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Ms. Rivera from Bronx, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We Need BooksThat Help Us Understand Math!!!

My students need math readers/books to help them understand various math concepts.

  • $250 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.

As a Kindergarten teacher it is my responsibility to make sure that my students learn various math concepts. I must teach shapes, colors, sizes, measuring, patterns, numbers, counting by ones, fives, and tens to 100, matching, directionality, etc. I also need to include literacy to our math curriculum.

This is where my problem comes in. I managed to get a series of books for counting the numbers, from one to 10. But, this is not enough. Many of the books I find are to difficult for the students to grasp the concept. I create my own poems, and short stories to assist the students in understanding various math concepts.

I know that if I have the literature to assist me in teaching math, both my students and I would not struggle through the connections of literacy in our math program. The "Math Start" collection is a series of readers that teach students with wonderful pictures and words. The colors are vibrant and the stories challenge the students. I feel that with one book for each math concept it will help our classroom increase our math potential.

Students at this age learn with visuals,through read aloud, and through practice. I would like to teach math one year without the worry of where I will find the appropriate book to relate to the topic I am teaching. Children at this age love to hear stories and learn best from a good story. Role playing parts of the story is also good for comprehension. Please assist me in developing a strong math foundation in my students NOW so that later it is not such a difficult subject. Thank You for your assistance and for joining our math program.

Ms. Rivera PS/MS 280 Mosholu Parkway Grades PreK-2

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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

Materials Cost Quantity Total
How Big Is a Foot? Rolf Myller, Susan McCrath • Barnes and Noble $4.05 1 $4.05
365 Penguins Jean-Luc Fromental, Joelle Jolivet, Joelle Jolivet (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.15 1 $16.15
Monster Math Picnic Grace Maccarone, Marilyn Burns, Margaret A. Hartelius (Illustrator), Marge Hartelius (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
It's about Time! (Mathstart Series) Stuart J. Murphy, John Speirs (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Best Bug Parade: MathStart- Comparing Sizes: Level 1 (MathStart Series) Stuart J. Murphy, Holly Keller (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
More or Less (Mathstart Series) Stuart J. Murphy, David Wenzel (Illustrator), David T. Wenzel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
3 Little Firefighters (Mathstart Series) Stuart J. Murphy, Bernice Lum (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Coyotes All Around (Mathstart Series) Stuart J. Murphy, Steve Bjorkman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Less Than Zero (Mathstart Series), Vol. 49 Stuart J. Murphy, Frank Remkiewicz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Betcha!: Estimating (MathStart) Stuart J. Murphy, S. D. Schindler (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes (MathStart) Stuart J. Murphy, Remy Simard (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
Penny Pot (MathStart) Stuart J. Murphy, Lynne Woodcock Cravath, Lynne Cravath (Illustrator), Lynne Woodcock Cravath (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Leaping Lizards (Mathstart Series) Stuart J. Murphy, JoAnn Adinolfi (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Give Me Half! (MathStart) Stuart J. Murphy, G. Brian Karas (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Let's Fly a Kite (MathStart) Stuart J. Murphy, Brian Floca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Bug Dance (MathStart) Stuart J. Murphy, Christopher Santoro (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Dave's Down-to-Earth Rock Shop (MathStart) Stuart J. Murphy, Cat Bowman Smith (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Pair of Socks (MathStart) Stuart J. Murphy, Lois Ehlert (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Fair Bear Share (MathStart) Stuart J. Murphy, John Speirs (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Animals on Board (MathStart) Stuart J. Murphy, R. W. Alley, R. W. Alley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Henry the Fourth (MathStart) Stuart J. Murphy, Scott Murphy, Scott Nash (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Just Enough Carrots (MathStart) Stuart J. Murphy, Frank Remkiewicz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Rabbit's Pajama Party (MathStart) Stuart J. Murphy, Murphy, Frank Remkiewicz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Ready, Set, Hop! (MathStart) Stuart J. Murphy, Jon Buller (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
House for Birdie (MathStart) Stuart J. Murphy, Edward Miller (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
It's about Time! (Mathstart Series) Stuart J. Murphy, John Speirs (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Earth Day--Hooray! (MathStart) Stuart J. Murphy, Renee Andriani (Illustrator), Renee W. Andriani (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39

Materials cost

$167.54

Vendor shipping charges

$16.75

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.19

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$205.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.00

Total project goal

$250.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$250.00

4 Donors

-$241.18

Donations toward project cost

-$205.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.18

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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$0.00

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