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Mrs. Berry from Fredericksburg, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Read Aloud Learning

Help me give my students a diverse library! Students learn best through making connections to stories.

  • $235 goal

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My Students

First grade is such a fundamental year for students! I teach 23 6&7-year-old students! They are such excited learners! We have such a diverse class of learners! We have students working on reading A-level books to students reading M leveled books. We strive to keep them interested and goal-oriented no matter where they are at in their learning.

Our favorite saying in our class is, "It's okay to not know, but it is not okay to not try." Students love to celebrate with each other on all their accomplishments and encourage each other on the way to their goals.

My Project

These books will help me build a diverse library! In first grade, students learn so so much through read-aloud books. I would love to be able to teach about kindness, empathy, strong women, persistence, scientist, and diversity through these books.

We use read-alouds for reader's response as well as great classroom conversation starters.

Read-aloud books are fantastic for diverse learning. Students love to see characters that look like them and that they can relate to in real life. I want to give my students those types of books.

Mrs. Berry Conway Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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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Fredericksburg, VA View local requests

More than half 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

23 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Aaron Slater, Illustrator (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Iggy Peck, Architect (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $14.32 1 $14.32
Ada Twist, Scientist (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $14.01 1 $14.01
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You • Amazon Business $14.00 1 $14.00
Fruit of the Loom Boys Cotton White T Shirt, Ice, M , 7 Pack • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
You Are Enough: A Book About Inclusion • Amazon Business $12.58 1 $12.58
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $12.45 1 $12.45
#Staymarried: A Couples Devotional: 30-Minute Weekly Devotions to Grow In Faith And Joy from I Do to Ever After • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $10.40 1 $10.40
Kindness is my Superpower: A children's Book About Empathy, Kindness and Compassion • Amazon Business $10.35 1 $10.35
The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever • Amazon Business $10.35 1 $10.35
The Jelly Donut Difference: Sharing Kindness with the World • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49

Materials cost

$167.01

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$199.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.21

Total project goal

$234.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $234.73

3 Donors

-$234.73

Donations toward project cost

-$199.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.21

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 $0.00

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