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Culturally Relevant Texts Needed for Distance Learning
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Seow's classroom raised $607
This project is fully funded
My Students
Our school serves students from PK-5 in a low-income neighborhood, where funds are limited not only in the school budget but also in our families' budgets. The majority of the students we serve are of African-American descent, with a growing population of those classified as special needs. They strive to be the best and work hard with limited supplies.
In our school, we learn to be flexible and to work with our limited resources. Our students deserve more and deserve the same opportunities as their peers throughout the district and the nation.
My Project
Our student population, majority African-American, need more culturally relevant texts to help improve our students reading levels. Providing books at varying levels, that our students can make a connection with, not only through the content but also with main characters that look like them, will have the students more engaged in the texts. Teachers will also learn more about their students and their cultures.
Increasing engagement through the use of culturally relevant text will positively impact students achievement. As student achievement increases, so will the over all social-emotional wellness of each student.
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose 20th Anniversary Fund
and 8 other donors.
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Where Your Donation Goes
Materials
Cost
Quantity
Total
The Day of the Dead / El Dia de los Muertos
• AKJ Education
$5.83
2
$11.66
I Will Come Back for You
• AKJ Education
$5.83
2
$11.66
Martin's Big Words The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• AKJ Education
$5.83
2
$11.66
I Love Saturdays y domingos
• AKJ Education
$5.83
2
$11.66
Say Hello!
• AKJ Education
$5.83
2
$11.66
Junebug
• AKJ Education
$5.83
2
$11.66
Sugar
• AKJ Education
$5.83
2
$11.66
Follow the Drinking Gourd
• AKJ Education
$5.83
2
$11.66
I Love My Hair!
• AKJ Education
$5.83
2
$11.66
Serafina's Promise
• AKJ Education
$5.83
2
$11.66
A Letter to Amy
• AKJ Education
$5.83
2
$11.66
The Story Of Ruby Bridges: Special Anniversary Edition (Common Core Exemplar)
• AKJ Education
$5.83
2
$11.66
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
• AKJ Education
$5.83
2
$11.66
Alvin Ailey
• AKJ Education
$5.83
2
$11.66
Imani's Moon
• AKJ Education
$5.80
2
$11.60
Count Your Way Through China
• AKJ Education
$5.80
2
$11.60
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things
• AKJ Education
$5.10
2
$10.20
Who Was Frida Kahlo?
• AKJ Education
$4.79
2
$9.58
Who Was Rosa Parks?
• AKJ Education
$4.37
2
$8.74
What Was the March on Washington?
• AKJ Education
$4.37
2
$8.74
Who Was Nelson Mandela?
• AKJ Education
$4.37
2
$8.74
Who Is Sonia Sotomayor?
• AKJ Education
$4.37
2
$8.74
Full, Full, Full of Love
• AKJ Education
$4.37
2
$8.74
Who Was Roberto Clemente?
• AKJ Education
$4.37
2
$8.74
Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up
• AKJ Education
$4.37
2
$8.74
Picture Perfect
• AKJ Education
$4.34
2
$8.68
Women Who Changed the World
• AKJ Education
$8.02
1
$8.02
Brown Girl Dreaming
• AKJ Education
$8.02
1
$8.02
Raja's Pet Camel
• AKJ Education
$7.99
1
$7.99
Dear Martin
• AKJ Education
$7.29
1
$7.29
Schomburg: the Man Who Built a Library
• AKJ Education
$7.29
1
$7.29
A Girl Named Misty
• AKJ Education
$3.64
2
$7.28
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington
• AKJ Education
$3.64
2
$7.28
My Family Adventure
• AKJ Education
$3.61
2
$7.22
Goin' Someplace Special
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
The Red Pencil
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
Max and the Tag-Along Moon
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
Visiting Day
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
A Long Pitch Home
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
Uptown
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
Those Shoes
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Seeds of Freedom
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Whoever You Are
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Two Homes
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Dear Benjamin Banneker
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Earrings!
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
New Shoes
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Tar Beach
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Caribbean Dream
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Happy Like Soccer
• AKJ Education
$5.10
1
$5.10
Materials cost
$433.40
Vendor shipping charges
$6.00
Sales tax
$39.66
3rd party payment processing fee
$6.50
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$515.56
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$90.98
Total project goal
$606.54
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$606.54
-$577.38
Donations toward project cost
-$504.94
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$72.44
-$12.50
Match offer toward project cost
-$10.62
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$1.88
Excluded support for DonorsChoose
-$16.67
Still needed
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$0.00
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