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

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The Power of Reading

Help me give my students high interest books that will spark their interest in reading.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Ascano's classroom raised $257

This project is fully funded

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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

Our school is a Title I school with 552 students, and all of them receive free lunch. Ninety percent of our students are socioeconomically disadvantaged, with a forty percent English Language Learner population at my school. In my first grade class, all of my students are English Language Learners.

My first graders are full of energy, and their curiosity drives our learning.

They get so excited when we are learning about new topics that are related to them and the world around them. Their love and passion for learning is infinite.

My classroom community strives for the best. I believe that all children can learn when one shows them that they are important and that they are special.

My Project

Read aloud time is very important in my classroom. I need high level and updated text that will my students listen attentively and enjoy being read to. Being read to will help my students to build their listening skills, vocabulary, and their undertanding of text structure.

By donating to our project, you will be helping me to teach reading comprehension strategies and skills that will nelp my students to achieve the reading comprehenison skills that are needed to achieve reading comprehension.

My students will not only be able to listen to fiction and nonfirction text but they will be able to read it on their own.

Mrs. Ascano Park Avenue Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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.

Cudahy, CA 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

46 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Guided Reading Collection: Grade 1 Fiction/Nonfiction Paired Studies (16 books) • AKJ Education $79.24 1 $79.24
Level J - Around the World F/NF (6 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $30.56 1 $30.56
Level F - Animal Groups F/NF (6 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $30.56 1 $30.56
Level E - Life Cycles F/NF (6 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $29.78 1 $29.78

Materials cost

$170.14

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$15.57

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$218.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$38.52

Total project goal

$256.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$256.78

6 Donors

-$256.78

Donations toward project cost

-$218.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.52

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$0.00

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