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Ms. Yakimowich from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We Love to Read!

My students need culturally relevant texts to sustain their love of reading!

  • $740 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

I have a class full of energetic, curious and compassionate first-graders. My students love to explore, ask questions, read, play and dance. They are learning about community involvement and always find ways to brighten each others' day. They love helping and learning.

Our school is located near downtown Los Angeles, California.

As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district, my students are faced with challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, I am eager to provide my students with quality and equitable learning materials and opportunities. I look forward to promoting creative and meaningful learning experiences.

My Project

All students deserve culturally relevant and diverse texts in their repertoire! In 2016, 22% of all children's books published included characters of color. Our school is largely Latino and African American; however, we rarely see books with diverse characters. It is essential for readers to see themselves represented in the books they read.

Additionally, students need books that help teach social emotional learning, such as mindfullness, resilience, empathy, self-control, compassion.

Books, such as Listening to My Body, will provide students with​ the opportunity to discuss feelings of anxiety, anger, sadness, and excitement and how they can react to those emotions.

These texts will strengthen our love of reading while giving us the opportunity to learn about different people and cultures!

Ms. Yakimowich 24th Street 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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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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
DK Readers Sets - Beginning to Read Level 1 (Set of 10) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $33.11 1 $33.11
Reading, Writing, and Talk: Inclusive Teaching Strategies for Diverse Learners, K–2 (Language and Literacy Series) • Amazon Business $29.70 1 $29.70
Feedback That Moves Writers Forward: How to Escape Correcting Mode to Transform Student Writing (Corwin Literacy) • Amazon Business $29.40 1 $29.40
National Geographic Readers - Level 2 (Set of 8) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $26.31 1 $26.31
Environment Book Set (Set of 4) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $24.61 1 $24.61
National Geographic Readers - Level 1 (Set of 7) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $22.91 1 $22.91
Month-by-Month Phonics for First Grade: Second Edition • Amazon Business $18.98 1 $18.98
Danza!: Amalia Hernández and Mexico's Folkloric Ballet • Amazon Business $18.00 1 $18.00
The Breaking News • Amazon Business $17.06 1 $17.06
What Should Danny Do? • Amazon Business $16.93 1 $16.93
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $15.41 1 $15.41
Here We Are • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship • Amazon Business $14.37 1 $14.37
All Are Welcome • Amazon Business $14.13 1 $14.13
The Day the Crayons Quit • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Jacob's New Dress • Amazon Business $12.90 1 $12.90
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch It, Shape It • Amazon Business $12.66 1 $12.66
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin • Amazon Business $12.07 1 $12.07
Ish (Creatrilogy) • Amazon Business $12.00 1 $12.00
Listening to My Body: A guide to helping kids understand the connection between their sensations (what the heck are those?) and feelings so that they can get better at figuring out what they need. • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
That's Not Fair!: Getting to Know Your Rights and Freedoms (CitizenKid) • Amazon Business $11.08 1 $11.08
I am Sacagawea • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Talk and Work It Out - Paperback • Kaplan Early Learning Company $10.19 1 $10.19
Reach Out and Give - Paperback • Kaplan Early Learning Company $10.19 1 $10.19
Grace for President • Amazon Business $9.85 1 $9.85
Be Kind • Amazon Business $9.84 1 $9.84
We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Dot • Amazon Business $8.54 1 $8.54
Queen of the Spelling Bee (Ellie Ultra) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Team Earth Takeover (Ellie Ultra) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Day of the Dead • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Night of the Veggie Monster • Amazon Business $6.07 1 $6.07
For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzai's Story (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books) • Amazon Business $6.04 1 $6.04
Peter's Chair - Paperback • Kaplan Early Learning Company $5.94 1 $5.94
A Letter To Amy (Paperback) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $5.94 1 $5.94
Chrysanthemum • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Story of Ferdinand • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too! • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Those Shoes • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10

Materials cost

$541.25

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $49.52

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.12

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$628.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$110.98

Total project goal

$739.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $739.87

1 Donor

-$493.25

Donations toward project cost

-$419.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.99

match offer

-$246.62

Match offer toward project cost

-$209.63

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.99

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