Help me give my students more high-interest reading materials.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Foster's classroom raised $591
This project is fully funded
Celebrating 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
Our elementary school consists of about 450 students from kindergarten through 5th grade. Students attend school from 8 am to 3 pm every week day, which is longer than a typical school day. This extended schedule allows more instruction time for students, and more collaboration time for teachers. I am the teacher-librarian here. It is my privilege to teach every student every week. During class, we focus on literature appreciation, and information and media literacy. One of my most important functions is fostering a love of reading in our students.
Our school is considered a 90-90 school: at least 90% of our students come from a home where English is their second language, and at least 90% are eligible for the free or reduced-price lunch program.
Our population is also very transient. Each year, there are dozens of students who start mid-year, or leave before the end of the school year, because of their financial and housing situations. We also serve refugee families. These arriving and leaving students affect every classroom in the school. Helping to foster a love of reading will serve our population well.
My Project
As part of the team of teachers, and as the school librarian specifically, I strive each day in every class to help get students excited about reading. I encourage reading by promoting voting on Beehive books and participating in the Battle of the Books, by taking time to track or share our weekly reading, by posting pictures of readers around the school and online, and by hosting a self-serve Book Swap.
In addition to all this, and most importantly, the school library provides books that are mirrors of their own lives as well as windows out into the world.
Students know that the more they read, the better they will read, and the better they will do on ALL their school work. Becoming proficient readers is the single more important skill children can achieve to help break the poverty cycle. By becoming readers, they can become anything at all, pursue any passion they may possess. Kids are more motivated to practice reading when they find something that captures their imagination, and a newer and larger collection makes that more likely.
My small annual budget is mostly spent on books for the reading programs, and for replacing lost or damaged favorites. I cannot provide enough new and exciting books to my students without additional funding help. Please help me support my students with some of the best books from the last publishing season.
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
LEGO® Ninjago Reader Pack: 7 Book Set: #1: Way of the Ninja / #2: Masters of Spinjitzu / #3: The Golden Weapons / #4: Rise of the Snakes / #5: A Ninja's Path / #6 Pirates vs. Ninja / #7 The Green Ninja
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$39.80
1
$39.80
Snail and Worm All Day: Three Stories About Two Friends
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$16.99
1
$16.99
Pokko and the Drum
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$16.19
1
$16.19
The One and Only Wolfgang: From pet rescue to one big happy family
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$16.19
1
$16.19
Echo
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$15.43
1
$15.43
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #7) (7)
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$7.53
2
$15.06
Power Up
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$14.79
1
$14.79
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
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$14.64
1
$14.64
Reading Beauty: (Empowering Books, Early Elementary Story Books, Stories for Kids, Bedtime Stories for Girls)
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$14.19
1
$14.19
Allies
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$12.59
1
$12.59
Spark
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$12.25
1
$12.25
Raise Your Hand
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$11.94
1
$11.94
Camp Tiger
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$11.58
1
$11.58
Bear Came Along
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$11.49
1
$11.49
The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons
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$11.29
1
$11.29
Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug (Dinosaur Books, Dinosaur Books for Kids, Dinosaur Picture Books, Read Aloud Family Books, Books for Young Children)
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$11.18
1
$11.18
Sulwe
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$11.17
1
$11.17
Beyond Words: What Elephants and Whales Think and Feel (A Young Reader's Adaptation)
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$10.99
1
$10.99
Good Night, Little Blue Truck
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$10.79
1
$10.79
After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again)
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$9.99
1
$9.99
Wrecking Ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 14)
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$9.54
1
$9.54
Juana and Lucas: Big Problemas (Juana & Lucas)
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$9.19
1
$9.19
Dog Man: Fetch-22: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #8) (8)
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$9.17
1
$9.17
The Little Guys
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$8.99
1
$8.99
Dork Diaries 14: Tales from a Not-So-Best Friend Forever (14)
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$8.99
1
$8.99
Rumple Buttercup: A Story of Bananas, Belonging, and Being Yourself
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$8.69
1
$8.69
Pay Attention, Carter Jones
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$8.49
1
$8.49
Dragon Night
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$7.99
1
$7.99
Who is the Mystery Reader? (Unlimited Squirrels)
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$7.93
1
$7.93
The Unicorn Whisperer (Phoebe and Her Unicorn Series Book 10): Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure (Volume 10)
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$7.89
1
$7.89
Parker Bell and the Science of Friendship
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$7.52
1
$7.52
Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat #1
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$7.49
1
$7.49
CatStronauts: Slapdash Science
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$7.19
1
$7.19
Narwhal's Otter Friend (A Narwhal and Jelly Book #4)
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$6.57
1
$6.57
Harold & Hog Pretend For Real! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading!)
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$5.89
1
$5.89
Best Friends
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$5.79
1
$5.79
Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories: An Acorn Book (Mister Shivers)
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$4.99
1
$4.99
Let's Play, Crabby!: An Acorn Book (A Crabby Book #2)
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$4.99
1
$4.99
Dragon Gets By: An Acorn Book (Dragon #3) (3)
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$4.99
1
$4.99
Surf's Up!: An Acorn Book (Moby Shinobi and Toby, Too! #1) (1)
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$4.99
1
$4.99
Wake Up, Crabby!: An Acorn Book (A Crabby Book #3): An Acorn Book (3)
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$4.99
1
$4.99
Friends Rock: An Acorn Book (Unicorn and Yeti #3): An Acorn Book (3)
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$4.79
1
$4.79
A Good Team: An Acorn Book (Unicorn and Yeti #2) (2)
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$4.59
1
$4.59
Let's Have a Sleepover!: An Acorn Book (Hello, Hedgehog! #2) (2)
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$4.49
1
$4.49
DK Readers L1: THE LEGO® BATMAN MOVIE Team Batman: Sometimes Even Batman Needs Friends (DK Readers Level 1)
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$3.99
1
$3.99
Do You Like My Bike?: An Acorn Book (Hello, Hedgehog! #1)
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$3.19
1
$3.19
Uni's First Sleepover (Step into Reading)
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$3.19
1
$3.19
Materials cost
$465.05
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$6.98
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$502.03
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$88.59
Total project goal
$590.62
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$590.62
4 Donors
-$520.78
Donations toward project cost
-$502.03
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