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Mrs. Garrard from Columbus NE is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Books, Books, Books!

Help me give my students a variety of engaging, quality texts to read and share!

  • $282 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

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 a highly diverse, Title I school, we dedicate ourselves to meeting the unique needs of all our learners. We constantly strive toward success through educating, empowering, and aspiring.

We pride ourselves on meeting the needs of each individual student by keeping their unique interests piqued and guiding them to their full potential.

However, the changes that have occurred during the past pandemic have proven challenging. Not only do we need to focus on teaching our students academics, but we also need to do so in a way that is engaging, inclusive, and meets their wide range of needs.

My Project

These books will continue to enhance the print-rich classroom that I strive to create. My classroom library is a place that my students really enjoy-during whole class read-alouds that build classroom community, while sharing an exciting book with a partner, and while independently devouring a book catered to a student's unique level and interests! Every student book that is placed in my library is chosen thoughtfully and with love and care in order to develop my students into the readers and leaders of the future.

With these new diverse books, it is my hope that my students will be able to enjoy a variety of titles that will be both a mirror that reflects their unique self and also a window that allows them to open their mind to the diversity that exists in our world.

The best way to increase reading skills and strategies is to read more, and these books will continue to help my students grow stronger in reading. With the great emphasis placed on the importance and joy of reading in my classroom, this project will truly help enrich their literacy experiences!

Mrs. Garrard
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
National Geographic Little Kids • Amazon Business $30.00 1 $30.00
Last Stop on the Reindeer Express • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
The Smart Cookie (The Food Group) • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
Except Antarctica • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Marvel Avengers The Ultimate Character Guide New Edition • Amazon Business $13.91 1 $13.91
Busy Book of Search and Find: Amazing Animals - An Activity Book for Kids • Amazon Business $13.62 1 $13.62
Memory Jars • Amazon Business $13.50 1 $13.50
Aaron Slater, Illustrator (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $12.36 1 $12.36
Little Red Sleigh: A Heartwarming Christmas Book For Children • Amazon Business $12.06 1 $12.06
Two Truths and a Lie: It's Alive! • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Let's Go Swimming!: An Acorn Book (Hello, Hedgehog! #4) (4) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Ready, Set, Go!: An Acorn Book (Moby Shinobi and Toby Too! #3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Needs a Checkup?: An Acorn Book (Hello, Hedgehog #3) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
The Lion King (Little Golden Book) • Amazon Business $4.19 1 $4.19

Materials cost

$195.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$11.70

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$239.62

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.29

Total project goal

$281.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$281.91

1 Donor

-$281.91

Donations toward project cost

-$239.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.29

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$0.00

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