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

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Make Reading Enjoyable!

My students need 11 themed collections of books in order to have many new books, which have become their favorites, to add to our classroom library so they can read and enjoy them on their own.

  • $530 goal

This project expired on May 10, 2012.

This project expired on May 10, 2012.

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Ms. Serna 107th Street Elementary School
Los Angeles, CA Grades PreK-2

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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

Did you have some favorite books in school? Were these books you picked up and could not put down? Maybe these were books that you read again and again. My students have discovered reading and they have many favorites by now. Research shows that multiple readings of the same books helps develop

These students are eager learners who love school.

However, these students come to a school in an inner city. They come from a socially disadvantaged home. Their families are more worried about taking care of basic needs than about providing books for their children.

My Project

I am requesting many books at the 2nd and 3rd grade level. Many of these books are books that interest my students such as books about friends, families, fiction, and non-fiction. With these books my students will be able to form literature circles, write books reports, write about their favorite characters, books, and authors. More importantly they will be able to read, read, read!

Reading is an important skill that you carry with you your whole life.

Getting lots of opportunities to read and be a successful at it is important. I want to provide many opportunities for my students to read and enjoy reading the point where they will read wherever they go.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

20 students impacted
Ms. Serna 107th Street Elementary School Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Los Angeles, 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

20 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Grade 3 - Fiction • AKJ Books $36.84 1 $36.84
Grade 3 - NonFiction • AKJ Books $32.56 1 $32.56
Best for Boys - 2 - 3 • AKJ Books $50.79 1 $50.79
Best for Girls - 2 - 3 • AKJ Books $41.07 1 $41.07
Caldecott Medal Winners • AKJ Books $61.31 1 $61.31
Coretta Scott King Award • AKJ Books $25.86 1 $25.86
Early Chapter Mysteries • AKJ Books $25.10 1 $25.10
Favorite Chapter Books • AKJ Books $12.55 1 $12.55
Multicultural Folktales • AKJ Books $19.92 1 $19.92
Poetry • AKJ Books $28.05 1 $28.05
Grade 3 - Favorites • AKJ Books $40.72 1 $40.72

Materials cost

$374.77

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $34.29

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$449.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.36

Total project goal

$529.04

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