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Ms. Burns from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Burns's classroom raised $449

Aiming for an Adventure in Africa!

My students need 23 texts to gain a general background of the African continent and a variety of research books for an independent research project.

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Ms. Burns PS/IS 187 Hudson Cliffs
New York, NY Grades 3-5

Help my students travel to a new place on a learning adventure; I will bring them to Africa in an eight-week research unit. I teach reading in a Title 1 public school in Washington Heights, New York City. My students are a combination of Special Education and former ELL students who need a boost to be able to succeed in the regular classroom.

Students I teach are the struggling readers in Grades 3 and 4. These kids are already behind but not old enough yet to be turned off to school. While they can still believe in education, I want to help them see that they can become experts on a big topic and sharpen their strategies to master information and express it in the larger school community.

I need children's non-fiction books about the African continent and particular countries and cultures to tempt my students' curiosity and give them enough information to dig deep.

Please help support these children in this effort to engage and empower them - while enriching a multicultural understanding that city kids who never leave their own predominantly Hispanic neighborhood sorely need!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than a third of students from low‑income households

20 students impacted 4 donors
Ms. Burns PS/IS 187 Hudson Cliffs Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than a third of 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

20 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Africa Allan Fowler • Barnes and Noble $5.35 10 $53.50
Kenya in Colors Sara Louise Kras • Barnes and Noble $22.78 1 $22.78
A to Z Nigeria Tamra Orr • Barnes and Noble $22.05 1 $22.05
Nigeria Kristin Thoennes • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Africa David Petersen, James Taft (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
West Africa: Ghana Mira Bartok, Christine Ronan, Christopher Ronan • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Kenya Sean McCollum • Barnes and Noble $25.13 1 $25.13
Kenya Justine Fontes, Ron Fontes • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Kenya Michael Dahl • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
West Africa Nigeria: Ancient and Living Cultures Stencils Mira Bartok, Christine Ronan • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Ghana Lucile Davis • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
One Big Family: Sharing Life in an African Village Ifeoma Onyefulu, Ifeoma Onyefulu (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Wolof (Senegal) Tijan M. Sallah • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
National Geographic Countries of the World: Kenya Bridget Giles • Barnes and Noble $25.11 1 $25.11
Nigeria Bridget Giles, Matthews A. Ojo, Akin Oyetade • Barnes and Noble $25.11 1 $25.11
A Look at Kenya (Our World Series) Helen Frost, Gail Saunders-Smith (Editor), Lynette Jackson • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Here Comes Our Bride!: An African Wedding Story Ifeoma Onyefulu, Ifeoma Onyefulu (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
Nigeria - The Land Bobbie Kalman, Anne Rosenberg • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Focus on Nigeria Ali Brownlie Bojang, Rob Bowden • Barnes and Noble $10.75 1 $10.75
Africa, 2nd Edition Barbara Gillespie-Washington, Barbara G. Washington • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
Nigeria - The Land Bobbie Kalman, Anne Rosenberg • Barnes and Noble $22.74 1 $22.74
Nigeria - The Culture Bobbie Kalman, Anne Rosenberg • Barnes and Noble $20.21 1 $20.21
Booran (Ethiopia, Kenya) Gemetchu Megerssa, PH. D. Megerssa • Barnes and Noble $12.76 1 $12.76

Materials cost

$353.83

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$368.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.81

Total project goal

$448.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $448.95

3 Donors

-$448.95

Donations toward project cost

-$368.14

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.81

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