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Ms. Sultana from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Power of Books: Language & Literacy Development

Help me give my students books with rich illustrations and engaging text. This will encourage them to make connections between words and images, promoting early literacy skills such as letter recognition, sound awareness, and vocabulary development.

  • $495 goal

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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 Project

Books are magical tools that help children unlock the world of language, imagination, and learning. For Pre-K students, early exposure to books plays a crucial role in developing language and literacy skills that set the foundation for academic success, effective communication, and social development.

When children are surrounded by books, they develop an understanding of how language works, build essential vocabulary, and learn to make connections between words and images.

This helps them develop both oral and written language skills, which are critical for navigating the world around them.

The goal of this project is to provide my students with a variety of age-appropriate books that will foster language development, vocabulary growth, and comprehension skills. By engaging with these books, my students will also build the communication and social skills needed to navigate both academic and social situations successfully.

Ms. Sultana PS 83 Luis Munoz Rivera Grades PreK-2

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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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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

20 students impacted 9donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Max Explains Everything: Soccer Expert • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Block City • Amazon Business $17.26 1 $17.26
Scholastic No David! - Hardback • Kaplan Early Learning Company $17.09 1 $17.09
Go Away, Big Green Monster! Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
No, David!: Grow Up, David! • Amazon Business $16.97 1 $16.97
Under My Hijab • AKJ Education $14.56 1 $14.56
Tell Me, Tree: All About Trees for Kids • Amazon Business $14.33 1 $14.33
David Goes to School • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Bigger! Bigger! • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Be Brave Little Penguin • Amazon Business $12.26 1 $12.26
Llama Llama Time to Share • Amazon Business $12.08 1 $12.08
David Gets in Trouble (David Books [Shannon]) • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
I am Billie Jean King (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
It's Okay to Make Mistakes • Amazon Business $10.83 1 $10.83
Glad Monster, Sad Monster • Amazon Business $10.74 1 $10.74
Jabari Jumps (paperback picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
Roll, Slope, and Slide: A Book About Ramps (Amazing Science) (Amazing Science: Simple Machines) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Our Tree Named Steve • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
This Tree Counts! (These Things Count!) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Whose Shoes?: A Shoe for Every Job • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Watch Me Throw the Ball!-An Elephant and Piggie Book • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Calm-Down Time / Momento para calmarse (Toddler Tools® Board Books) (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $8.00 1 $8.00
Apt. 3 (Picture Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
No More Water in the Tub! • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Leaf Man Board Book • Amazon Business $7.92 1 $7.92
Extra Yarn: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner • Amazon Business $7.72 1 $7.72
Where Did My Clothes Come From? (Exploring the Everyday) • Amazon Business $7.43 1 $7.43
Henry Helps with Laundry • Amazon Business $7.39 1 $7.39
Share and Take Turns (Learning to Get Along, Book 1) • Amazon Business $7.38 1 $7.38
Llama Llama Shapes • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
What We Wear: Dressing Up Around the World (Global Fund for Children Books) • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Llama Llama ABC • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Llama Llama Numbers • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Me and My Family Tree • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Road Signs, Road Signs, What Do You Say?: Fun book about road signs and road signals for kids • Amazon Business $6.25 1 $6.25
Cleaning Water • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
10 Things You Can Do To Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (Rookie Star: Make a Difference) • Amazon Business $5.53 1 $5.53
Llama Llama Learns to Swim • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost

$383.49

Vendor shipping charges

 $0.85

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$420.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.13

Total project goal

$494.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $494.22

6 Donors

-$260.38

Donations toward project cost

-$223.42

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.96

Matching donations from our partners

-$231.38

Match offers toward project cost

-$196.67

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.47

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 $0.00

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