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Ms. K. from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. K.'s classroom raised $158

Begging for Books and Showing Off Work

Help me give my students the books they have been begging to read and clips to hang up classwork.

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Ms. K. Ruben Salazar Bilingual Center
Chicago, IL Grades 3-5

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Project

Getting students interested in reading has been a priority of mine since I first stepped foot in a classroom. If students become lifelong readers, they also become lifelong learners and thus are set up for success. With some groups of students, fostering a love of reading was easy, and they were quickly hooked. However, there are other students who do not enjoy reading, which means they do not practice, and thus, progress is slow or nonexistent. Thankfully, I have been able to involve my students in my DonorsChoose projects, which has allowed me to fill our classroom library with books that they have specifically requested. As a result, my students are now hooked on reading! Now, they are begging me to make another project for more books, so here I am.

Finding books that students are interested in is the key to fostering lifelong readers and lifelong learners.

When students find books they love, they don't even realize they are practicing their reading skills. With your help, I will be able to continue to encourage this love in my students and help them to become strong and successful readers. And better yet, I know my students will love these books because they requested each and every one of them.

This project also request clips so that I am able to display students' classwork. Hanging up student work helps to foster pride in the effort they have put in. They enjoy seeing their work displayed and looking at the work of their classmates.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

20 students impacted 1 donor
Ms. K. Ruben Salazar Bilingual Center Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Chicago, IL View local requests

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

20 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Addams Family: An Original Picture Book: Includes Lyrics to the Iconic Song! • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Dictionary for a Better World: Poems, Quotes, and Anecdotes from A to Z • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
I am Temple Grandin (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
I am John Lewis (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science Is Tackling Unconscious Bias • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Grtard 24pack Fridge Magnets Refrigerator Magnets Magnetic Clips Heavy Duty Detailed List Display Paper Fasteners on Home& Office& Teaching (Multicolored, 24) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Addams Family: The Junior Novel • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$101.93

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$133.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$23.55

Total project goal

$157.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $157.01

1 Donor

-$157.01

Donations toward project cost

-$133.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.55

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