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Mrs. Somma from Las Vegas, NV is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Managing Our Emotions

Help me give my students new read aloud books to work on social-emotional skills during distance learning.

  • $497 goal

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Mrs. Somma has another project! Donate to Loving the Library to help her classroom.

$323 - complete this project and be a hero

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

For the second year in a row, I will be having the privilege of re-teaching students. Many of my former third graders will be joining my class as fifth graders in the fall. Given the dramatic world events, they had a unique end to their fourth grade year.

As a result, we are spending the first half of our school year apart and need to get creative with our resources.

I am requesting read alouds for our digital lessons as well as books for our classroom library. Last March, my students unexpectedly left my classroom for the last time and many of my books went with them. While I am still optimistic that many books will trickle back in, I also know it's time to restock some fifth grade favorites!

My Project

I am requesting new mentor texts for read alouds and chapter books for our classroom library. The chapter books will be placed into our classroom library for use when students return to the classroom and the read alouds will be read during our digital class meetings.

Many of my students are struggling with managing their emotions during distance learning, so a bulk of the read alouds are from Julia Cook and focus on these executive functioning skills.

Mental health is just as important as academic skills; children need help coping with a changing world. Read alouds that build functioning skills and empathy are necessary components of digital learning.

Mrs. Somma Mervin Iverson Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Never Take a Shark to the Dentist: (and Other Things Not to Do) • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
If I Built a School • Amazon Business $14.46 1 $14.46
I Promise • Amazon Business $13.98 1 $13.98
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Case Closed?: Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Lucy's Mask • Amazon Business $11.97 1 $11.97
Teamwork Isn't My Thing, and I Don't Like to Share! (BEST ME I Can Be!) • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Awesome Engineering Activities for Kids: 50+ Exciting STEAM Projects to Design and Build (Awesome STEAM Activities for Kids) • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Smithsonian 10-Minute Science Experiments: 50+ quick, easy and awesome projects for kids • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Hygiene... You Stink! (Building Relationships) • Amazon Business $10.30 1 $10.30
I Can't Believe You Said That! (BEST ME I Can Be!) • Amazon Business $10.30 1 $10.30
Sorry, I Forgot to Ask! (BEST ME I Can Be!) • Amazon Business $10.27 1 $10.27
Uniquely Wired: A Story About Autism and Its Gifts • Amazon Business $10.27 1 $10.27
I Have Ants in My Pants (National Center for Youth Issues) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
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 $9.95 1 $9.95
Planning Isn't My Priority (Functioning Executive) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Lying Up a STORM • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Tease Monster: A Book About Teasing vs. Bullying (Building Relationships) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Rumor Has It... (Building Relationships) • Amazon Business $9.93 1 $9.93
How to Catch a Monster • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
The Jelly Donut Difference: Sharing Kindness with the World • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Stephen Curry: The Children's Book: The Boy Who Never Gave Up • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
I Can't Find My Whatchamacallit (Functioning Executive) • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
Bubble Gum Brain • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
But It's Just A Game • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
The Day the Crayons Quit • Amazon Business $9.19 1 $9.19
Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The World Needs More Purple People • Amazon Business $8.73 1 $8.73
The Tyrant's Tomb (The Trials of Apollo, Book Four) (Trials of Apollo (4)) • Amazon Business $8.06 1 $8.06
Wordy Birdy • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Princess and the Pea • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal) • Amazon Business $6.58 1 $6.58
Cell Phoney • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
How to Catch a Mermaid • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Trapped in a Video Game (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $4.19 1 $4.19

Materials cost

$358.32

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $28.13

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$421.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.44

Total project goal

$496.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $496.26

3 Donors

-$97.49

Donations toward project cost

-$90.37

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.12

match offer

-$389.94

Match offer toward project cost

-$331.45

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.49

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

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