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Mrs. Bailey from Petaluma, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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On Beyond Fiction!

My students need non-fiction book sets about Native Americans, Space, and Fables in order to address new standards and expand their world beyond fiction.

  • $555 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

We live in an ever changing world. Our expectation is that our students will constantly adapt to new standards, objectives and goals. At the start of the next school year, my students will be asked to increase their reading of non-fiction texts. Thus, the rub! We have none!

The students in my class amaze me every day.

They come to school each day, eager to get down to the business of learning, regardless of whether or not they've had breakfast, seen their parents, or even been told, "Have a good day." These students enter into the world of our classroom ready to meet the challenges set forth to them. They tackle everything with an energy and determination that astounds me. The fact that 95% of them are having to translate much of what they are thinking and saying back and forth between Spanish and English, to the point which any one of us would be exhausted, is beyond belief. I cannot express how deserving these students are, how much they would treasure the opportunity to explore materials that are at their level. They are so eager to learn and we desperately need to change the model by which they learn from being teacher centered to one that is predicated on their own explorations. These children can do anything they set their minds to!

My Project

The project that I am putting forth to be funded is one which will allow all of the students in my class to engage in Social Studies and Science texts on their own reading level. Currently, all of our Social Studies and Science learning happens in a teacher-centered, top-down learning paradigm. There is one set of books that is supposed to be watered down enough and low enough that all the students can read it without difficulty. I am asking for multiple sets of non-fiction texts on Native Americans, Space, and Fables so that each student in my class can have the opportunity to read, interpret, and analyze information independently. Learning happens best when students can grapple with material, draw conclusions, and interpret information for themselves. With the books from this project each student will have access to books on our Social Studies, Science, and Language Arts topics that they themselves can read. They will become active learners at last!

No more teacher centered learning for my students!

Please help me give my capable and deserving students the opportunity to really become active learners, crafting their own paths through the material. By providing these students with leveled sets of themed texts, each one of them will be appropriately challenged and given the chance to create meaning for themselves. This is a higher order thinking skill that is so critical to learning, and my students deserve a chance to soar on their own.

Mrs. Bailey McDowell Elementary 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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Petaluma, CA View local requests

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
Multicultural - Native American • AKJ Books $28.82 2 $57.64
Folktales Caldecott Medal and Honors • AKJ Books $46.53 1 $46.53
Fables/ Folktales Assortment • AKJ Books $30.27 2 $60.54
Fables/ Folktales Assortment • AKJ Books $33.14 2 $66.28
Classic Stories • AKJ Books $20.67 2 $41.34
Astronomy • AKJ Books $34.63 2 $69.26
Native American • AKJ Books $25.09 1 $25.09
Astronomy • AKJ Books $32.40 1 $32.40

Materials cost

$399.08

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $36.52

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$471.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.22

Total project goal

$554.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $554.81

1 Donor

-$554.81

Donations toward project cost

-$471.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$83.22

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