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Ms. Casarin from Dallas, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Dive into Reading - Shave and Taper!

Help me give my students these books. Our classroom library lacks of books of their interest and my students are losing it.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Casarin's classroom raised $537

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

My 4th grade students at KES are passionate scholars who love to read. They know that reading is the gateway to escape to new and imaginative worlds. Every day we set sail to inquire about new topics, explore new worlds, and analyze historical figures.

My Project

My students are increasing their interest in reading, mostly fiction stories like novels. All these appealing titles will help them to maintain that interest and they surely will enjoy reading them. I have observed the books they tend to read more and also I based this selection on the preference they talked about at the beginning of the school year.

Our classroom library is a corner they enjoy a lot.

We sit on the carpet read together or during independent reading time. We are enhancing daily reading for at least 20 minutes and they need more variety in books. Besides reinforcing the passion for reading, students will have more options to select a book according to their reading level which will help them very much to move forward in their reading level and self-esteem. Daily reading will improve their fluency and comprehension which.

My students value books and take a lot of care of them, they have learnt that books are like friends and we need to show them the same respect.

I just found out about DonorsChoose and this is my first project, there are so many books that my students need and are eager to read! Surely this project will help them to expand their vision and knowledge by reading diverse topics, without forgetting the passion they will continue having about reading.

Ms. Casarin Obadiah Knight Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

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
Los Cinco en la caravana (Los Cinco/ Famous Five) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Los Cinco y el tesoro de la isla (Los Cinco/ Famous Five) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
El fantasma de la opera (Clásicos ilustrados) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $18.39 1 $18.39
Harry Potter y la Orden del Fénix / Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Rebekah - Niña Detective Libros 9-16: Divertida Historias de Misterio para Niña Entre 9-12 Años (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Harry Potter y el cáliz de fuego / Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $16.39 1 $16.39
Harry Potter y el misterio del príncipe / Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Are You My Mother?/¿Eres tú mi mamá? (Bilingual Edition) (The Cat in the Hat Beginner Books / Yo Puedo Leerlo Solo) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.98 1 $13.98
Harry Potter y el prisionero de Azkaban / Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal / Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.46 1 $13.46
La coleccionista de palabras (The Word Collector) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.44 1 $13.44
El día en que descubres quién eres (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Claro de luna / Moonrise (GATOS GUERREROS / WARRIORS) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
La ladrona de libros / The Book Thief (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
La sombrerería mágica (The Magic Hat Shop) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.87 1 $12.87
Harry Potter y la cámara secreta / Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.94 1 $11.94
La historia del mundo en 25 historias /The History of the World in 25 Stories (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.19 1 $11.19
El principito (Spanish) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Mi abuela la loca / My Crazy Grandma (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Charlie y la fábrica de chocolate / Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Colección Roald Dahl) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.75 1 $10.75
Hombre Perro se desata (Dog Man Unleashed) (2) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Harry Potter y las Reliquias de la Muerte / Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
En Busca de la Entrada Secreta 2: Segunda parte del divertido libro de misterio y aventuras para niños de 7 a 12 años (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.00 1 $9.00
La isla De Abel • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Matilda (Colección Roald Dahl) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
En Busca de la Entrada Secreta 3: El desenlace de la divertida aventura de misterio. Para niños de 7 a 12 años. (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
En Busca de la Entrada Secreta: Una emocionante aventura de misterio con un final sorprendente (2020) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Judy Moody es detective (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
¡Judy Moody salva el planeta! / Judy Moody Saves the World! (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Dragones y tacos (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.57 1 $7.57
La casa del árbol # 34 La estación de las tormentas de arena (Spanish Edition) (La Casa Del Arbol / Magic Tree House, 34) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Los tipos malos en el conejillo contraataca (The Bad Guys in the Furball Strikes Back) (3) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Sobreviví los ataques de tiburones de 1916 (I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916) (2) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.29 1 $5.29
Disney/Pixar Coco: Movie Storybook / Libro basado en la película (English-Spanish) (Disney Bilingual) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74

Materials cost

$394.55

Vendor shipping charges

 $25.15

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$455.62

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.40

Total project goal

$536.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $536.02

1 Donor

-$178.67

Donations toward project cost

-$151.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.80

match offer

-$357.35

Match offer toward project cost

-$303.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.60

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