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Ms. Olsen from San Francisco, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Olsen's classroom raised $577

Books to Augment My Lessons

My students need 35 books for language arts, art, and social science lessons.

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Ms. Olsen Tenderloin Community Elementary School
San Francisco, CA Grades PreK-2

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.

I teach twenty curious and lovable first graders. The majority of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and most of them speak languages other than English at home. They are so motivated and make great progress over the course of the year. I am very proud to be their teacher. Not everything is perfect, however. I am constantly seeking ways in which to improve my teaching, my lessons, and the students' understanding. This grant is for thirty-five books specifically selected to address language arts, art, and social science lessons. For example, "Mouse Paint" is about primary and secondary colors. The series entitled "If I were..." (a Synonym, a Homonym, Alliteration, a Suffix, etc.) is perfect for addressing some of the more difficult language concepts. The book "This is San Francisco" will be used to explore our city and specific neighborhoods within. As most of my students are second language learners, the greater variety of ways I can present information, the more kids I can reach. After finishing presenting a book to the class, I put them on a bookshelf, where kids revisit them again and again. All of these books will be shared with other teachers, as all my materials are. They will be used for years to come for future classes. Thank you for supporting my teaching, our classroom, and public education!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

40 students impacted 14 donors
Ms. Olsen Tenderloin Community Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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

40 students impacted 14donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Extraordinary Egg Leo Lionni • Barnes and Noble $12.73 1 $12.73
Frederick Leo Lionni, Leo Lionni (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.56 1 $13.56
Duck for President Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
A A Is for Angry: An Animal and Adjective Alphabet Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Madeline in London Ludwig Bemelmans, Ludwig Bemelmans (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Madeline's Rescue Ludwig Bemelmans, Ludwig Bemelmans (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Scranimals Jack Prelutsky, Peter Sis (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
Silly Sally Audrey Wood • Barnes and Noble $15.30 1 $15.30
Elbert's Bad Word Audrey Wood, Audrey Wood (Illustrator), Don Wood (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40
The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear Audrey Wood, Don Wood (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.99 1 $11.99
This is San Francisco: A Classic Portrait of the City Miroslav Sasek • Barnes and Noble $16.15 1 $16.15
If You Were a Homonym or a Homophone Nancy Loewen, Sara Gray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
If You Were a Suffix Marcie Aboff, Sara Gray (Illustrator), Contribution by Melissa Kes, Designed by Hilary Wacholz • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Mouse Paint Ellen Stoll Walsh • Barnes and Noble $13.50 1 $13.50
If You Were a Prefix Marcie Aboff, Sara Gray (Illustrator), Contribution by Melissa Kes, Designed by Hilary Wacholz • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
If You Were Alliteration Trisha Speed Shaskan, Sara Gray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $23.94 1 $23.94
If You Were a Pronoun Nancy Loewen, Sara Gray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
If You Were a Synonym Michael Dahl, Sara Gray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
If You Were a Preposition Nancy Loewen, Sara Gray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
If You Were an Antonym Nancy Loewen, Sara Gray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
If You Were a Verb Michael Dahl, Sara Gray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
If You Were a Noun Michael Dahl, Sara Gray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Sheep Take a Hike Nancy Shaw, Margot Apple (Illustrator), Apple Margot (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Sheep on a Ship Nancy E. Shaw, Margot Apple (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake Laura Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.89 1 $11.89
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.89 1 $11.89
Sheep Trick or Treat Nancy E. Shaw, Margot Apple (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Little Cloud Eric Carle, Kathy Darling • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
If You Were an Adjective Michael Dahl, Sara Gray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $22.73 1 $22.73
Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
One Morning in Maine Robert McCloskey, Robert McCloskey (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Biggest House in the World Leo Lionni • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Cornelius: A Fable Leo Lionni, Leo Lionni (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Color of His Own Leo Lionni, Leo Lionni (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
Fish Is Fish Leo Lionni, Leo Lionni (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35

Materials cost

$380.64

Vendor shipping charges

 $38.06

Sales tax

 $27.60

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$473.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.83

Total project goal

$576.83

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $576.83

13 Donors

-$556.47

Donations toward project cost

-$473.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$83.47

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.36

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