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

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Building Young Minds one Book at a Time

Help me give my students the love of reading. Exploring books allows young minds to be creative and use their imagination. We love learning and books to help us to use the best tool we have! Our Brains.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Preddie-Allen's classroom raised $296

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students come from a wide range of socioeconomic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. They have a wide mix of cognitive, emotional and social backgrounds. My students range in age from 3 years to 5 years old. Many of them have experienced lives filled with trauma and Special Needs challenges that I, at 46 years of age, have never been faced with, yet they show up day after day with loving smiles, hugs, and joyful spirits. They are curious about the world around them, and they are eager to learn everything they can. They are global learners who will inspire the world.

It is my honor and pleasure to serve my students by preparing lessons that will engage them, inspire their passion and desire for learning and develop their drive for lifelong learning.

My students' desire to learn is much stronger than the challenges that face them. It brings me great joy to see my students make progress on a daily basis. Experiences, opportunities and thoughtful planning help them to build and develop skills that are delayed and improve their cognition. Our student population is 26% Hispanic, 6% Multiracial, .1% Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, 34.4% White, 31.7% Black and .07% Asian.

My Project

Picture books allow young children to begin to decode, and experience text. Each book provides our students with more information to put into their bank of background knowledge that they will need for later success in school. Books help young children build the vocabulary they need as they move through school. Rebus books like the ones we have selected give an additional boost to young readers as they learn to follow patterns in print like reading from left to right and top to bottom. Creative thinking is sparked when young children have good books to explore. Help us to spark the love of reading in our preschoolers today.

Ms. Preddie-Allen Wayne Township Pre-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.

Indianapolis, IN View local requests

More than half of 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
Let's Find Out: My Rebus Readers (Multiple Copy Set) - Box 2 • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $99.00 1 $99.00
Let's Find Out: My Rebus Readers (Multiple Copy Set) - Box 1 • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $99.00 1 $99.00

Materials cost

$198.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $19.80

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$250.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.25

Total project goal

$295.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $295.02

2 Donors

-$147.50

Donations toward project cost

-$125.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.12

match offer

-$147.52

Match offer toward project cost

-$125.39

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.13

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 $0.00

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