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Mrs. Faletti from Chicago IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Desperately Seeking Dictionaries!!

The cost of the 30 Merriam Webster's Everyday Language Reference Set from Classroom Direct is $640, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

  • $640 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

I teach 6th grade at Bass Elementary on the south side of Chicago. Due to lack of funding, my classroom does not have enough reference material to support my students' needs. Many of the students do not have dictionaries at home. We have been working hard to improve our vocabulary this year and the students are putting forth a great deal of effort. I would love to be able to provide my kids with the resources that they need and cannot afford. Merriam Webster has a language reference set that includes a dictionary, thesaurus, and a vocabulary builder! I would like to give this set to each of my 30 children so that they are able to improve their speaking, writing, and vocabulary skills. These books would help them in every aspect of their education. Please help me to give them this simple gift and to inspire them to love language.

Mrs. Faletti
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
merriam webster's everysday language reference set • Classroom Direct $14.99 30 $449.70

Materials cost

$449.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$524.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$115.20

Total project goal

$640.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $640.00

6 Donors

-$581.73

Donations toward project cost

-$525.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.48

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$58.82

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 $0.00

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