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Ms. Arnold from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Arnold's classroom raised $991

Creating Historians!

My students need Non-Fiction and Historical Fiction books to become well-rounded historical readers and writers!

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Ms. Arnold PS 98 Shorac Kappock
New York, NY Grades 3-5

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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

I can vividly remember having countless books in my classroom as a child and being overwhelmed with the amount of information in front of me. My students are so compelled by history that they deserve the resources to learn!

My students are like sponges!

They are so eager to absorb anything that's in front of them! As English Language Learners, additional support is a must for understanding and retention of information. They are especially intrigued by history but aren't given the materials necessary for interested and inspired minds. If a new book is introduced to the class, they show such determination to get their hands on it. They are a fantastic group of children and deserve everything in the world.

My Project

I have requested both non-fiction and historical fiction books for my students. My students read The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich this year, and absolutely fell in love with the character Omakayas. They find her to be inspirational and loving. This was the first class set of books my students received and we were all able to read together. Since then, their reading levels and comprehension has dramatically increased. When they discovered that the author has published an entire series of books, they went absolutely bonkers, pleading for the other books. I requested both The Porcupine Year and The Game of Silence class sets as well as supplementary non-fiction books to support their quest in learning more about American History. Westward Expansion truly opened their eyes to history and The Birchbark House is responsible for that. Louise Erdrich gave my students a hunger for learning and reading, and I'd love nothing more than to help fulfill their request.

This project will support more than four months worth of learning both reading, writing and history for my students.

I am a firm believer in integrating content into their reading and writing curriculum. Having class sets of books will help me monitor and improve students comprehension in reading and history as well as improve their writing abilities. This project will help drastically change their reading comprehension with guided reading and support in individualizing instruction.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

20 students impacted 4 donors
Ms. Arnold PS 98 Shorac Kappock Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

New York, NY View local requests

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

20 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Powhatan • AKJ Books $17.75 1 $17.75
First People • AKJ Books $14.79 1 $14.79
Nations of the Eastern Great Lakes • AKJ Books $6.62 1 $6.62
Braid of Lives: Native American Childhood Neil Philip (Edito • AKJ Books $14.80 1 $14.80
Daily Life in a Plains Indian Village 1868 Michael Terry • AKJ Books $9.58 1 $9.58
North American Indian (Eyewitness Books Series) David S. Mur • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Only the Names Remain: The Cherokees and the Trail of Tears • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Railroad Fever: Building the Transcontinental Railroad 1830- • AKJ Books $9.58 1 $9.58
Heading West: Life with the Pioneers, 21 Activities Pat McCa • AKJ Books $15.26 1 $15.26
Westward to the Pacific • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Traveling the Freedom Road • AKJ Books $19.20 1 $19.20
Great Women of the Civil War • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Key Battles of the Civil War • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Count on Us • AKJ Books $16.24 1 $16.24
The World Wars • AKJ Books $19.23 1 $19.23
American Revolution (Eyewitness Books Series) Stuart Murray, • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Revolutionary War • AKJ Books $16.27 1 $16.27
The Boston Massacre Michael Burgan, Keith Williams (Illustra • AKJ Books $22.19 1 $22.19
Eyewitness World War II Simon Adams, Andy Crawford (Photogra • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
World War II Home Front • AKJ Books $7.02 1 $7.02
Smokestacks and Spinning Jennys: Industrial Revolution • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Game of Silence • AKJ Books $5.17 30 $155.10
The Porcupine Year • AKJ Books $4.43 30 $132.90
Toliver''s Secret • AKJ Books $5.17 30 $155.10
American History • AKJ Books $46.51 1 $46.51
Poetry • AKJ Books $48.74 1 $48.74

Materials cost

$794.85

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$841.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$148.55

Total project goal

$990.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $990.32

3 Donors

-$894.73

Donations toward project cost

-$820.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.21

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$70.59

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 $0.00

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