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A Community of Kindness: Read Aloud Books
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Celebrating 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
As I begin another "loop class" of 3rd graders that will stick with me through 4th grade, I want to start off the school year on the right foot with building a positive, kind, anti-bullying, and safe community for each student to thrive in.
My 3rd graders come from diverse walks of life that reflect our diverse community. While students at our school face many stresses of poverty, violence, and under-resourced living environments, they simply LOVE to learn. Because of the hard work of the primary teachers, our 3rd graders already have a love for reading and connect deeply with great literature.
My Project
After reading "Bullying Hurts: Teaching Kindness Through Read Alouds and Guided Conversations" by Lester L. Laminack and Reba M. Wadsworth, I was inspired to start this school year off with intentional proactive lesson on kindness. The books requested will provide our class with the needed materials to build such a community centered on kindness, civility, and human compassion.
This project will help our classroom become a healthy learning community that is safe; a place where each student trusts and respects one another. My goal with using these books is to help every child know their worth and learn ways they can contribute to the community around them!
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Materials
Cost
Quantity
Total
Bullying-Emily Breaks Free(Children's Book)
• Amazon
$16.15
1
$16.15
The Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully
• Amazon
$16.10
1
$16.10
Those Shoes (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
• Amazon
$15.48
1
$15.48
Hats!
• Amazon
$15.29
1
$15.29
Stay Away from Rat Boy!
• Amazon
$15.29
1
$15.29
Bully
• Amazon
$14.82
1
$14.82
One of Us
• Amazon
$14.58
1
$14.58
Fabulous: A Portrait of Andy Warhol
• Amazon
$14.52
1
$14.52
Camp K-9
• Amazon
$14.36
1
$14.36
We Share One World
• Amazon
$14.36
1
$14.36
Gifts from the Enemy (The humanKIND Project)
• Amazon
$14.01
1
$14.01
Mirror
• Amazon
$13.96
1
$13.96
The Recess Queen
• Amazon
$13.95
1
$13.95
We All Sing with the Same Voice
• Amazon
$13.81
1
$13.81
Same, Same But Different
• Amazon
$13.75
1
$13.75
Chester Raccoon and the Big Bad Bully
• Amazon
$13.56
1
$13.56
The Three Bully Goats
• Amazon
$13.49
1
$13.49
A Bad Case Of Stripes
• Amazon
$13.35
1
$13.35
The Pirate of Kindergarten (Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover))
• Amazon
$13.35
1
$13.35
A Chance to Shine
• Amazon
$13.35
1
$13.35
Bully
• Amazon
$13.35
1
$13.35
How to Lose All Your Friends (Picture Puffin Books (Pb))
• Amazon
$13.34
1
$13.34
My Big Mouth: 10 Songs I Wrote That Almost Got Me Killed
• Amazon
$13.31
1
$13.31
Just Kidding
• Amazon
$12.97
1
$12.97
Ella The Elegant Elephant
• Amazon
$12.94
1
$12.94
The Orange Shoes
• Amazon
$12.85
1
$12.85
Bee-Wigged
• Amazon
$12.84
1
$12.84
Too Perfect
• Amazon
$12.75
1
$12.75
You're Mean, Lily Jean!
• Amazon
$12.67
1
$12.67
Lucy and the Bully
• Amazon
$12.67
1
$12.67
Safe at Home
• Amazon
$12.67
1
$12.67
Nobody Knew What to Do: A Story about Bullying (Concept Books (Albert Whitman))
• Amazon
$12.62
1
$12.62
Sorry!
• Amazon
$12.60
1
$12.60
Hey, Little Ant
• Amazon
$12.45
1
$12.45
All Mixed Up! (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Amy Hodgepodge (Prebound))
• Amazon
$12.36
1
$12.36
My Brother Charlie
• Amazon
$12.28
1
$12.28
The Story Of Ferdinand (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Reading Railroad Books)
• Amazon
$12.19
1
$12.19
Can You Hear a Rainbow?: The Story of a Deaf Boy Named Chris (Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Learning Book)
• Amazon
$12.01
1
$12.01
One
• Amazon
$11.52
1
$11.52
The Skin You Live In
• Amazon
$11.45
1
$11.45
Odd Velvet
• Amazon
$11.29
1
$11.29
My Secret Bully
• Amazon
$11.24
1
$11.24
Whoever You Are
• Amazon
$11.08
1
$11.08
Not My Fault
• Amazon
$10.76
1
$10.76
Words Are Not for Hurting (Ages 4-7) (Best Behavior Series)
• Amazon
$10.21
1
$10.21
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
• Amazon
$9.35
1
$9.35
The Ant and the Big Bad Bully Goat [With CD (Audio)] (Traditional Tale with a Twist)
• Amazon
$8.99
1
$8.99
Bully B.E.A.N.S.
• Amazon
$8.96
1
$8.96
Playground
• Amazon
$8.90
1
$8.90
Growing Up with a Bucket Full of Happiness: Three Rules for a Happier Life
• Amazon
$8.78
1
$8.78
Hands Are Not for Hitting (Best Behavior)
• Amazon
$8.60
1
$8.60
Losers
• Amazon
$8.09
1
$8.09
Moses Goes to a Concert
• Amazon
$8.09
1
$8.09
Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain (Laugh & Learn)
• Amazon
$8.06
1
$8.06
The Colors of Us
• Amazon
$7.19
1
$7.19
Confessions of a Former Bully
• Amazon
$7.19
1
$7.19
Two eggs, please.
• Amazon
$7.19
1
$7.19
Different Just Like Me
• Amazon
$7.16
1
$7.16
Say Something 10th Anniversary Edition
• Amazon
$7.16
1
$7.16
The Juice Box Bully: Empowering Kids to Stand Up For Others
• Amazon
$6.81
1
$6.81
Martha Walks the Dog (Martha Speaks)
• Amazon
$6.50
1
$6.50
Feathers and Fools
• Amazon
$6.30
1
$6.30
Oliver Button Is a Sissy
• Amazon
$6.30
1
$6.30
The Cow That Went OINK
• Amazon
$6.30
1
$6.30
All the Colors of the Earth (Mulberry Books)
• Amazon
$6.29
1
$6.29
Somewhere Today: A Book of Peace (Albert Whitman Prairie Books)
• Amazon
$6.29
1
$6.29
Henry and the Bully
• Amazon
$6.29
1
$6.29
The Bully Blockers Club (Albert Whitman Prairie Books)
• Amazon
$6.29
1
$6.29
Hooway for Wodney Wat
• Amazon
$6.29
1
$6.29
Be Good to Eddie Lee
• Amazon
$6.29
1
$6.29
Ian's Walk: A Story about Autism
• Amazon
$6.29
1
$6.29
Loudmouth George and the Sixth-Grade Bully (Nancy Carlson's Neighborhood)
• Amazon
$6.26
1
$6.26
Bootsie Barker Bites
• Amazon
$5.39
1
$5.39
Mama Zooms
• Amazon
$4.49
1
$4.49
The Bully from the Black Lagoon
• Amazon
$3.26
1
$3.26
Materials cost
$803.30
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$73.50
3rd party payment processing fee
$12.05
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$918.85
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$162.15
Total project goal
$1,081.00
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$1,081.00
-$1,009.23
Donations toward project cost
-$859.35
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$149.88
-$70.00
Match offer toward project cost
-$59.50
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$10.50
Excluded support for DonorsChoose
-$1.77
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