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Ms. Graff from Minneapolis, MN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Social Work Library for Elementary Student Support and SEL

Help me give my students an age-appropriate, inclusionary, SEL based library we can use together to learn to build social-emotional skills and develop positive relationships.

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My Students

Our students are returning to school after a very difficult year of distance learning, and unrest in their neighborhood. Additionally, their school was part of a redistricting plan called the CDD, in the case of our school, it was changed from a middle school to a grades 3 through 5 elementary school. We will have all new students as well as many new teachers both new to our school and new to the teaching profession. Our school has a history of being a very strongly supported school with a lot of family involvement. The students are engaged in learning and the teachers who work at our school are known to stay for many, many years.

My Project

I have curated a list of books to use to help elementary students process situations that our students and their families face. I will use these books both for individual work with students and for group work with small numbers of students who have similar needs.

Using specially chosen books will be a great way to merge literacy with both SEL and relationship building.

Now that Field is an elementary school I need to build a library of age appropriate books that can be used as the social worker to support students and families with their various needs.

Ms. Graff Field Community School Grades 3-5

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Minneapolis, MN View local requests 360 students impacted 5donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Death of Cupcake: A Child's Experience with Loss (Conscious Children's Books) • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
Stella Brings the Family • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Junkyard Wonders • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Day My Dad Turned Invisible • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
One Bee Too Many: (Picture Book for Kids about Tolerance, Diversity, and Prejudice) • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $16.43 1 $16.43
Under My Hijab • Amazon Business $16.10 1 $16.10
Kindness is My Superpower: A children's Book About Empathy, Kindness and Compassion • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
I Am Jazz • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Goodbye Book • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
A Different Pond (Fiction Picture Books) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Strictly No Elephants • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injustice • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
Missing Daddy • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Listening with My Heart: A story of kindness and self-compassion • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness (Ordinary Terrible Things) • Amazon Business $12.71 1 $12.71
The Memory Box: A Book About Grief • Amazon Business $12.16 1 $12.16
Divorce is a 'D' Word: Sometimes Two Separate Homes Can be Better than One • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
A Volcano in My Tummy: Helping Children to Handle Anger • Amazon Business $10.88 1 $10.88
Confidence is my Superpower: A Kid's Book about Believing in Yourself and Developing Self-Esteem (My Superpower Books) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Julián Is a Mermaid • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Ways to Grow Love (A Ryan Hart Story, 2) • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
But It's Just A Game • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
The Invisible String • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Wilma Jean - The Worry Machine • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Ways to Make Sunshine (A Ryan Hart Story) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Betty Before X • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$369.63

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$405.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$71.50

Total project goal

$476.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $476.67

2 Donors

-$238.34

Donations toward project cost

-$202.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.75

match offer

-$238.33

Match offer toward project cost

-$202.58

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.75

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