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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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Read Aloud for Distance Learning Community

Help me give my students engaging and inspiring read aloud books and Black history flashcards.

  • $446 goal

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Mrs. Solis has another project! Donate to Painting Supplies for Amazing 4th Graders! to help her classroom.

$277 - complete this project and be a hero

My Students

My students have come from many different parts of the world including Ecuador, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and the United States. They come with tenacity, creativity, and a wide variety of experiences and gifts. We work hard every day as scholars, artists, critical thinkers, and friends.

At our school, 96% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and 92% of the students are students of color.

The majority of my students are learning English as a second or third language. These students have the capacity to achieve greatness.

My Project

My students and I participated in distance learning this past spring (like much of the country). It was difficult; we missed each other and our routines and the enrichment I am able to provide in our school setting. We are starting the year in distance learning again this fall. I host a daily Morning Meeting with my students, which includes our daily read aloud, games and art activities. My students thrive on this daily interaction and our daily read aloud. These picture books will give my students an outlet for their imaginations, feelings and satisfy our need for normalcy. There are inspirational books and thoughtful books in this project. I have also included three editions of Black History flashcards, which we will also use during Morning Meeting; everyday we will learn about a new person and expand our knowledge of Black history.

2020 has been an eventful and challenging year.

My students have experienced so much and, yet, every day they show me how resilient they are. "A book is a dream you hold in your hands" Neil Gaiman.

Please help my students hold more dreams in their hands, or, at least, to be able to hear them through the computer.

Mrs. Solis Folwell Community School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

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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Minneapolis, MN 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

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Nacho's Nachos: The Story Behind the World's Favorite Snack • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
The Honey Jar • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
Queen of Tejano Music: Selena • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Rainbow Weaver/Tejedora del Arcoiris • Amazon Business $16.44 1 $16.44
Our Favorite Day of the Year • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Sometimes People March • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Urban Intellectuals Black History Flashcards (52 educational card deck) (Volume 4) • Amazon Business $15.48 1 $15.48
Urban Intellectuals Black History Flashcards (52 Educational Card Deck) Volume 3 - STEAM • Amazon Business $15.48 1 $15.48
Urban Intellectuals Black History Flashcards (52 Educational Card Deck) (Volume 2) • Amazon Business $15.48 1 $15.48
Jabari Tries • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
How to Write a Story: (Read-Aloud Book, Learn to Read and Write) • Amazon Business $14.84 1 $14.84
Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
All the Ways to be Smart • Amazon Business $13.77 1 $13.77
Mixed: A Colorful Story • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Hands Up! • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Share Your Rainbow: 18 Artists Draw Their Hope for the Future • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut (Denene Millner Books) • Amazon Business $7.89 1 $7.89
Little Night/Nochecita • Amazon Business $7.79 1 $7.79

Materials cost

$343.33

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$378.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.79

Total project goal

$445.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$445.27

3 Donors

-$253.89

Donations toward project cost

-$215.81

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.08

Matching donations from our partners

-$191.38

Match offers toward project cost

-$162.67

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.71

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$0.00

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