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Mrs. Kay from Antioch, CA is requesting professional development through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Professional development

Becoming a Star Educator With Effective Resources

I need new resources (common core workbooks, gift card for TPT to purchase resource material, lesson plans, seating charts, reading material, and books) to further my professional development as a new educator.

  • $564 goal

This project expired on October 7, 2025.

This project expired on October 7, 2025.

My Project

Help me give my students a well-prepared educator by supplying the following resources:

Teacher Pay Teachers gift cards to help purchase worksheets and additional resource materials for instruction.

Common Core workbooks that will be used to implement activities and curriculum. Lesson plans that provide daily, weekly and monthly scheduled instructional activities. Books that provide biographical facts from historical figures in History and sources that insight to teaching in a diverse classroom setting.

With these resources and supplies, I believe that I will become an effective educator. These resources will assist me as I plan well prepared lessons.

Mrs. Kay Dallas Ranch Middle School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Antioch, CA View local requests

More than half of 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

65 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on TPT • TPT $100.00 2 $200.00
Who Was? - Who Was? Nonfiction Collection - 15 Book Set - Collection • AKJ Education $71.43 1 $71.43
Everyone Is Welcome Lesson Plan Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $18.99 1 $18.99
The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners • Amazon Business $16.58 1 $16.58
Common Core Practice - 6th Grade English Language Arts: Workbooks to Prepare for the PARCC or Smarter Balanced Test: CCSS Aligned • Amazon Business $15.48 1 $15.48
6th Grade Common Core ELA (English Language Arts): Daily Practice Workbook | 300+ Practice Questions and Video Explanations | Common Core State ... Standards Aligned (NGSS) ELA Workbooks) • Amazon Business $14.87 1 $14.87
SUNEE Teacher Planner 2025-2026 Academic Year, Lite Lesson Planner Book with 7 Periods Jul 2025 - Jun 2026, 8.5"x11" Daily Weekly and Monthly Organizers, Plan Book with Pocket Folder, Color Tabs,Black • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
Schoolgirl Style Industrial Chic Teacher Planner, Undated Weekly & Monthly Planner, Lesson Plan Book With Checklists, Planner Stickers for Classroom or Homeschool (8 in. x 11 in.) • Amazon Business $13.17 1 $13.17
Lesson Plan and Record Book Desk • Teachers' School Supply $12.99 1 $12.99
Grade 6 English Spelling Workbook: Weekly Targeted Practice Worksheets & Spelling Tests (6th Grade English Ages 11-12) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
A History of US: From Colonies to Country: 1735-1791A History of US Book Three (A ^AHistory of US) • Amazon Business $9.77 1 $9.77
Hammond And Stephens Hammond & Stephens 0456-8 P Wire-O Bound Lesson Plan Book, PolyIce Cover, 9-1/4 x 12-1/4 Inches, 8 Subjects, Green/ Blue • School Specialty $6.52 1 $6.52

Materials cost

$403.08

Vendor shipping charges

$3.03

Sales tax

$36.88

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$479.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.54

Total project goal

$563.58

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