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Mrs. Thomas from Martinez, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diversity in Reading!

Help me give my students a library filled with books that celebrate diversity.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Thomas's classroom raised $940

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are creative, thoughtful and full of questions! We have entered new territory with distance learning and my students are rising to the challenge. They come to our class each day ready to try new things and take brave chances in order to grow both personally and academically. Truly, they are my inspiration!

Curious, enthusiastic, and creative; my students are eager to immerse themselves in any kind of challenge.

These students come from a middle class community that is becoming more and more diverse. The students and families are no strangers to hard work and the families are very involved in their child's education.

My Project

These books will not only help students grow as readers but as people. By having and reading books that are not only diverse in their characters , but in their writing will help students move beyond what they know in their lives.

Students are hungry for books that create meaningful conversations and that challenge them emotionally and mentally.

By reading diverse books my students can have these types of conversations not only in person but virtually. The books can be the springboard for many types of lessons, educational and social.

I want to give my students the chance to not only read great books but to begin to have meaningful and hard conversations.

Mrs. Thomas Hidden Valley Elementary School Grades 3-5 Martinez, CA View local requests 30 students impacted 15donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hands-On Equations Class Set for Teacher and 10 Students. Includes The Teacher Demonstration Balance Scale and Game Pieces and 10 Sets of Student Manipulatives • Amazon Business $149.95 1 $149.95
ECR4Kids ELR-0482-CL Scoop-Front Storage Bins, Easy-to-Grip Design Storage Cubbies, Kid Friendly and Built to Last, Pairs with ECR4Kids Storage Units, 10-Pack, Clear • Amazon Business $39.99 2 $79.98
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon Business $9.64 6 $57.84
My Year in the Middle • Amazon Business $7.99 6 $47.94
Rain Reign • Amazon Business $7.19 6 $43.14
Front Desk (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $7.99 5 $39.95
Bud, Not Buddy • Amazon Business $7.99 5 $39.95
Ghost (1) (Track) • Amazon Business $5.99 6 $35.94
The Outsiders • Amazon Business $5.89 5 $29.45
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal) • Amazon Business $4.49 6 $26.94
Bedtime Inspirational Stories: 50 Amazing Black People Who Changed the World (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $24.93 1 $24.93
MaƱanaland • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Ways to Make Sunshine (A Ryan Hart Novel, 1) • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Act (A Click Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $11.04 1 $11.04
Walk Two Moons • Amazon Business $4.99 2 $9.98
Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Self-Adhesive Business Card Pockets with Top Open for Loading, Card Holder for Organizing and Protecting Your Cards or Photos, Crystal Clear Plastic (3.6 x 4.8 Inches, 30 Packs) • Amazon Business $8.94 1 $8.94
Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe (A Sal and Gabi Novel, Book 2) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The House on Mango Street • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
Sunny (3) (Track) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Moo: A Novel • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Who Is Ruth Bader Ginsburg? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.88 1 $5.88
Hate That Cat: A Novel • Amazon Business $5.69 1 $5.69
Blackbird Fly • Amazon Business $5.13 1 $5.13
Patina (2) (Track) • Amazon Business $4.69 1 $4.69

Materials cost

$694.49

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$63.55

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$798.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$140.90

Total project goal

$939.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$939.36

13 Donors

-$477.77

Donations toward project cost

-$413.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.17

Matching donations from our partners

-$452.78

Match offers toward project cost

-$384.86

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.92

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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$0.00

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