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Ms. R. from WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Celebrating Diversity With Read Alouds

Help me give my students picture books that celebrate diversity and promote inclusion, such as A Dog Wearing Shoes and Be a Friend, which help to develop empathy for others as well as embracing our differences.

  • $539 goal

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My Students

I'm a Reading Interventionist in a Title I school with pre-kindergarten through 2nd grade in Wisconsin. I work with 25 students who need additional support in order to strengthen their current reading skills. While most students learn to read in their classroom, mine are reading below level and need additional support designed to meet their needs.

The more opportunities they have to read or be read to, the better readers they become.

For varied reasons, many of my students miss the experience of being read to. Reading aloud to children helps to foster better comprehension, a love for books, and increases their vocabulary.

My Project

Diverse books are important because they teach us about ourselves and others. Many of these books allow students to be exposed to people different from them and they provide the opportunity to learn through books and understand that while we may appear to have many differences, we have so much in common. They also allow students to see themselves in others and make a connection on a personal level.

Diverse books are an important way to walk in someone else's shoes and to learn about another's world and experiences.

They are a chance to see things from a perspective you may never encounter, in a place you may never go, and live in a culture you may never experience. They help cultivate compassion, awareness, and understanding. Many of us find our best friends in books. They are a safe place to learn, love, and explore. We can find ourselves in books, learn more about ourselves, and find the person we aspire to be, often reflected in a character we identify with. They teach us how to be the kind of friend we want. They also provide a window as to how to deal with difficult situations and help us see the people and world around us in a new view.

Ms. R.
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Dog Wearing Shoes • Amazon Business $19.49 1 $19.49
Be a Friend • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
One Word from Sophia (The Sophia Books) • Amazon Business $17.18 1 $17.18
Squirrels Leap, Squirrels Sleep • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Julia's House for Lost Creatures • Amazon Business $15.95 1 $15.95
Doris the Bookasaurus • Amazon Business $15.81 1 $15.81
What's Your Favorite Color? (Eric Carle and Friends' What's Your Favorite) • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Lost. Found.: A Picture Book • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Luna & Me: The True Story of a Girl Who Lived in a Tree to Save a Forest • Amazon Business $14.90 1 $14.90
When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Bee Dance • Amazon Business $14.26 1 $14.26
Trapped! A Whale's Rescue • Amazon Business $13.97 1 $13.97
Because of an Acorn: (Nature Autumn Books for Children, Picture Books about Acorn Trees) • Amazon Business $13.87 1 $13.87
Blizzard • Amazon Business $13.67 1 $13.67
Hannah and Sugar • Amazon Business $13.47 1 $13.47
The Great AAA-OOO! • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Seashore Book • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
The Branch • Amazon Business $12.82 1 $12.82
A Bike Like Sergio's (A Junior Library Guild Selection) • Amazon Business $12.51 1 $12.51
Water Is Water: A Book About the Water Cycle • Amazon Business $12.01 1 $12.01
Me . . . Jane • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Nanette's Baguette • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
The Night Gardener • Amazon Business $11.87 1 $11.87
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt: (Spring Books for Kids, Gardening for Kids, Preschool Science Books, Children's Nature Books) • Amazon Business $11.38 1 $11.38
BE QUIET! • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
The Invisible Boy • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Last Stop on Market Street • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
Some Pets • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Happy Dreamer • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
If You Plant a Seed • Amazon Business $8.29 1 $8.29

Materials cost

$421.58

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$457.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.81

Total project goal

$538.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$538.71

3 Donors

-$269.36

Donations toward project cost

-$228.96

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.40

match offer

-$269.34

Match offer toward project cost

-$228.94

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.40

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$0.00

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