
The Phoenix on Barkley Street (City Kids) • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00
Ghost (Track) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
George • Amazon Business $6.57 1 $6.57
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
As Brave As You • Amazon Business $5.64 1 $5.64
We March • Amazon Business $4.39 1 $4.39

Materials cost

$329.83

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$364.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.37

Total project goal

$429.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $429.15

2 Donors

-$214.56

Donations toward project cost

-$182.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.18

match offer

-$214.59

Match offer toward project cost

-$182.40

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.19

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