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Mrs. Maeder from Pleasant Hill, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion: Calling All Super Readers!

Help me give my students the opportunity to become Super Readers and Super Citizens who Champion Diversity, Inclusion, and kindness.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Maeder's classroom raised $1,307

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My Project

We are the Superheroes and our goal this year is to continue to become super readers, while simultaneously focusing on becoming super citizens. Living in Contra Costa County we are fortunate to be surrounded by diverse cultures and languages. My class needs to be challenged and engaged with rich literature through mentor texts. I have selected culturally diverse, beautifully illustrated, and entertaining books for my students. The mentor texts will be paired with activities that will deepen comprehension, develop and expand vocabulary, and integrate language skills.

They will love reading!

Mrs. Maeder Strandwood Elementary School Grades PreK-2 Pleasant Hill, CA View local requests 33 students impacted 24donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Abe Lincoln : The Boy Who Loved Books • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Cloudette • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Song of the Wild: A First Book of Animals • Amazon Business $18.79 1 $18.79
Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Interstellar Cinderella: (Princess Books for Kids, Books about Science) (Future Fairy Tales) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
John, Paul, George & Ben • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
If Polar Bears Disappeared (If Animals Disappeared) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Trombone Shorty • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: The Story of Dr. Patricia Bath (Amazing Scientists, 2) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
How to Make Friends with a Ghost • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Whooo Knew? The Truth About Owls • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Give Bees a Chance • Amazon Business $17.52 1 $17.52
Sophie's Masterpiece: Sophie's Masterpiece • Amazon Business $17.16 1 $17.16
The Poisoned Apple: A Fractured Fairy Tale • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Hundred-Year Barn • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Bear Snores On • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Two Bad Ants • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
A Beetle Is Shy (Family Treasure Nature Encylopedias) • Amazon Business $16.39 1 $16.39
One Green Apple • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Togo • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
My School Stinks! • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Nian, The Chinese New Year Dragon • Amazon Business $15.79 1 $15.79
Rulers of the Playground • Amazon Business $15.59 1 $15.59
Ticktock Banneker's Clock • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Pecan Pie Baby • Amazon Business $15.24 1 $15.24
Ten Beautiful Things • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
A Letter From Your Teacher: On the First Day of School • Amazon Business $14.97 1 $14.97
Nightsong • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
The Spider and the Fly • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
Mornings with Monet • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
Home • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Iggy Peck, Architect (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $13.54 1 $13.54
The Other Side • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Cat Problems (Animal Problems) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Leaf Thief: (The Perfect Fall Book for Children and Toddlers) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Barnabus Project • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Birds of a Feather • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
I Wish My Teacher Knew: How One Question Can Change Everything for Our Kids • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Primate School (Arbordale Collection) • Amazon Business $12.00 1 $12.00
As Fast As Words Could Fly • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
The Relatives Came • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Little Red Sleigh: A Heartwarming Christmas Book For Children • Amazon Business $11.64 1 $11.64
Ten Ways to Hear Snow • Amazon Business $11.60 1 $11.60
My Teacher Is a Monster! (No, I Am Not.) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Slug: The Disgusting Critters Series • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Except Antarctica • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire • Amazon Business $10.69 1 $10.69
Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist (Women in Science Biographies, Fossil Books for Kids, Feminist Picture Books, Dinosaur Gifts for Kids) • Amazon Business $10.54 1 $10.54
Library Mouse • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
Leonardo, the Terrible Monster • Amazon Business $10.29 1 $10.29
Bedhead • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Bats (New & Updated Edition) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Night in the Country • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Duck for Turkey Day • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink (Gilbert the Opossum) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Memory String • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Green Frogs: A Korean Folktale • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Our Tree Named Steve • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Polar Bears • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Old Woman Who Named Things • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Cockroach (Disgusting Critters) • Amazon Business $7.87 1 $7.87
The Quickest Kid in Clarksville • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Cactus Soup • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
James Marshall's Cinderella • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Night of Las Posadas (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
White Socks Only (Albert Whitman Prairie Paperback) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
How Santa Got His Job • Amazon Business $6.56 1 $6.56
A Plump and Perky Turkey • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Whoever You Are (Reading Rainbow Books) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$963.08

Vendor shipping charges

$14.90

Sales tax

$88.12

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,110.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$195.98

Total project goal

$1,306.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,306.53

22 Donors

-$894.67

Donations toward project cost

-$764.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$130.45

Matching donations from our partners

-$407.50

Match offers toward project cost

-$346.38

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.12

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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$0.00

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