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Mrs. Sloan from Garland, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Read, Rock, And Score With Beginning Readers

My students need 35+ low-level reading materials on subjects that excite them.

  • $615 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

In this time of work and worry about the economy, in the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, "It is a happy talent to know how to play." I am requesting some playful books for my youngest students to enjoy as they work toward reaching the goal of being an accomplished reader.

Our students are very special in that they are extremely gifted, smart, and eager to learn, but they have very limited access to books and count on the school library to supply them.

Ninety percent of our students are on the free and reduced lunch program and although their parents do not have extra money, they strive to provide them with a sound and caring family life and trust that our school will provide them with the tools they need to succeed. We have volunteer after school art and science clubs where our students are showing insight and intelligence in the projects they create. Our teachers are dedicated to these children and spend hours encouraging and motivating them to read. Research has shown that when children have access to many books, they are more successful. Our young readers have read all of our lower level books and would be appreciative of new ones.

My Project

Whenever I read a book to children about cats, dogs, or other pets, hands shoot up in the air to share their text-to-text connections. Research supports that children can increase their reading comprehension when they make connections in their schema to new learning. Most children have "pets" in their schema so I wanted to give them a new set of books about pets. Children will relate to the books I have selected in a very positive way.

The public library near our school was closed due to funding issues last year.

The closest public library is too far to walk to from our neighborhood where most of our parents only own one car. Most of our students' parents walk to the school with their students. Working two jobs is a situation many of our students' parents experience, working at night as well as the day. It is difficult to find a time when students can go to the public library so the school library is key to their success.

Mrs. Sloan Centerville 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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Garland, TX 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

200 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Biscuit and the Little Pup • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Biscuit''s My First I Can Read Book Collection • AKJ Books $9.35 1 $9.35
Biscuit Finds a Friend • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Biscuit Goes to School • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Biscuit Meets the Class Pet • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Biscuit Takes a Walk • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Biscuit Visits the Big City • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Biscuit Wants to Play • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Biscuit Wins a Prize • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Biscuit''s Big Friend • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Biscuit''s Day at the Farm (My First I Can Read Series) Alyss • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Dog Biscuit Helen Cooper • AKJ Books $12.48 1 $12.48
Welcome To The Bed And Biscuit • AKJ Books $12.47 1 $12.47
Magic at the Bed and Biscuit • AKJ Books $12.47 1 $12.47
The Hare and the Tortoise (La Liebre y la Tortuga) Chronicle • AKJ Books $11.66 1 $11.66
I''m Just Like My Mom: (Me Parezco Tanto a Mi Mama): I''m Just • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Wiggling Pockets/Los bolsillos saltarines (My Family: Mi fam • AKJ Books $10.13 1 $10.13
Arthur''s Lost Puppy • AKJ Books $9.35 1 $9.35
Dogs and Their Puppies • AKJ Books $17.67 1 $17.67
Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy (Fancy Nancy Series) Jane O''C • AKJ Books $14.03 1 $14.03
Guppies to Puppies • AKJ Books $20.01 1 $20.01
Hardworking Puppies • AKJ Books $12.48 1 $12.48
Hello, Puppy! • AKJ Books $10.13 1 $10.13
Los Cachorros / Puppies • AKJ Books $19.71 1 $19.71
Please, Puppy, Please • AKJ Books $13.22 1 $13.22
Poor Puppy • AKJ Books $13.22 1 $13.22
Puppies and Piggies • AKJ Books $12.48 1 $12.48
Puppy Mudge Has a Snack Cynthia Rylant, Isidre Mones (Illust • AKJ Books $12.47 1 $12.47
Puppy Mudge Wants to Play Cynthia Rylant, Sucie Stevenson (I • AKJ Books $12.47 1 $12.47
Pigeon Wants a Puppy! • AKJ Books $11.69 1 $11.69
The Poky Little Puppy • AKJ Books $7.01 1 $7.01
Which Puppy? • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Do Penguins Have Puppies? • AKJ Books $7.79 1 $7.79
Saving Cinnamon: The Amazing True Story of a Missing Militar • AKJ Books $19.49 1 $19.49
La primera luna llena de Gatita (Kitten&apos • AKJ Books $12.59 1 $12.59
Pets at the Party • AKJ Books $16.63 1 $16.63
Daniel''s Pet/ Daniel Y Su Mascota • AKJ Books $10.10 1 $10.10

Materials cost

$480.10

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$522.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$92.17

Total project goal

$614.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $614.47

2 Donors

-$307.47

Donations toward project cost

-$261.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.12

match offer

-$307.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$260.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.05

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