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Mrs. Coleman from Silver Spring MD is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

A Good Book is Hard to Find!

My students need 32 book baskets for our classroom library to store our growing collection of books!

  • $175 goal

Hooray! 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.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Curling up with a good book is one of my students favorite things to do! They love to flip through the pages of their favorite picture books or peer into the chapter book collection that I read aloud to them. Students love going to the classroom library and sharing a book with a friend.

My school is in an urban area in Maryland.

Over 93% of our student population receives free or reduced lunch. A majority (72%) of our students are English language learners. Our students come from diverse backgrounds of many different countries and cultures. They are hard working and inquisitive about the world around them. I want to make the classroom a place that is exciting and inviting to inspire them to learn and excel want students to understand that they CAN do well by creating a classroom that is developmentally appropriate and engaging for them

My Project

These baskets will be used to organize the classroom library and make it accessible to little learners. Kids are more engaged and more likely to read when they have material that they are interested in. These library baskets will help my students to quickly locate a book because they will be separated into kid friendly categories and labeled for students.

I want my students to become fluent readers.

This will require them to spend a lot of time reading quality literature that they have an interest in. This organization tool will help cut down on the time spent looking for books and increase their time enjoying and nurturing a love for reading! Students will also gain independence as they are able to put books away independently with this organization system.

Mrs. Coleman
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sterilite 16249006 Medium Black Ultra Basket with Titanium Inserts, 6-Pack • Amazon Business $19.99 4 $79.96
Sterilite 16228012 Small Ultra Basket with Titanium Inserts, Black, 12-Pack • Amazon Business $29.96 1 $29.96

Materials cost

$109.92

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $6.60

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$148.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.15

Total project goal

$174.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $174.32

3 Donors

-$165.42

Donations toward project cost

-$148.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.90

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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