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Ms. Klein from N. Hollywood, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Today a Reader, Tomorrow a Leader.

My students need over 30 engaging, hands-on books, including National Geographic Readers for a variety of animals, Tree For All Seasons, and Helpers in My Community, to accompany or reading and math curriculi to help them understand the content and to show them how fun reading can be!

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My Students

I teach a special day class for transitional kindergarten through second grade students with autism. My students are bright, funny and high-energy, but sitting down and learning in a classroom does not come naturally to many of them. They learn academics and socially appropriate behavior through "getting it right" and respond well to visual cues and positive reinforcement. My class is learning the core curriculum along with social skills. My students are learning to read, write and do math just like their grade level peers, but with the curriculum presented at a slower pace and with some modifications to help them learn. My students get most excited about dancing, PE time, music time, and learning through technology.

Our class is comprised of 6 wonderful students - 3 transitional kindergarters, 1 kindergartener, and 2 first graders - five boys and one girl!

We go to school in Los Angeles at a school where 100% of the students receive free lunch. Many of my students come from bilingual households, and are non-verbal or low-verbal.

My Project

My students need over 30 engaging, hands-on books, including National Geographic Readers for a variety of animals, Tree For All Seasons, and Helpers in My Community, to accompany or reading and math curriculum to help them understand the content and to show them how fun reading can be! I am requesting these fiction and non-fiction books for close reading to go with our reading curriculum, and mentor texts to go with our math curriculum!

Giving my students access to these wonderful books is an investment in their future.

My students love reading and being read to, but many of the books that come with our reading curriculum are not engaging enough to meet their needs and they find it difficult to draw connections between the books and their own lives. I'm asking for fiction literature, hands--on and engaging books about math topics, and books about a variety of science and social studies topics, such as tigers, dolphins, sharks, butterflies, plants and holidays to help my students learn about the world outside of themselves. These books will help to supplement what we are already doing in reading and math in class and help my students connect better with the material.

Ms. Klein Saticoy Elementary School 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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N. Hollywood, 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
What Is Veterans Day? • AKJ Education $17.23 1 $17.23
The Very Hungry Caterpillar • AKJ Education $16.05 1 $16.05
Mrs. McTats and Her Houseful of Cats • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Rainbow Fish • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
Each Kindness • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Mitten A Ukrainian Folktale • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Cubes, Cones, Cylinders, & Spheres • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Ten Red Apples • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
What Pet Should I Get? • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Sandwich Swap • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Elmer • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Ron's Big Mission • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
I Don't Want to Be a Frog • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Tap the Magic Tree • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Skin You Live In • AKJ Education $11.64 1 $11.64
The Crayon Box that Talked • AKJ Education $9.45 1 $9.45
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me Book & CD • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Stela Luna / Stellaluna • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Beep Beep, Vroom Vroom!: Patterns • AKJ Education $7.69 1 $7.69
The Greedy Python Book & CD • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Ten Apples up on Top! • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
The Great Graph Contest • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Five Cute Kittens • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
What's New at the Zoo? An Animal Adding Adventure • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Look, Listen, Taste, Touch, and Smell Learning About Your Five Senses • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
How Tall?: Wacky Ways to Compare Height • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
How Heavy?: Wacky Ways to Compare Weight • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Eggs and Legs Counting by Twos • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Lots of Ladybugs! Counting by Fives • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Toasty Toes: Counting by Tens • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Ten For Me • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
When a Line Bends . . . A Shape Begins • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Fritz and the Beautiful Horses • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
National Geographic Readers: Things That Go Collection • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Fish Eyes A Book You Can Count On • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Little Scarecrow Boy • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Quack and Count • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
One Hundred Hungry Ants • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Tacky the Penguin • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Goldilocks and the Three Bears • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Three Bears • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
12 Ways To Get To 11 • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Tiny Seed • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Me and My Amazing Body • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Scarecrow • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Three Billy Goats Gruff • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
If You Were a Minus Sign • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
Domino Addition • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
If You Were a Plus Sign • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
Transportation in My Neighborhood • AKJ Education $5.32 1 $5.32
The Grapes of Math • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Ten, Nine, Eight • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Hop Jump • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Shapes, Shapes, Shapes • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Shape of Things • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
From Seed to Pumpkin • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
My Five Senses • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Gingerbread Boy • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Ice Bear Read and Wonder: In the Steps of the Polar Bear • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
A Bad Case of Stripes • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Moon • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Storm is Coming! • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Gingerbread Boy • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Helpers in My Community • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
The Three Little Pigs • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
A Tiger Cub Grows Up • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
The Action of Subtraction • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Just A Little Bit • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Reindeer • AKJ Education $4.96 1 $4.96
National Geographic Readers: Dinosaurs • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
A Pair of Socks: Matching • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Circus Shapes Recognizing Shapes • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Just Enough Carrots Comparing Amounts • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
The Button Box • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
3 Little Firefighters Sorting • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Moo, Baa, La La La! • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Betcha! Estimating • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Lemonade for Sale • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Tally O'Malley Tallying • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Snow is Falling • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
More or Less Comparing Numbers • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes: Three Dimensional Shapes • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Elevator Magic • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Monster Musical Chairs Subtracting One • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Animals on Board: Adding, Level 2 • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Jack the Builder • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Tree For All Seasons • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
Apples for Everyone • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
National Geographic Readers: Frogs! • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Dolphins • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Koalas • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Snakes! • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Storms! • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Bats • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Great Migrations Butterflies • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Seed to Plant • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Ponies • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Sharks! • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Tigers • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Penguins! • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
National Geographic Readers: Polar Bears • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
The Three Billy Goats Gruff • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
The Three Little Pigs • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
When I Get Bigger (Little Critter) • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91

Materials cost

$671.71

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $61.46

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$773.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$136.46

Total project goal

$909.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $909.71

8 Donors

-$840.45

Donations toward project cost

-$773.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.20

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$69.26

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