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Ms. Christina Krasic from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Culturally Responsive Literature

Help me give my students the supplies and access to culturally responsive literature that speaks to their lived experiences.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Christina Krasic's classroom raised $1,390

This project is fully funded

My Students

As eighth-grade teachers in a low-income/high-poverty school district, our students are faced with challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, we are always looking to keep things simple and provide our students with meaningful learning experiences.

Our students are full of enormous potential.

Our students come from a variety of different economic backgrounds with 100% of our students receiving free lunch. Our school is also very ethnically diverse schools. Students speak a multitude of languages including English, Spanish, Hindi, Urdu, Burmese, Arabic, Bosnian, and many more. As diverse as our students are economically and culturally, they are also diverse in their academics.

My Project

Access to these diverse novels will allow students to expand on their love of reading. The supplies will help them with the active reading and analysis of the novel so they can read books that are engaging, relevant, meaningful all while improving their reading, writing, and critical thinking skills!

When we reflect and look at a culturally responsive classroom through a student lens, we should see engagement, student voice, agency, students being engaged and valued, connections, and active learning.

Students feel valued, safe, and willing to take risks in their learning. In order to do that, we need to begin by getting to know who our students are and we do this in many different ways. A few examples include giving them interest inventories, setting classroom norms or values with them, having them (and us) create identity charts, learner profiles, and focusing on establishing who the students and their families are. Relationship building should come first. We need to help them feel valued and that needs to start from the beginning. Students should feel welcome and that they belong. It’s not just posting a fact about everyone’s culture on a bulletin board with their picture; a culturally responsive classroom goes beyond that. The classroom and learning reflect the cultures of the students and it requires a commitment and a partnership of learning alongside the students.

Students need to feel empowered by choice. These are the novels they chose. I think that allowing students choice and considering their opinions and feeling when choosing literature (content) is beneficial. Just assuming that students see themselves in literature we choose for them might not also have the best outcome. They should be involved in the process. The concept of “windows” and “mirrors” should be seen and felt in a culturally responsive classroom.

Ms. Christina Krasic DeWitt Clinton Elementary School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Post-it Super Sticky Easel Pad, 25" x 30", Yellow Paper with Lines, 30 Sheets/Pad, 4 Pads/Pack (561 VAD 4PK) • Staples $106.39 1 $106.39
Crayola Ultra-Clean Washable Markers, Broad Line, Assorted Colors, 200/Carton (58-8200) • Staples $78.72 1 $78.72
Domtar 30% Recycled Colored Paper, 20 lbs., 8.5" x 11", Assorted Pastels, 625 Sheets/Ream (4048) • Quill.com $15.29 5 $76.45
Crayola Classpack Crayons, 800/Box (52-8008) • Staples $46.79 1 $46.79
Elmer's No-Wrinkle Rubber Cement, 4 oz. (E904) • Quill.com $4.67 10 $46.70
Crayola Colored Pencils Classpack, 240/Box • Staples $41.70 1 $41.70
Smead File Folders, 1/3-Cut Tab, Letter Size, Assorted Colors, 100/Box (11948) • Quill.com $27.89 1 $27.89
Expo Dry Erase Marker, Chisel Point, Assorted Colors, 36/Pack (1921061) • Staples $27.38 1 $27.38
Expo Whiteboard Care Dry Erase Wipes, White, 50/Box (81850) • Staples $6.34 4 $25.36
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (Adapted for Young People) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
They Called Us Enemy • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Cemetery Boys • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Punching the Air • MahoganyBooks $17.99 1 $17.99
March: Book Three • MahoganyBooks $17.99 1 $17.99
Blackout • MahoganyBooks $17.99 1 $17.99
Concrete Rose • MahoganyBooks $17.99 1 $17.99
March: Book Two • MahoganyBooks $17.96 1 $17.96
Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Clap When You Land • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Children of Blood and Bone (Children of Orisha #1) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
The Gilded Ones (Deathless #1) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Dear Justyce • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
We Are Not Free • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $17.00 1 $17.00
The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults) • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Fast Pitch • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
When You Trap a Tiger • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
American Like Me • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
A Cuban Girls Guide to Tea and Tomorrow • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Expo Whiteboard Care Cleaner, Blue (1752229) • Staples $7.74 2 $15.48
Clean Getaway • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
Within These Wicked Walls • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
Crayola Kid's Markers, Broad Line, Assorted Colors, 8/Box (58-7708) • Staples $2.93 5 $14.65
March: Book One • MahoganyBooks $13.46 1 $13.46
Firekeepers Daughter • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 1 $13.00
Furia • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 1 $13.00
Dont Ask Me Where Im From • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 1 $13.00
The Poet X • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 1 $13.00
You Should See Me in a Crown • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
This Book Is Anti Racist • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Class Act • MahoganyBooks $11.69 1 $11.69
New Kid • MahoganyBooks $11.69 1 $11.69
Crayola Colored Pencils, Assorted Colors, 12/Box (68-4012) • Staples $2.29 5 $11.45
I Will Always Write Back How One Letter Changed Two Lives • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Long Way Down The Graphic Novel • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America (PB) • MahoganyBooks $9.89 1 $9.89
Elmer's All Purpose School Glue Sticks, 0.24 oz., 30/Pack (E556) • Staples $9.17 1 $9.17
Black Brother, Black Brother • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 1 $9.00
Amal Unbound • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 1 $9.00
Pet • MahoganyBooks $8.99 1 $8.99
Crayola Crayons, 24/Box • Staples $1.50 5 $7.50
Patina (Track #2) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Mass Market) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19
Ghost (Track #1) (PB) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19
Sunny (Track #3) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19
Lu (Track #4) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$1,123.34

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.90

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$16.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,181.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$208.43

Total project goal

$1,389.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,389.52

2 Donors

-$727.26

Donations toward project cost

-$618.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$109.09

match offer

-$662.26

Match offer toward project cost

-$562.92

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$99.34

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