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Ms. Christensen from Alexandria, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Culturally Responsive Books for Orton-Gillingham

Help me give my students culturally responsive books to support my Orton-Gillingham instruction!

  • $539 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

After a long year of virtual and hybrid learning, my second graders are ready for a normal year! They are excited about hands-on activities, group work, and accessing our classroom library.

My students have been missing out on easily accessible, physical books to read this year.

It has been a challenge for us to engage in independent reading with fidelity, an activity that is vital to students' reading success! I have a class full of eager learners who are reading to grow their reading skills!

My Project

My students love to read and are making great progress with the Orton-Gillingham reading program! The program systematically teaches phonics, reading, and spelling. As students are introduced to a new sound or spelling pattern, we read a book to help reinforce the concept. These books will help me to do that AND they are representative of our diverse, multicultural community.

Having books that represent my students and the world around them is critical for their growth.

These books will help my students to stay engaged in their learning as we are working hard to catch them up to grade level! It has been a challenging three years of pandemic learning, and many students are missing foundational skills. As I use Orton-Gillingham, along with these culturally representative books, my students will be able to make more growth to get them back on track.

Ms. Christensen
Grades PreK-2
    More than a third of 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

    This project will reach 25 students.

    6 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Steamboat School • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Fly • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Mela and the Elephant • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Big Bed • Amazon Business $16.49 1 $16.49
We Shall Overcome • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Big Papa and the Time Machine • Amazon Business $15.67 1 $15.67
Brown Boy Joy • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
Little Taco Truck • Amazon Business $14.43 1 $14.43
Right Now!: Real Kids Speaking Up for Change • Amazon Business $12.80 1 $12.80
Just Like Me • Amazon Business $12.36 1 $12.36
Rainbow Stew • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Rainbow Joe and Me • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Brown Sugar Babe • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Jazz Baby • Amazon Business $9.91 1 $9.91
Uptown (Rise and Shine) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin (Aladdin Picture Books) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Abiyoyo • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Freedom Soup • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The First Strawberries (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Whistle for Willie • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Mirandy and Brother Wind (Dragonfly Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
A Letter to Amy (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Goggles (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Bee-Bim Bop! • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
When I Am Old With You (Orchard Paperbacks) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Rain • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Wings • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Honey, I Love • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Say Hello! • Amazon Business $7.89 1 $7.89
"More More More," Said the Baby Board Book (Caldecott Collection) • Amazon Business $7.67 1 $7.67
I Like Myself! (board Book) • Amazon Business $7.51 1 $7.51
Get Up, Stand Up: (Preschool Music Book, Multicultural Books for Kids, Diversity Books for Toddlers, Bob Marley Children's Books) (Bob Marley by Chronicle Books) • Amazon Business $7.02 1 $7.02
Dim Sum for Everyone! • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Everybody Cooks Rice • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Cool Cuts (Happy Hair) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes (A Latino Book of Concepts) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Freedom Summer • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (Reading Rainbow Books) • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Follow the Drinking Gourd • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Full, Full, Full of Love • Amazon Business $4.59 1 $4.59

Materials cost

$421.06

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$457.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.71

Total project goal

$538.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $538.09

5 Donors

-$261.40

Donations toward project cost

-$235.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.21

match offer

-$261.40

Match offer toward project cost

-$222.19

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.21

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.29

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