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Mrs. Smith from Laurens, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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All Around the World in Kindergarten

My students need 14 books to better understand each other and other cultures around the world. I teach at a low poverty school and many of my students enjoy books but do not have that pleasure at home. In my classroom I also have many ESOL students and many of this books could help validate their culture in the classroom. I plan to use these books as read alouds and then place them in the classroom library for the students to enjoy.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Smith's classroom raised $231

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I teach kindergarten in a title one school. Ninety five percent of the students that go to my school live below poverty levels. In a effort to help expand their funds of knowledge I constantly look for hands on activities and books to aide their learning.

Many of my students show up at the beginning of the year with no school supplies, much less books to treasure at home. Every year I try to bring more and more books into our classroom library. I think it is important to try to bring in as many resources as I can in to the classroom to give them experiences they have never had before.

If I receive these books it will open up other cultures and worlds for my students to see, other than their own. It is also my hope that it will allow them to see there are others out there in sad situations but that there is hope.

The students I teach are young and deal with things that most adults do not deal with. I have several in foster care, some who witness things that there little minds should not have to. Every year I find myself hoping and praying that I bring joy into my students life because many have already experienced enough pain. It is a joy to have new books and materials in the classroom and we will be really grateful if you are willing to donate.

Mrs. Smith Ford Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Baseball Saved Us Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
New Clothes for New Year's Day Hyun-Joo Bae • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
Bringing in the New Year Grace Lin • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Grandfather Counts Andrea Cheng, Ange Zhang (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Ten Redneck Babies: A Southern Counting Book David Davis, Sue Marshall Ward (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
A Little Bit of Soul Food Amy Wilson Sanger • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Castle on Viola Street Dyanne Disalvo, Dyanne Disalvo-ryan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
Abuela Arthur Dorros, Elisa Kleven (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Three Names of Me Mary Cummings, Lin Wang (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
Drinking Gourd: A Story of the Underground Railroad (I Can Read Book Series: Level 3) F. N. Monjo, Fred Brenner (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa Niki Daly, Niki Daly (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40
Fly Away Home Eve Bunting, Ronald Himler (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
My Very Own Room (Mi Propio Cuartito) Amada Irma Perez, Maya Christina Gonzalez • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Magda's Tortillas (Las Tortillas de Magda) Becky Chavarria-Chairez, Anne Vega (Illustrator), Julia Mercedes Castilla (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35

Materials cost

$146.21

Vendor shipping charges

 $14.62

Sales tax

 $7.31

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$189.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.49

Total project goal

$230.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $230.49

5 Donors

-$222.35

Donations toward project cost

-$189.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.35

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.14

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