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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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Books Are Better (Part 2)

Help me give my students the books they need for our reading curriculum.

  • $161 goal

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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

Last year, Chicago Public Schools rolled out new, free curriculums for language arts, math, science, and social studies. While each of these curriculums has many great aspects, they are lacking in others. For example, the language arts curriculum uses many culturally-relative, high-interest books. However, these books have not been provided to us.

While many of the required books can be found on YouTube, I am a strong believer that having access to the actual book is always better.

With the real book, it is much easier to pause, discuss, and reread as necessary. With the real book, we are better able to model good reading behaviors -- when using YouTube videos, we have to hope that the reader does a decent job. Also, if we have the actual books available to our students, they are able to reread them on their own after we are finished using them as a class.

Ms. K. Ruben Salazar Bilingual Center Grades 3-5

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At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

20 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Overground Railroad • Amazon Business $15.82 1 $15.82
Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass (Paula Wiseman Books) • Amazon Business $13.38 1 $13.38
Light in the Darkness: A Story about How Slaves Learned in Secret • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Heroes • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Satchel Paige • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Mira And The Big Story • Amazon Business $6.20 1 $6.20

Materials cost

$105.27

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$136.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.15

Total project goal

$161.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $161.00

2 Donors

-$161.00

Donations toward project cost

-$136.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.15

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 $0.00

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