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Ms. Futrell from Roanoke, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Read Alouds, Diversity, Nonfiction, Oh, My!

Help me give my students diverse picture books to listen to and read on their own.

  • $723 goal

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My Students

My students come from a variety of backgrounds and many face struggles and challenges on a daily basis. Included in their daily challenges are often times financial struggles. All of my students receive free breakfast and lunch every school day.

My goal is to make the classroom a fun and welcoming environment where they can learn and grow regardless of what goes on outside of school.

Even with what these kids face on a daily basis, they come to school with a positive outlook and a love for learning!

With the income restrictions placed on some of the families that I serve, many of my students do not have access to supplies to help them thrive.

My kids love to play, read, move, and everything else that your average elementary student does in a day. I cannot control what goes on outside of my classroom, but I take pride in what goes on inside of it. I want to make sure that my students strive and that they have what they need to be successful and continue their love of learning.

My Project

I am looking forward to this project because I am requesting picture books and some chapter books to allow my students to read more about famous Americans and diverse characters.

My classroom is filled with students who represent many different backgrounds.

I would like to allow them to be represented on my bookshelves as well. This project will supply my classroom with more books that I will use to read aloud to my students. These include some books that will discuss some social and emotional topics as well as represent more diverse characters.

I am also requesting some books that my students will be able to read about diverse people and women from history who are often underrepresented. I am hoping to open my students' minds as they open these books to learn more about the world around them.

Ms. Futrell Wasena Elementary School Grades 3-5

More about Ms. Futrell

Roanoke, VA View local requests

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

42 students impacted 4donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
Carter Reads the Newspaper • Amazon Business $16.63 1 $16.63
There Goes Patti McGee!: The Story of the First Women's National Skateboard Champion • Amazon Business $16.39 1 $16.39
I Am Every Good Thing • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Mae Among the Stars • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist • Amazon Business $15.94 1 $15.94
The Sweetest Fig • Amazon Business $15.69 1 $15.69
Flying High: The Story of Gymnastics Champion Simone Biles (Who Did It First?) • Amazon Business $15.62 1 $15.62
The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Meesha Makes Friends (Big Bright Feelings) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Old Enough to Save the Planet • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $14.84 1 $14.84
Going Down Home with Daddy • Amazon Business $14.62 1 $14.62
Thunder Underground • Amazon Business $14.62 1 $14.62
Last Stop on Market Street • Amazon Business $14.51 1 $14.51
We Are Water Protectors • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
If I Built a School • Amazon Business $14.47 1 $14.47
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read • Amazon Business $14.47 1 $14.47
Carmela Full of Wishes • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
The Couch Potato • Amazon Business $14.33 1 $14.33
While You're Sleeping • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
The Magic and Mystery of Trees • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
The Very Last Castle • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist (Women in Science Biographies, Fossil Books for Kids, Feminist Picture Books, Dinosaur Gifts for Kids) • Amazon Business $13.70 1 $13.70
Milo Imagines the World • Amazon Business $13.36 1 $13.36
Jumanji 30th Anniversary Edition • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World (Stories That Shook Up the World) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Do-Over Day: a children's book about surviving the worst day ever • Amazon Business $11.75 1 $11.75
A House That Once Was • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Before She Was Harriet • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Skin Like Mine (2) (Kids Like Mine) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Rosa's Bus: The Ride to Civil Rights • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The One Day House • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Child of the Civil Rights Movement • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
The Story of Ruby Bridges • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Who Is Ruth Bader Ginsburg? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.68 1 $5.68
Who Was Kobe Bryant? (Who HQ Now) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Is Kamala Harris? (Who HQ Now) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74

Materials cost

$575.83

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$614.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$108.44

Total project goal

$722.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $722.91

3 Donors

-$361.46

Donations toward project cost

-$307.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.22

match offer

-$361.45

Match offer toward project cost

-$307.23

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.22

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