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Ms. Tan from Philadelphia, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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5th Graders Need New Books!

My students need a Fiction & Nonfiction Paired Classroom Classics for grades 4 and 5 and a Learn & Store Chart Stand.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Tan's classroom raised $416

This project is fully funded

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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.

My Students

I will be teaching about 30 5th graders in a Title 1 school in North Philadelphia. Our neighborhood is a high crime and low income area and it is a challenge for our students to purchase the school supplies that they need to succeed in school. Sometimes they can't complete their homework because they didn't have a pencil.

They still manage to come to school eager to learn everyday.

They are so intelligent and creative and deserve the best education available.

My Project

My 5th graders need to have a leveled reading library. This is my first year teaching 5th grade and I have few books at their reading level. They will be reading books from our leveled library during our Literacy block. They will be reading these books and then write a book report based on the stories that they read.

I am also requesting a Learn & Store Chart Stand for when we have Guided Reading.

This cart will be used to store our leveled library books. The students will also use the board to write the answers to questions about their story books.

Thank you for your help with this project.

Ms. Tan William McKinley Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

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

30 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
AA320 - Learn & Store Chart Stand • Lakeshore Learning Materials $169.00 1 $169.00
BG756 - Fiction & Nonfiction Paired Classroom Classics - Gr. 4-5 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $149.00 1 $149.00

Materials cost

$318.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$352.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.25

Total project goal

$415.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$415.02

2 Donors

-$206.63

Donations toward project cost

-$177.14

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.49

match offer

-$206.62

Match offer toward project cost

-$175.63

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.99

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.77

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$0.00

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