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Mrs. Motta from Pleasant Hill CA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Books That Speak Culture

Help me give my students these diverse books to aide in my teaching about diversity and equity. These books will allow for conversations and the book cases will help in storing these new books and for future books.

  • $693 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

This year my students have been part of a full day Kindergarten program from a distance due to the coronavirus. They have had the opportunity to interact with myself and classmates virtually. I've been zooming with 25 sweet, diverse and creative children. We just started in person learning two weeks ago and it has been amazing!

Help me give my students a collection of diverse books that will aide them in understanding and appreciating different cultures which will build awareness, kindness and respect and book cases to store them.

I believe Diversity is essential and understanding different cultures will help my students understand and develop an appreciation for others.

My Project

These books will aide in teaching my students about different cultures and celebrations. I want my students to be aware of the beauty in celebrating the differences in each other and allow a place to store these books and future ones.

I would like to help my students see the unique and diverse cultures that exist in our world, and hopefully they will see and feel a deeper appreciation and understanding of all people.

My students need continued experiences and exposure to other cultures and people and to learn we are all unique individuals!

Mrs. Motta
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
JJ836 Classic Birch HelpYourself Bookstand • Lakeshore Learning Materials $199.00 2 $398.00
Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story • Amazon Business $15.12 1 $15.12
Festival of Colors • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
All Are Welcome • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
A Big Mooncake for Little Star • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners • Amazon Business $11.45 1 $11.45
Juna's Jar • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
A Gift for Amma: Market Day in India • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Skin Like Mine (2) (Kids Like Mine) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Hair Love • Amazon Business $6.90 1 $6.90
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $6.68 1 $6.68

Materials cost

$505.10

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$46.22

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$588.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.92

Total project goal

$692.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$692.82

7 Donors

-$346.41

Donations toward project cost

-$294.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.96

match offer

-$346.41

Match offer toward project cost

-$294.45

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.96

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$0.00

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