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Ms. Maalaea from Portland OR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Building a Home Library!

Help me give my students leveled books to read at home during distance learning.

  • $955 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

I teach First Grade at a historically underserved and culturally diverse PK-5 school nestled in Northeast Portland. We are an International Baccalaureate (IB) and Mandarin Immersion school with many diverse learning opportunities for our students. It is this diversity that makes our school such a vibrant place for learning.

My students are curious, creative, and eager to learn.

They come from different backgrounds and welcome everyone into our community. They support, encourage, and challenge each other daily. They’re full of questions about the world and stories to tell from their own personal experiences.

Their love for learning can be seen as they set goals for themselves and persevere through challenging tasks.

My Project

First grade is a time for building strong reading habits and fostering a love of reading through choice and exploring many types of books. In a typical classroom setting, each student should be able to keep 10 - 12 books at their reading level inside their book bag, so they can build their stamina and have a wide selection of books to choose from.

However, the problem we face is that our district is doing distance learning until at least the end of January.

Because of this, many of my students do not have enough books at varying levels in their homes to find "just-right" books at their current levels to keep them engaged and growing as readers.

These leveled readers will allow my students a variety of reading options to choose from at home that will push them to the next level, more high-interest selections to add to their at-home book bags and help boost their confidence. Thank you for supporting this project!

Ms. Maalaea
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
FR150X First Little Readers Complete Library • Lakeshore Learning Materials $249.00 1 $249.00
CR691 I Can Read Readers Level 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.50 2 $99.00
FB711 Eyewitness Nonfiction Readers Level 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.50 2 $99.00
LC496 BestBuy Tote Bags Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 3 $74.97
TT934 Lakeshore Nonfiction Emergent Readers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
FB713 Eyewitness Nonfiction Readers Level 3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.50 1 $49.50
CR692 I Can Read Readers Level 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.50 1 $49.50
FB712 Eyewitness Nonfiction Readers Level 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.50 1 $49.50
CR693 I Can Read Readers Level 3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.50 1 $49.50

Materials cost

$769.96

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$811.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$143.21

Total project goal

$954.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$954.72

3 Donors

-$489.86

Donations toward project cost

-$416.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.48

match offer

-$464.86

Match offer toward project cost

-$395.13

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.73

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$0.00

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