Help me give my students 15 new racially inclusive books to foster an adequately representative classroom library!
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Anna's classroom raised $277
This project is fully funded
My Students
We live in a densely populated area of a large city that shares many of the challenges facing other cities of this size. As teachers, we are sensitive to the fact that many of our students struggle to get their basic needs met. Most of our students come to school carrying the heavy load of some kind of significant trauma. Our classroom is the primary age level (three to six-year-olds) of a diverse Montessori public school. Our classroom is a safe environment designed to help us pursue our natural curiosities to learn as well as learn how to peacefully engage and grow with the members of our community.
My Project
These books will be available on our classroom bookshelf for my diverse group of little excited learners to enjoy. The books will also be incorporated into a group read aloud so that students can hear every word of each book and also so that we can facilitate frequent discussions centering around racial equity and social justice. I have found that during this time of virtual teaching, the read-aloud times I provide for my students to provide them with a reassuring glimpse of the regular classroom routines that they miss so dearly. By reading a diverse selection of books where students see protagonists who are similar to themselves or very different from themselves, children will learn that their classroom community is a safe space that values each of their identities and perspectives.
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
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America
• Amazon Business
$16.99
1
$16.99
Nighttime Symphony
• Amazon Business
$16.98
1
$16.98
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
• Amazon Business
$15.99
1
$15.99
You Matter
• Amazon Business
$15.89
1
$15.89
One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
• Amazon Business
$14.86
1
$14.86
Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten (Early Elementary Story Books, Children's Music Books, Biography Books for Kids)
• Amazon Business
$14.11
1
$14.11
Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott
• Amazon Business
$13.59
1
$13.59
That Is My Dream!: A picture book of Langston Hughes's "Dream Variation"
• Amazon Business
$13.43
1
$13.43
Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World
• Amazon Business
$12.74
1
$12.74
The King of Kindergarten
• Amazon Business
$11.99
1
$11.99
Mae Among the Stars
• Amazon Business
$11.99
1
$11.99
I Am Enough
• Amazon Business
$11.39
1
$11.39
The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne
• Amazon Business
$11.18
1
$11.18
Thank You, Omu!
• Amazon Business
$10.85
1
$10.85
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison)
• Amazon Business
$10.26
1
$10.26
Materials cost
$202.24
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$3.03
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$235.27
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$41.52
Total project goal
$276.79
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$276.79
9 Donors
-$135.56
Donations toward project cost
-$118.16
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$17.40
match offer
-$137.78
Match offer toward project cost
-$117.11
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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