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Mrs. Riccoboni from Elmhurst, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books Galore!

Help me give my students books to be able to read and explore time periods!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Riccoboni's classroom raised $499

This project is fully funded

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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

This is my third year of teaching. My school is a Title I school located in Queens. All my children receive free breakfast and lunch.

This year has been a challenging one meeting the needs of all of my ICT students.

Having 12 special ed. students this year has been a difficult, but enjoyable challenge to see these children grow. We have a very diverse population of students at the school.

Fifty percent of my students are ELLs who all come from different backgrounds. Also, thirty percent are below grade level in reading. Even though my pupils face either speaking, writing or reading challenges, they are still trying every day to achieve their academic goals.

My Project

My project is asking for books for our upcoming historical fiction unit and for some weather books. This past month teaching weather has been a difficult task since there weren't enough books for the students to explore and read. They needed to become experts on a topic based on weather, but didn't have enough resources.

Books are essential to a classroom, especially in sets for each reading unit.

Having books in sets helps the teacher be able to work with each reading group. This project is getting read for Historical Fiction reading unit. Trying to get all the books the students need to explore a time period.

Mrs. Riccoboni PS 89 Jose Peralta School of Dreamers Grades 3-5

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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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

32 students impacted 10donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott • Amazon Business $17.70 4 $70.80
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist • Amazon Business $15.29 4 $61.16
Let the Children March • Amazon Business $10.78 4 $43.12
The Treehouse Series vol 1-8 • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99
If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement (If You Were a Kid) • Amazon Business $7.61 4 $30.44
These Hands • Amazon Business $7.55 4 $30.20
Tornado!: The Story Behind These Twisting, Turning, Spinning, and Spiraling Storms (National Geographic Kids) • Amazon Business $11.89 2 $23.78
National Geographic Readers: Weather • Amazon Business $4.99 4 $19.96
Extreme Weather: Surviving Tornadoes, Sandstorms, Hailstorms, Blizzards, Hurricanes, and More! (National Geographic Kids) • Amazon Business $9.72 2 $19.44
National Geographic Readers: Storms! • Amazon Business $4.50 4 $18.00
Volcanoes! (National Geographic Readers) • Amazon Business $3.99 4 $15.96
Pug’s Snow Day: A Branches Book (Diary of a Pug #2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Pug Blasts Off: A Branches Book (Diary of a Pug #1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Paws for a Cause: A Branches Book (Diary of a Pug #3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$387.82

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$423.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.76

Total project goal

$498.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $498.40

9 Donors

-$341.00

Donations toward project cost

-$298.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.93

match offer

-$147.72

Match offer toward project cost

-$125.56

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.16

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.67

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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