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

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Reading Oasis

My students need technology, books, and seating to help create a fun and relaxing reading environment.

  • $353 goal

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My Students

Our elementary school is an urban, Title 1 where a vast majority of my students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

I love teaching my third graders.

These students face many challenges yet come to school every day ready to try their best. My most important role as their teacher at this crucial time in their young lives is to help them develop their sense of self and to learn how to be successful throughout their school career. They are bright, playful, and motivated kids and I am honored to help them utilize the skills they already have to blossom as 3rd graders.

My Project

Last year I switched to third grade and was so inspired and excited by all the reading opportunities that came with it. I incorporated "Independent Reading" after attending a workshop last spring. This process gives students the opportunity to self select reading material, sit anywhere in the room (under a desk, in their chair, sprawled on the carpet, in a bean bag, etc), read, conference with me, and journal about their thoughts and ideas. When I surveyed my students at the end of the year to find out their favorite part of reading class, over 75% of them said IDR (independent reading). That was powerful.

I am very excited to inspire my students with literature about nature as this is my theme in my classroom this year.

I have selected seventeen books that inspire students to connect with nature. I need books on many different levels. This is where the two requested tablets come in. I am looking forward to incorporating screen reading to make any level available for a student as well as using the tablets for math and reading games. Last year I borrowed yoga mats from another teacher who needs them back this year. Kids begged to use them at all different times of the day. I think this is a simple way to get students to want to sit down and read. All the material selected in this project will change a child's perspective of reading from seeing at as a chore to seeing it as a relaxing, wonderful experience.

Mrs. White Westover Hills Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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Richmond, 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

21 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Tagital 7" T7K Quad Core Android Kids Tablet, with Wifi and Camera and Games, HD Kids Edition with Kid Mode Pre-Installed (Blue) • Amazon Business $54.99 2 $109.98
Tone Fitness Yoga Mat with Floral Pattern, Teal • Amazon Business $7.25 5 $36.25
National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry: More than 200 Poems With Photographs That Float, Zoom, and Bloom! (Stories & Poems) • Amazon Business $20.45 1 $20.45
My Wilderness: An Alaskan Adventure • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
I Took a Walk • Amazon Business $11.15 1 $11.15
Ultimate Explorer Field Guide: Insects: Find Adventure! Go Outside! Have Fun! Be a Backyard Insect Inspector! (National Geographic Kids Ultimate Explorer Field Guide) • Amazon Business $8.52 1 $8.52
Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Nature Girl • Amazon Business $7.28 1 $7.28
The Secret Garden • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth • Amazon Business $6.09 1 $6.09
My First Book About Backyard Nature: Ecology for Kids! (Dover Children's Science Books) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
All About Animals (TIME For Kids Book of HOW) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Explore My World Butterflies • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Stone Fox • Amazon Business $4.68 1 $4.68
Pony Scouts: The Camping Trip (I Can Read Level 2) • Amazon Business $4.50 1 $4.50
Volcanoes! (National Geographic Readers) • Amazon Business $4.13 1 $4.13
John Muir: Candlewick Biographies: America's First Environmentalist • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
National Geographic Readers: Weird Sea Creatures • Amazon Business $3.74 1 $3.74
National Geographic Readers: Planets • Amazon Business $3.19 1 $3.19

Materials cost

$265.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$299.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.89

Total project goal

$352.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $352.58

7 Donors

-$277.21

Donations toward project cost

-$237.13

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.08

match offer

-$73.60

Match offer toward project cost

-$62.56

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.04

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.77

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 $0.00

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