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Ms. Alex from Boston, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Texts Centering Black History, Non-Fiction and Social-Emotional Learning

Help me give my students whole and small group close-read lessons and independent reading opportunities in 2020 and beyond.

  • $722 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

My 20 students are members of a third grade inclusion classroom in the middle of a large city. Together, these diverse learners tackle grade-level content and achieve social and emotional growth. They establish a vision for themselves in the future of our world.

Third graders are eager to explore new content each day, and they appreciate opportunities to share their thinking, collaborate with peers and interact with a variety of texts and topics.

I am eager to build a comfortable and inspiring classroom environment where students feel celebrated and supported and are engaged in learning.

My Project

My students and I are seeking to expand our classroom library so that it might support close-reading lessons and feature relevant, exciting new content.

From wherever we sit, we'll work towards strengthened literacy skills and build community as we meet one another where we are---in the midst of a global pandemic and confronted with opportunities to identify and repair systemic and historic racial inequality.

A good book sparks discussion, maintains attention, and lends itself to multiple learning opportunities. This cart of books is sure to deliver just that during this year and for years of library browsing and read-alouds to come.

Ms. Alex Blackstone Innovation School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Boston, MA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

20 students impacted 14donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
I Will Dance • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
A Child's Introduction to African American History: The Experiences, People, and Events That Shaped Our Country (A Child's Introduction Series) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation • Amazon Business $17.00 1 $17.00
I Got the School Spirit • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Crazy About Cats (About Animals) • Amazon Business $15.44 1 $15.44
Smart About Sharks! (About Animals) • Amazon Business $15.44 1 $15.44
The Dramatic Life of Azaleah Lane • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
Obsessive About Octopuses (About Animals) • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
Hank's Big Day: The Story of a Bug • Amazon Business $14.56 1 $14.56
Brown Sugar Babe • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
The Undefeated (Caldecott Medal Book) • Amazon Business $14.40 1 $14.40
Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $14.35 1 $14.35
Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration • Amazon Business $14.26 1 $14.26
The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave's Journey from Bondage to Freedom • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Firebird • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Ways to Make Sunshine (A Ryan Hart Novel (1)) • Amazon Business $13.83 1 $13.83
Why Do We Cry? • Amazon Business $13.82 1 $13.82
Freedom Soup • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
Fanatical About Frogs (About Animals) • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Honey Baby Sugar Child • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
A Voice Named Aretha • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Mad About Monkeys (About Animals) • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild (Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (Awards)) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Papa, Daddy, and Riley • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Just In Case You Want to Fly • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Help Your Dragon Deal With Anxiety: Train Your Dragon To Overcome Anxiety. A Cute Children Story To Teach Kids How To Deal With Anxiety, Worry And Fear. (My Dragon Books) • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
The Amazing Life of Azaleah Lane • Amazon Business $12.64 1 $12.64
Because • Amazon Business $12.36 1 $12.36
Grace for President (Grace Series (1)) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Mae Among the Stars • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Season of Styx Malone • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
I Am Love: A Book of Compassion (I Am Books) • Amazon Business $10.91 1 $10.91
Circle Unbroken • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) • Amazon Business $9.45 1 $9.45
The Whispering Town • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Before She Was Harriet • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Blue Sky White Stars Bilingual Edition • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Finding Langston (The Finding Langston Trilogy) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
I Am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness (I Am Books) • Amazon Business $7.47 1 $7.47
The Invisible String • Amazon Business $5.79 1 $5.79

Materials cost

$566.45

Vendor shipping charges

 $7.97

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$612.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$108.16

Total project goal

$721.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $721.08

13 Donors

-$721.08

Donations toward project cost

-$612.92

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$108.16

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