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Ms. Smith from Philadelphia, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Read, Read, Read!

My students need mentor texts and read aloud books to improve their love of reading and writing!

  • $651 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

I am a reading interventionist in a Title I school with over 50% English language learners! We work hard to develop phonics, reading, and writing skills for the majority of the school day. We need books to help our students succeed and develop a love of reading!

My students are from all over the world - Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Burma, Malaysia, Mexico, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Pakistan, and Nepal.

They are refugees and immigrants who are learning English and love to come to school! However, their life experiences have limited their exposure to reading and writing. We are using shared reading, read alouds, and interactive writing to improve these skills. They need good books as a foundation to develop these skills. Please help us to develop a love of reading in our students!

My Project

Our students need to have a story read to them everyday! We will use these books daily to inspire and delight a love of reading. Reading is the key to successful writing and learning how to read. This collection of books will inspire our children to love to read and want to become authors. Many of these books have been specifically chosen as mentor texts for different writing tasks.

Every day we will use these books to illustrate to students the endless opportunities that are open to writers and how enjoyable reading can be.

We want our students to understand the vital connection between reading and writing, and we think that these books will give them the insight that they need!

Ms. Smith Francis Scott Key Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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Philadelphia, PA 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

75 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Malala's Magic Pencil • Amazon Business $14.32 2 $28.64
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
Ms. Mccaw Learns To Draw • Amazon Business $15.53 1 $15.53
The Most Magnificent Thing • Amazon Business $15.26 1 $15.26
A Home for Bird • Amazon Business $15.09 1 $15.09
Yak and Dove • Amazon Business $14.61 1 $14.61
La La La: A Story of Hope • Amazon Business $14.31 1 $14.31
Library Mouse • Amazon Business $14.16 1 $14.16
My Map Book (Rise and Shine) • Amazon Business $14.12 1 $14.12
Du Iz Tak? (E. B. White Read-Aloud Award. Picture Books) • Amazon Business $14.01 1 $14.01
Creepy Carrots! • Amazon Business $13.98 1 $13.98
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale • Amazon Business $13.97 1 $13.97
I Want My Hat Back • Amazon Business $13.87 1 $13.87
I Wanna Iguana • Amazon Business $13.38 1 $13.38
The Pigeon Needs a Bath! • Amazon Business $13.18 1 $13.18
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! • Amazon Business $13.09 1 $13.09
Strictly No Elephants • Amazon Business $12.98 1 $12.98
This Is Not My Hat • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Why Am I Me? • Amazon Business $12.75 1 $12.75
After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) • Amazon Business $12.75 1 $12.75
Dragons Love Tacos • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
A Sick Day for Amos McGee • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Number One Sam • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Lovely • Amazon Business $11.72 1 $11.72
No One Else like You • Amazon Business $11.71 1 $11.71
He Came with the Couch • Amazon Business $11.64 1 $11.64
Come With Me • Amazon Business $11.57 1 $11.57
Pictures from Our Vacation • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
Once Upon a Time, the End (Asleep in 60 Seconds) • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! • Amazon Business $10.96 1 $10.96
Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion (Knuffle Bunny Series) • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Bear Has a Story to Tell • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
The Watermelon Seed • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package: Tales from Deckawoo Drive, Volume Four • Amazon Business $9.09 1 $9.09
Yesterday I Had the Blues • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Night I Followed the Dog • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Author: A True Story • Amazon Business $7.97 1 $7.97
Interrupting Chicken • Amazon Business $7.58 1 $7.58
My Dog Is As Smelly As Dirty Socks: And Other Funny Family Portraits • Amazon Business $7.55 1 $7.55
Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
When a Monster Is Born • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
Patches Lost and Found • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
My Lucky Day • Amazon Business $5.09 1 $5.09

Materials cost

$515.19

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$552.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$97.57

Total project goal

$650.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $650.49

10 Donors

-$632.85

Donations toward project cost

-$540.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$92.68

match offer

-$15.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$12.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.64

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