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Ms. Beleche from Oakland CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Books They Want To Read

Help me give my students great books they want to read like Guts, Wrinkle In Time and The Hobbit.

  • $572 goal

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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

My students come to school every day with a smile on their

faces wanting to learn and ready for a new adventure.

My fourth graders are eager to share stories about their families, their lives, and their dreams. I hope for my students to be ready with knowledge and with curiosity and interest in what the future holds for them. I want them to believe that they can change their future.

My students are from different parts of the area, but they are primarily from under-served communities that are traditionally limited in their access to great educational experiences. They are primarily Latino and speak a variety of home languages such as Mam, Quiche, Spanish, and English. Many of them are economically disenfranchised. Ninety percent of the students at my school receive free lunch.

Their reality has not stopped them from striving to better themselves. They aspire to go to college, to learn, and to contribute back to their community. They dream of being lawyers, doctors, teachers, scientists, and soccer players. They want to be that positive change that their community needs.

My Project

How do you keep students motivated to want to read? You put books that they want to read in their hands! My students are in different reading levels so it is very important to have various level of great and interesting books available to them.

Keeping students engaged in reading in fourth grade is crucial since this is when they are solidifying their reading skill and comprehension strategies.

The more they read, the more practice they get with these skill and strategies. They need to continue to developing as readers and further their understanding of the complexities of texts and the author's purpose.

Ms. Beleche
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hank Zipzer The World's Greatest Underachiever 10 Book Slipcase Collection • Amazon Business $38.75 1 $38.75
The Misadventures of Max Crumbly Books 1-3: The Misadventures of Max Crumbly 1; The Misadventures of Max Crumbly 2; The Misadventures of Max Crumbly 3 • Amazon Business $27.36 1 $27.36
Best Friends (Real Friends) • Amazon Business $5.79 4 $23.16
Cat Style lazy Cat Shirt Not today • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
The Never Girls Collection #2 (Disney: The Never Girls) • Amazon Business $16.90 1 $16.90
Guts • Amazon Business $7.89 2 $15.78
Wrinkle In Time: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Hobbit (Graphic Novel) with a subtitle of An illustrated edition of the fantasy classic • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
Click (A Click Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $6.29 2 $12.58
Lights, Music, Code! #3 (Girls Who Code) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Fire and Chaos: Book 3 of the Traveler's League • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Braxo's Escape: Book 2 of the Traveler's League • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Timepiece: Book 1 of The Traveler's League • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Noise: A graphic novel based on a true story • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Awkward (Berrybrook Middle School (1)) • Amazon Business $9.90 1 $9.90
Team BFF: Race to the Finish! #2 (Girls Who Code) • Amazon Business $9.71 1 $9.71
Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Bully Brigade: Headmaster Bully • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Brave (Berrybrook Middle School) • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
Treasure Hunters: All-American Adventure • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
Spotlight on Coding Club! #4 (Girls Who Code) • Amazon Business $8.19 1 $8.19
The Bully Brigade: There's Something about Cokey Michaels • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The City of Ember: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Ominous Eye: The Nocturnals Book 2 • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Camp (A Click Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Nocturnals: The Mysterious Abductions • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Graphic Novel: A Modern Retelling of Little Women • Amazon Business $7.53 1 $7.53
Max Einstein: Rebels with a Cause • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Real Friends • Amazon Business $7.13 1 $7.13
STEAMTeam 5 Chronicles: Mystery of the Haunted Cider Mill • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Mystery at Makerspace: (STEAMTeam 5 Main Series Book 2) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Bully Brigade: The Turn Over • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Evelyn Engineer and the Lightning Treasure: (STEAMTeam 5 Chronicles) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Crush (Berrybrook Middle School (3)) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Beginning: (STEAMTeam 5 Main Series Book 1) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Stargazing • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
The Friendship Code #1 (Girls Who Code) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Fallen Star: The Nocturnals Book 3 • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$411.92

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$37.69

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$485.79

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.73

Total project goal

$571.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$571.52

1 Donor

-$285.76

Donations toward project cost

-$242.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.86

match offer

-$285.75

Match offer toward project cost

-$242.89

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.86

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$0.00

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