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Ms. Umbarger from Bronx, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Tantalizing Second Graders Need Leveled Library

My students need a leveled library to keep their love of reading growing; as their interests vary so does their ability and reading level.

  • $562 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Have you ever wondered what life was like outside of where you stand? For some of my students they are unable to see beyond their window or front door what life could be like. Through the world of reading my students can live, imagine and learn all of the possibilities and opportunities that await them.

My students are 7 and 8 year olds that live in an urban setting in NY.

They are just beginning to really develop a passion for reading and what books have to offer them. They are like sponges, wanting to learn about everything and anything so they can share with each other new things. Inside of our classroom is a new world waiting to open up their minds and their hearts to what wonderful things await them through reading a book.

My Project

My students need a leveled library to keep their love of reading growing; as their interests vary so does their ability and reading level. Through series readers such as Junie B Jones students can learn about characters and how events change their behavior. Students will complete character analysis webs and gain a better understanding of what a character says and does tells more about who they are. Hopefully students will learn life lessons by making text-to-self-connections about how what they say and do also tells of the person they are and how actions shape and mold them into young adults of the world. My class will be able to increase their fluency rate and build stronger comprehension skills and understanding of books. They will achieve higher on standardized tests and do better in class and on homework through the enjoyment of reading.

My project is important because each student that walks into my classroom is just like my own child.

It is my responsibility to nurture and teach them and to make them feel safe. It is my responsibility to awaken their passion for learning and I know that through reading I can achieve that. I want them to enjoy reading as much as I do. Reading will affect the people they become in the future. Good readers are what they need to be. It sets the tone for a productive and rewarding life ahead.

Ms. Umbarger PS 94 Kings College School Grades PreK-2

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.

More about Ms. Umbarger

Bronx, NY 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

26 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Grade 3 - Fiction • AKJ Books $36.34 1 $36.34
Grade 2 - NonFiction • AKJ Books $39.02 1 $39.02
Grade 2 - Fiction • AKJ Books $35.15 1 $35.15
Junie B. Jones • AKJ Books $98.35 1 $98.35
Andrew Lost: In Time(Andrew Lost #9) • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
On Earth (Andrew Lost #10) • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
Andrew Lost With the Dinosaurs(Andrew Lost #11) • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
In the Bathroom(Andrew Lost #2) • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
In the Deep(Andrew Lost #8) • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
In the Desert(Andrew Lost #17) • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
Andrew Lost In the Garbage(Andrew Lost #13) • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
In the Garden(Andrew Lost #4) • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
In the Jungle (Andrew Lost #15) • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
In the Kitchen(Andrew Lost #3) • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
Andrew Lost: In the Whale(Andrew Lost #6) • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
In Uncle Al (Andrew Lost #16) • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
Ant Cities • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Buddy, the First Seeing Eye Dog • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs! • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Wildcats • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
An Octopus Is Amazing • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Spiders Gail Gibbons, Gail Gibbons (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $5.80 1 $5.80
Chirping Crickets • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Why Frogs Are Wet • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Sharks! (TFK Science Scoops Series) Editors Of Time For Kids • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
Big Cats • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Game On! (The Adventures of Daniel Boom, Loud Boy Series) D. • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
EEk & Ack Ooze Slingers from Outer Space • AKJ Books $4.34 1 $4.34
Johnny Boo, Book 3: Happy Apples, Vol. 3 James Kochalka, Jam • AKJ Books $9.95 1 $9.95
Zig and Wikki In Something Ate My Homework • AKJ Books $9.45 1 $9.45
Hiccup! • AKJ Books $8.75 1 $8.75
High Interest - Grade Level 1 • AKJ Books $33.14 1 $33.14
Oh, A Hunting We Will Go • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Lion and the Mouse Gail Herman, Lisa McCue (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
The Three Billy Goats Gruff - Brown • AKJ Books $5.11 1 $5.11
Rapunzel • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
Arrow to the Sun • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
The Three Little Pigs James Marshall, James Marshall (Artist • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Gingerbread Friends • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Three Little Pigs • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
Anklet for a Princess: A Cinderella Tale from India Lila Meh • AKJ Books $13.10 1 $13.10
Cinderella Penguin: or, The Little Glass Flipper Janet Perlm • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Mitten • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Gingerbread Girl Lisa Campbell Ernst, Lisa Campbell Erns • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40

Materials cost

$440.52

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.61

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$477.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.20

Total project goal

$561.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $561.33

2 Donors

-$561.33

Donations toward project cost

-$477.13

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$84.20

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