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Mrs. Grafton from Murrieta, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Teach Me What to Do, Don't Tell Me

My students need to learn all sorts of social skills in kindergarten. Books that teach a social skill are very helpful.

  • $303 goal

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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

My class is full of thirty energetic Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten students in a Charter School setting. We meet together five days a week. All students are encouraged to make personal goals that they work on at school and at home with parents. They love working with technology in our classroom. We celebrate each student as they their personal goals at their own individual pace. My students feel encouraged and supported in our community while contributing to their own learning pathway.

My Project

Transitional kindergartners and Kindergartners need to be taught how to act in new situations. Many of my students have never had to share before, or make new friends for example. I chose books with themes like sharing, making mistakes, making new friends, anger, and waiting your turn. I have found that if I read a story about the social skill to be taught, it helps my students learn the lesson easier. They seem to recognize what the character in the book needs to do to solve his or her problem. Then as a class, we can then relate what the character learned to what we might do better in our classroom. It would be so nice to have more books that teach different life skills that are so important to learn

Mrs. Grafton River Springs Charter School - Murrieta Student Center 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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Murrieta, CA View local requests

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

32 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Jilly's Terrible Temper Tantrums: And How She Outgrew Them • Amazon Business $9.33 2 $18.66
A Gold Star for Zog • Amazon Business $14.23 1 $14.23
A Squash and a Squeeze • Amazon Business $13.46 1 $13.46
The Angry Dragon: (Children's book about a Dragon Who Learns How To be Patient, Picture Books, Preschool Books, Ages 3-5, Baby Books, Kids Book, Bedtime Story) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Grumpy Dinosaur • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Girl Who Wouldn't Brush Her Hair • Amazon Business $12.70 1 $12.70
The Most Magnificent Thing • Amazon Business $11.64 1 $11.64
The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes • Amazon Business $10.78 1 $10.78
Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots? • Amazon Business $10.24 1 $10.24
The Recess Queen • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Waiting Is Not Easy! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Beautiful Oops! • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Wilma Jean the Worry Machine • Amazon Business $9.75 1 $9.75
The Dot • Amazon Business $9.67 1 $9.67
Buford the Little Bighorn • Amazon Business $9.32 1 $9.32
The Gruffalo • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
I Just Don't Like the Sound of No! My Story About Accepting No for an Answer and Disagreeing the Right Way! (Best Me I Can Be) • Amazon Business $7.10 1 $7.10
My New Friend Is So Fun! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon Business $6.96 1 $6.96
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage To Be Who You Are • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89

Materials cost

$205.30

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $18.78

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$257.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.38

Total project goal

$302.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $302.54

3 Donors

-$289.13

Donations toward project cost

-$257.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.97

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.41

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