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Ms. Jarema from Philadelphia, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books To Read And Clean Rug To Sit On

My students need a bissell to keep the rug clean and books in Spanish/English to help them read.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Jarema's classroom raised $159

This project is fully funded

My Students

I am a second grade teacher in Pennsylvania. My classroom is made up of 30 eager second graders. I also have a wide range of reading and math abilities in my classroom. I am the teacher with the ESL friendly classroom. This is my second year having the ESL classroom, and I would like to accommodate more students that speak different languages. My reading levels range from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade. It's important that I read with these children every day in order to get them on grade level by the end of the year. Many of my students get free or reduced price lunch , and all these children love coming to school.

My Project

The donations to this project will make a difference in my second grade classroom. This will be my second year teaching ESL students and I need the necessary materials to help them succeed. Many of the students entering my classroom do not speak English and come from different cultures. One one to get the students and parents involved is by having bilingual books. Children can read the spanish version and when they look on the other page it is also written in english. I would also like to send these home to get parents involved so they can listen to the stories being read.

My second grade students need a classroom sweeper that will last.

On our carpet that we read, write and do math, and it needs to stay clean and fresh. Our new bilingual books would be a great addition to our clean classroom rug. We do everything on this rug. Centers, story time, read alouds, show and tell, and more. These cordless sweepers allow the rug to be cleaned everyday and jobs assigned to let the children help.

What a great way to start the school year off. Clean rug, new books, and smiling 7 year olds. Thank you so much for your time.

Ms. Jarema Stephen Decatur Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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

30 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
BISSELL - Pet Hair Eraser Sweeper - White/Green • Best Buy Education $44.99 1 $44.99
BISSELL - Perfect Sweep Turbo Cordless Rechargeable Sweeper - Gray • Best Buy Education $34.99 1 $34.99
Good Beginnings Bilingual Board Books (Set of 6) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $19.51 1 $19.51
What Color? - Board Book • Kaplan Early Learning Company $3.36 1 $3.36

Materials cost

$102.85

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$134.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$23.72

Total project goal

$158.11

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$158.11

4 Donors

-$73.32

Donations toward project cost

-$72.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.25

match offer

-$73.32

Match offer toward project cost

-$62.32

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.47

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$0.00

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