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Mrs. E. from NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Representation Matters

Help me give my students books featuring diverse characters and historical figures to add to our Representation Library. We also need organizational bins to keep our books well cared for and organized.

  • $721 goal

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My Students

My students are English Language Learners. They come to school, often in a new country, where the language that surrounds them is not their first language. They come into a classroom each day, where they may not understand everything that others are saying. They are learning everything their English speaking peers are, all while learning the English language.

My students come from all over the world, to a new school, excited to learn.

Often, their home languages do not use the same alphabet, and they do not see books with characters that look like them. Learning to read and write, while learning a new language can be difficult, but my students always have smiles on their faces. They are excited to learn, and always give their best, in pursuit of their own 'American Dream'. In return, I always strive to give them my best.

My Project

These books will make a difference in the lives of my students, and all of the students in the entire school. They can be utilized as read alouds and mentor texts for classrooms at all grade levels, as well as independent reading books for older students.

Having books with diverse characters would allow all students to feel represented, as well as allow the other students to see children different from them.

I want my student's to feel welcome and represented in the books we read.

We have started a lending library for the entire elementary school. Teachers from kindergarten all the way through fifth grade have access to these books to use with their students. I like to highlight a book weekly so teacher's know what resources they have at their disposal. I am requesting more books to continue to build our library.

This past spring multiple teachers were able to utilize the lending library for units of study, independent reading and read alouds. I would like to continue this momentum by having even more options to offer teachers.

Thank you for helping me continue to build a diverse library that is filled with books that contain characters who look like all different kinds of people.

Mrs. E.
Grades PreK-2
    More than half of 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

    This project will reach 386 students.

    9 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Really Good Stuff Large Plastic Book Organizer Bins, Dividers, Built-in Label Holder, 13.5” by 13.5” by 7.75” (Set of 4, Primary Colors) - For Picture Books, Large Reference Books in Classroom or Home • Amazon Business $54.23 1 $54.23
I Is for Immigrants • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Home Is in Between • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Timelines from Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies • Amazon Business $18.12 1 $18.12
The Proudest Color • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Asian-Americans Who Inspire Us • Amazon Business $17.49 1 $17.49
Red Shoes • Amazon Business $17.39 1 $17.39
The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee • Amazon Business $17.39 1 $17.39
The Yellow Suitcase • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
What Happened to You? • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Brayden Speaks Up: How One Boy Inspired the Nation • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Right Now!: Real Kids Speaking Up for Change • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Aaron Slater, Illustrator (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
A Friend Like You • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Awesomely Emma: A Charley and Emma Story (Charley and Emma Stories, 2) • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
Jabari Tries • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Ada Twist, Scientist (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $14.01 1 $14.01
A Boy Like You • Amazon Business $13.78 1 $13.78
Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $13.30 1 $13.30
I Dream of Popo • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
Watercress • Amazon Business $12.54 1 $12.54
The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
I See the Sun in Nepal (2) • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Black Heroes: A Black History Book for Kids: 51 Inspiring People from Ancient Africa to Modern-Day U.S.A. (People and Events in History) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
The King of Kindergarten • Amazon Business $11.45 1 $11.45
Our Class is a Family • Amazon Business $11.11 1 $11.11
When Charley Met Emma (Charley and Emma Stories, 1) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story • Amazon Business $10.55 1 $10.55
Black Women in Science: A Black History Book for Kids (Biographies for Kids) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Redwoods • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race (First Conversations) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Thing About Luck • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Bee-Bim Bop! • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Mango Moon: When Deportation Divides a Family • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
National Geographic Readers: African-American History Makers (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions • Amazon Business $7.81 1 $7.81
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $6.68 1 $6.68
Growing Up Pedro: Candlewick Biographies: How the Martinez Brothers Made It from the Dominican Republic All the Way to the Major Leagues • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$573.46

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$612.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$108.01

Total project goal

$720.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $720.07

8 Donors

-$691.17

Donations toward project cost

-$590.81

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$100.36

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.90

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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