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Dr. Deaver from Columbia, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Our Way to Understanding!

My students need books such as The Recess Queen and Woodrow for President: a Tail of Voting, Campaigns, and Elections to aid in their understanding of the content.

  • $230 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela

Educators are tasked with awakening the inner desires of students to learn and act as global citizens.

I teach in a low-income school. We have a high population of ESOL (English Speakers of Other Languages), LD (Learning Disabled) self-contained, and resource students. Many of my students are working below grade-level, which requires differentiated instruction and individualized interventions. I have students who have the desire to read but not the materials. Many times my students come to me with very little reading experience, outside of school.

My Project

All of my students want to be successful. Books such as, Me on the Map and Mapping Penny's World, will aid my students in learning classroom content. My students will be able to use these books during shared reading, guided reading, and independent reading.

Having books written on their academic level will assist them with both comprehension and reading fluency.

Additionally, the use of grade appropriate materials will help instill my students with a love and joy for reading.

You could help make a difference in my students' lives. These books could be the catalyst that changes the literary life of one of my kids!

Dr. Deaver
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Woodrow for President: A Tail of Voting, Campaigns, and Elections (Little Patriot Press) • Amazon Business $14.16 1 $14.16
House Mouse, Senate Mouse The Squeaker of the House and the Senate Mouse-jority Leader • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The Recess Queen • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Prices! Prices! Prices!: Why They Go Up and Down • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Big Al • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Tales of Uncle Remus The Adventures of Brer Rabbit • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
When I Was Young in the Mountains • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Snowflake Bentley • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Important Book • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Yours Truly, Goldilocks • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Yeh-Shen A Cinderella Story from China • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Me on the Map • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Mapping Penny's World • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
As the Crow Flies A First Book of Maps • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Knots on a Counting Rope • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Three Little Wolves And The Big Bad Pig • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Adelita A Mexican Cinderella Story • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Art Lesson • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Field-Trip Fiasco • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Honestly, Red Riding Hood Was Rotten! The Story of Little Red Riding Hood As Told by The Wolf • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
The Berenstain Bears' Trouble with Money • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
The Berenstain Bears' Dollars and Sense • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64

Materials cost

$151.69

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $10.69

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.28

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$194.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$34.35

Total project goal

$229.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $229.01

1 Donor

-$229.01

Donations toward project cost

-$194.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.35

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