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Mrs. ONeill from Bakersfield CA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Choose Your Next Adventure!

My students need a teepee, camping chairs, a rug, bookshelf, flashlights, a picnic table, and new books to explore and expand their reading fluency.

  • $563 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

The students at my school are known as the Husky Heroes. My 2nd graders are eager and energetic learners. I love their enthusiasm for learning! Most are low-income, English Language Learners. Unfortunately, a lot of these students have limited resources at home. School is the only time they have access to new literature or any literature at all. Even though they are eager to learn, they struggle with reading and get discouraged. I would like to create a motivating, fun environment that encourages them to read.

Many of my students have already started this school year telling me that they can't read.

They feel embarrassed and ashamed. I would like all my students to know that they have the ability to become excellent readers. Having a fun, exciting place to practice reading with exciting materials will really help encourage my students. I would love for each of my students to find their reading super power skills.

My Project

All the students in my class deserve the opportunity to grow and build self-confidence. I am asking for a creative, fun, learning environment that encourages the love of reading. During our ELA time block, we incorporate Universal Access Stations. At this time students are able to read on their own or partner read with a buddy. This daily extra reading time of leveled reading builds fluency skills in these young readers.

Our class would like to put together a camping area to read in.

They would love to have a fun new area (teepee, picnic table, camping chairs, Adjustable Bookcase, and Little Red Lady Bug area rug ) to read in with their friends. This would provide a new, fun experience for my students who have very little real life experiences. They would have a blast using the mini flashlights to track their reading. Having a new area to put old and new books will also be a bonus, considering our current bookcase is barely standing. Some requested new books include Hungry, Hungry Sharks, Fly Guy, Just Me and My Dad, Llama Llama Loves Camping, Pete the Cat, and Llama Llama Loves Camping.

My kiddos would go bonkers for this new reading spaces and tools! Please help them shine and expose their secret reading powers!

Mrs. ONeill
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
DIY Adjustable Bookcase, Bookshelf with 9 Book Shelves, Home Furniture Storage • Amazon Business $35.99 2 $71.98
Stansport Apex Double Arm Chair (Black/Silver) • Amazon Business $33.38 2 $66.76
Merry Garden Kids Wooden Picnic Bench • Amazon Business $55.87 1 $55.87
Mohawk Home 12396 416 060096 Aurora Little Red Lady Bug, Grey & White Chevron Striped Kids Area Rug, 5' x 8', Gray • Amazon Business $53.90 1 $53.90
AniiKiss Giant Canvas Kids Teepee Play Tent, Grey Stripes • Amazon Business $52.99 1 $52.99
FASTPRO 20-pack Aluminum LED Flashlights Set with 60-piece AAA Batteries Included and Pre-installed • Amazon Business $24.98 1 $24.98
LinenTablecloth 54-Inch Square Polyester Tablecloth Red & White Checker • Amazon Business $9.25 1 $9.25
Pete the Cat Take-Along Storybook Set: 5-Book 8x8 Set • Amazon Business $8.31 1 $8.31
The Solar System – Easy-to-Read Solar System Book for Kids Ages 5-7 (TIME FOR KIDS Nonfiction Readers) • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Dogzilla (digest) • Amazon Business $5.14 1 $5.14
Grizzly Bears • Amazon Business $5.13 1 $5.13
Llama Llama Loves Camping • Amazon Business $4.40 1 $4.40
The Titanic: Lost and Found (Step-Into-Reading, Step 4) • Amazon Business $4.31 1 $4.31
Dog Man: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #1) • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Pete the Cat Goes Camping (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Just Me and My Dad (Little Critter) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Being Thankful (Mercer Mayer's Little Critter) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Hungry, Hungry Sharks (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Fly Guy Presents: Sharks (Scholastic Reader, Level 2) • Amazon Business $3.39 1 $3.39
Fly Guy Presents: Space (Scholastic Reader, Level 2) • Amazon Business $3.39 1 $3.39
Fly Guy Presents: Dinosaurs (Scholastic Reader, Level 2) • Amazon Business $3.19 1 $3.19
The Berenstain Bears Stand Up to Bullying (Berenstain Bears/Living Lights) • Amazon Business $2.94 1 $2.94
Fly Guy Presents: Weather (Scholastic Reader, Level 2) • Amazon Business $2.94 1 $2.94

Materials cost

$405.22

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$37.08

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$478.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.42

Total project goal

$562.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$562.80

2 Donors

-$562.80

Donations toward project cost

-$478.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$84.42

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$0.00

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