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

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Ready to Read!

Help me give my students engaging and meaningful read-aloud books for our kindergarten classrooms!

  • $1,159 goal

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My Students

We are in an urban school located in central Virginia with a high poverty rate. My students are demographically very diverse. Our school is open year-round which allows for less summer slump, more opportunities for remediation, and students retain more information.

Our classrooms are in need of many books!

We are starting a reading program called Rooted in Reading in August. We would love to be able to purchase enough books for 4 kindergarten classes. As all kindergartners love books, we are so excited about this program.

My Project

We would love to add some fresh new books to our tattered and torn classroom libraries. As the kindergarten teachers at our school work as a team, we would like to purchase enough books for each kindergarten classroom.

The students will make connections through art projects, movement, and music.

The Rooted in Reading program is designed around these read-alouds. This is essential to our school's mission which is an integrated curriculum of Art and Science. The rich meaningful text that the students will experience will help to deepen their comprehension. It will also spark the joy of learning and reading.

Ms. Shrader Patrick Henry School Science & Arts 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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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

80 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth: A Picture Book • Amazon Business $18.99 2 $37.98
Land Shark • Amazon Business $15.75 2 $31.50
The Wish Tree • Amazon Business $14.75 2 $29.50
Thank You, Omu! • Amazon Business $14.65 2 $29.30
This is My Book! • Amazon Business $14.60 2 $29.20
The Circus Ship • Amazon Business $13.99 2 $27.98
Plenty of Love To Go Around • Amazon Business $13.76 2 $27.52
Blackout • Amazon Business $13.68 2 $27.36
Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles • Amazon Business $13.67 2 $27.34
The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade • Amazon Business $13.61 2 $27.22
Quit Calling Me a Monster! • Amazon Business $13.59 2 $27.18
My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood • Amazon Business $13.43 2 $26.86
Night in the Country • Amazon Business $13.43 2 $26.86
The Cool Bean • Amazon Business $13.28 2 $26.56
Hippos Are Huge! (Read and Wonder) • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
The Way Home for Wolf • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
Santa Bruce (A Mother Bruce book) (Mother Bruce Series (4)) • Amazon Business $12.98 2 $25.96
I Am a Cat • Amazon Business $12.81 2 $25.62
Pick a Pumpkin • Amazon Business $12.19 2 $24.38
YOU WILL BE MY FRIEND! (Starring Lucille Beatrice Bear) • Amazon Business $12.16 2 $24.32
Sumo Joe • Amazon Business $11.99 2 $23.98
The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng • Amazon Business $11.95 2 $23.90
My Papi Has a Motorcycle • Amazon Business $11.69 2 $23.38
Mae Among the Stars • Amazon Business $10.99 2 $21.98
Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn • Amazon Business $10.99 2 $21.98
Giraffe Problems • Amazon Business $10.85 2 $21.70
Little Red Ruthie: A Hanukkah Tale • Amazon Business $10.69 2 $21.38
The Rabbit Listened • Amazon Business $10.69 2 $21.38
I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness • Amazon Business $10.59 2 $21.18
When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree • Amazon Business $10.39 2 $20.78
A Loud Winter's Nap (Fiction Picture Books) • Amazon Business $10.38 2 $20.76
The King of Kindergarten • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
The Very Impatient Caterpillar • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
A Stone Sat Still: (Environmental and Nature Picture Book for Kids, Perspective Book for Preschool and Kindergarten, Award Winning Illustrator) • Amazon Business $8.39 2 $16.78
President Taft Is Stuck in the Bath • Amazon Business $7.52 2 $15.04
The Princess and the Pea • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98
One Tiny Turtle: Read and Wonder • Amazon Business $6.77 2 $13.54
A Turkey for Thanksgiving • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
National Geographic Readers: Giraffes • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98

Materials cost

$940.24

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$984.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$173.71

Total project goal

$1,158.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,158.05

3 Donors

-$579.02

Donations toward project cost

-$492.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$86.85

match offer

-$579.02

Match offer toward project cost

-$492.17

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$86.85

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