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Diversifying Cultural Reading and Writing

Help me give my students the opportunity to learn about other cultures and traditions as they enhance their writing capabilities with books on these topics.

  • $631 goal

This project expired on July 4, 2024.

This project expired on July 4, 2024.

My Project

By providing my classroom with diverse books about cultures and communities, my students will expand their understanding of people and the world around them. After reading these books they will enhance their writing capabilities as they write new endings to a story they read, write a companion story to one they have enjoyed reading, or even write a book about their unique culture and traditions. My students have a love for learning, and many of my students are advanced readers and need robust books that can enhance their reading and writing skills.

Mrs. Smith Sand Springs Elementary School Grades PreK-2 Layton, UT View local requests 25 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
My Freedom Trip: A Child's Escape from North Korea • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Butterflies on Carmen Street / Mariposas en la calle Carmen (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
Patricia's Vision: The Doctor Who Saved Sight (Volume 7) (People Who Shaped Our World) • Amazon Business $18.49 1 $18.49
Hope's Gift • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Long May She Wave: The True Story of Caroline Pickersgill and Her Star-Spangled Creation • Amazon Business $17.28 1 $17.28
Greet the Dawn: The Lakota Way • Amazon Business $17.08 1 $17.08
Follow Me Down to Nicodemus Town: Based on the History of the African American Pioneer Settlement • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Butterfly Dance (Tales of the People, 4) • Amazon Business $15.95 1 $15.95
Thunder Rose • Amazon Business $7.60 2 $15.20
The Amazing Plant Life Cycle Story (Look and Wonder) • Amazon Business $15.00 1 $15.00
Why Are They Kneeling? (Courageous Kid Series) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Fishing with Grandma • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Sparrow Girl • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Surfer of the Century: The Life of Duke Kahanamoku • Amazon Business $11.83 1 $11.83
Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon • Amazon Business $11.38 1 $11.38
Love Twelve Miles Long • Amazon Business $11.35 1 $11.35
Her Right Foot • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
A Different Pond (Fiction Picture Books) • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
This Next New Year: (English language edition) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Islandborn • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln • Amazon Business $10.56 1 $10.56
The Amazing Life Cycle of Butterflies (Look and Wonder) • Amazon Business $10.55 1 $10.55
Fearless Mary: Mary Fields, American Stagecoach Driver • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Sam and the Lucky Money • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59
Redwoods • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Tecumseh (Native American Heroes) • Amazon Business $9.15 1 $9.15
Shante Keys and the New Year's Peas • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Berry Magic • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Coolies • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Pedro Goes Buggy • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzai's Story (Encounter) • Amazon Business $7.57 1 $7.57
How the Stars Fell into the Sky: A Navajo Legend (Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin Books) • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns: A Mesoamerican Creation Myth • Amazon Business $6.43 1 $6.43

Materials cost

$498.28

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.47

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$535.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.54

Total project goal

$630.29

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