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Ms. Burckhardt from Indianapolis, IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building a Classroom Community Through Books

My students need a variety of books (18 titles) discussing what it means to be an individual and what it is like to be different for our first book study unit.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Burckhardt's classroom raised $180

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

Do you remember what it was like on your first day of school? Children have many fears and questions about their new teacher and peers. Help my students feel comfortable in their new classroom by giving us books to celebrate our differences.

I teach English as a Second Language at a public, urban charter school in Indiana.

Over 90% of my students qualify for free and reduced lunch at our school. My students are bright, eager, and hard working despite some of the obstacles they face as second language learners and living in poverty.

My Project

I am requesting many different books that discuss individuality and being different for our first book study unit of the year. My hope is that these books will inspire my students to see their differences as benefits to our classroom and that we can use these books to create a classroom culture of mutual respect and inclusiveness. I have chosen books from my own knowledge of childhood literature and from Frank Serafini's book on The Reading Workshop - Creating Space For Readers to make sure they are of great instructional quality.

Please consider donating to my project, so that my students can have a great start to their year.

I have found that great books make students excited to read and that creating a positive classroom culture is the foundation for any real learning.

Ms. Burckhardt Christel House Academy South Grades 3-5

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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.

Indianapolis, IN View local requests

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 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Tacky the Penguin Helen Lester, Lynn Munsinger (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Dominic William Steig • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Elbert's Bad Word Audrey Wood, Audrey Wood (Illustrator), Don Wood (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.98 1 $5.98
Odd Velvet Mary Whitcomb, Tara Calahan King (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.25 1 $10.25
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Judith Viorst, Ray Cruz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! Jack Prelutsky, Lane Smith (Illustrator), Dr. Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.62 1 $11.62
Yo! Yes? Chris Raschka, Chris Raschka (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
The Big Orange Splot Daniel Pinkwater, D. Manus Pinkwater • Barnes and Noble $4.26 1 $4.26
Swimmy Leo Lionni, Leo Lionni (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Frederick Leo Lionni, Leo Lionni (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Hey World, Here I Am! Jean Little, Sue Truesdell (Illustrator), Susan G. Truesdell (Illustrator), Sue Fruesdell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 1 $4.26
The Carrot Seed Ruth Krauss, Crockett Johnson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Leo the Late Bloomer Robert Kraus • Barnes and Noble $6.79 1 $6.79
Edward the Emu Sheena Knowles, Rod Clement, Rod Clement (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse Kevin Henkes, Kevin Henkes (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.30 1 $12.30
Today Was a Terrible Day Patricia Reilly Giff, Susanna Natti (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
The Straight Line Wonder Mem Fox, Marc Rosenthal (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.13 1 $5.13
The Table Where Rich People Sit Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97

Materials cost

$119.41

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$156.20

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$23.34

Total project goal

$179.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $179.54

2 Donors

-$89.77

Donations toward project cost

-$78.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.67

match offer

-$89.77

Match offer toward project cost

-$78.10

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.67

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