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Ms. Yamasaki from San Diego, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Beginner Chapter Books

My students need grade appropriate, enriching, and engaging chapter books to use for guided reading and to take home for homework sets.

  • $532 goal

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Ms. Yamasaki has another project! Donate to Vertical Thinking Surfaces for Meaningful Group Work and Connection to help her classroom.

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You can complete this project for $245.
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Help Ms. Yamasaki

Ms. Yamasaki has another project! Donate to Vertical Thinking Surfaces for Meaningful Group Work and Connection to help her classroom.

All donations currently matched!
You can complete this project for $245.
1.5X

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 Students

In many urban communities, students are not supplied with the same tools and materials found in more affluent areas. My students are growing to be lifelong learners, and they are in need of resources to help them develop and strengthen their fluency levels.

My students are dedicated to their development as lifelong learners.

At our school, our students have learned that they have the power to "write the future" and they do so throughout all subject content areas. My students are growing as readers and need to build their fluency to access the written material across all content areas. They commit themselves to taking accountability for their education and work diligently each day to become stronger readers. They are not just learning how to read but how to choose books they love and how to use what they learn from authors to reinvent their own written work. They are in need of tools that will aid them in practicing reading and help them become successful readers and writers.

My Project

The chapter books I have requested will provide my students with reading materials that challenge and engage them, exercising literacy, comprehension, and creative thinking. My students will be able to each borrow their own book to read and complete assignments in and out of the classroom, returning them to borrow a new book and grow with each story. The wide selection will allow an exploration of different themes and writing styles, allowing many opportunities to be inspired and pursue a love of reading. Your generous donations to our project will influence the lives of my students. With your support and contribution, my students will be able to manage their own learning. They will begin to successfully and confidently navigate the rigorous curriculum. They will be able to focus on understanding content and concepts rather than the laborious action of decoding text.

These chapter books are resources to help develop my students' literacy levels and creative thinking.

A variety of engaging and educational chapter books will be a huge asset to my class in allowing many opportunities to inspire each of my students.

Ms. Yamasaki San Diego Global Vision Academy Grades PreK-2

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.

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San Diego, 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

30 students impacted 15donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Magic School Bus Science Chapter Books • AKJ Books $66.30 5 $331.50
Kids of the Polk Street School • AKJ Books $49.57 1 $49.57

Materials cost

$381.07

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $34.87

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$451.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.70

Total project goal

$531.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $531.36

11 Donors

-$481.84

Donations toward project cost

-$412.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.28

match offer

-$46.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$39.10

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.90

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.52

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 $0.00

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