Help me give my students a variety of books with characters that look like them.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Trainor's classroom raised $596
This project is fully funded
My Students
I am a speech-language pathologist working in an urban school, serving students from PreK through 4th grade. All the children I work with have a variety of strengths and needs on the autism spectrum. My students are from diverse backgrounds; including rich cultures and different socioeconomic statuses.
My students love to interact with books and text!
Their love of books is an opportunity for me to engage with them and teach critical language skills. Some students are excellent readers, some are engaged by the illustrations, and some still are intrigued just by the print alone. Needless to say, books are an integral part of their learning.
My Project
Literacy based intervention is an evidence-based practice in speech-language pathology, and books are an integral part of my work with all my students. In trying to individualize my work with kids it is imperative to have a wide variety of choices in order to engage their wide variety of interests. In trying to build my library, I focused on choosing books with characters and settings that reflect, celebrate, and teach about the differences that are part of my students' lives. Additionally, I have selected books that I can use to teach social-emotional strategies, another critical skill for my students.
Kids need to see characters in books that look like them!
I have selected texts that can be a model, a context, and a source of inspiration for language intervention lesson plans. I create a variety of visual aids and supports related to each book to enrich their learning, and having an accessible laminator and velcro is critical in my work.
More than three‑quarters 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
3M Laminator Kit With Every Size Laminating Pouch
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$64.91
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$64.91
Bear and Friends: Bear Snores On; Bear Wants More; Bear's New Friend (The Bear Books)
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$22.24
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$22.24
Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches, 5 x 7-Inches, Photo Size, 100-Pouches (TP5903-100)
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$19.86
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$19.86
Mission To Space
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$17.95
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$17.95
Ricky, the Rock That Couldn't Roll (You Rock Group)
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$16.16
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$16.16
Whose Hands Are These?: A Community Helper Guessing Book
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$15.66
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$15.66
My Brother Charlie
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$14.97
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$14.97
The Name Jar (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
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$14.75
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$14.75
All the Colors We Are/Todos los colores de nuestra piel: The Story of How We Get Our Skin Color/La historia de por qué tenemos diferentes colores de piel
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$14.49
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$14.49
Big Red Lollipop
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$13.79
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$13.79
Nana in the City
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$13.74
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$13.74
The Skin You Live In
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$13.29
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$13.29
What Should Danny Do? (The Power to Choose Series)
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$13.19
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$13.19
Strictly No Elephants
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$12.98
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$12.98
Strictly No Elephants
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$12.98
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$12.98
One Green Apple
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$12.78
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$12.78
Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do
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$12.04
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$12.04
When the Cousins Came
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$11.99
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$11.99
Awesome Dawson
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$11.48
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$11.48
WXBOOM 1400pcs (700 Pairs) Hook & Loop Self Adhesive Dots Tapes 20mm Diameter Sticky Back Coins White
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$10.99
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$10.99
The Big Umbrella
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$10.89
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$10.89
The Crayon Box that Talked
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$10.48
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$10.48
When I Was Eight
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$9.95
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$9.95
The Day the Crayons Quit
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$9.19
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$9.19
Whose Vehicle Is This?: A Look at Vehicles Workers Drive - Fast, Loud, and Bright (Whose Is It?: Community Workers)
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$8.95
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$8.95
My Name Is Yoon
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$7.99
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$7.99
Go! Go! Go! Stop!
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$7.33
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$7.33
Signs in My Neighborhood
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$7.29
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$7.29
Those Shoes
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$6.99
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$6.99
A Chair for My Mother 25th Anniversary Edition (Reading Rainbow Books)
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$6.98
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$6.98
City Signs
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$6.91
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$6.91
Healthy Kids (Global Fund for Children Books)
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$6.88
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$6.88
Chrysanthemum
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$6.79
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$6.79
Wemberly Worried
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$6.79
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$6.79
Yo! Yes? (Scholastic Bookshelf)
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$6.51
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$6.51
Tap Tap Boom Boom
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$4.89
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$4.89
Materials cost
$465.05
Vendor shipping charges
$3.99
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$6.98
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$506.02
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$89.30
Total project goal
$595.32
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$595.32
3 Donors
-$300.00
Donations toward project cost
-$270.00
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$30.00
match offer
-$277.67
Match offer toward project cost
-$236.02
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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