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Ms. Cohen from Atlanta, GA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diversity Matters (Diverse Reads)

My students need more diverse books such as "Dumpling Dreams" and "The Youngest Marcher" in their classroom. Diversity matters and my scholars need to see more characters in books that look like them. They also need books that teach them about other cultures.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Cohen's classroom raised $547

This project is fully funded

My Students

Every day I greet students with a hug and a smile at the door. We start off with "circle" time. Students are able to express their feelings in a circle. This technique helps with the social/emotional aspect of their lives. We engage in rich text that helps with reading, writing, and expressing ideas.

They are students who are products of generational poverty, but every day strive to do their best.

They are children who are always wanting more, and never allow their challenges to prevent them from learning and striving to be all that they can be. My scholars are very outspoken, and enjoy having their voices heard. I call them the "great debaters" because they would rather verbally complete tasks with groups versus independent practices on a worksheet. They all enjoy hands-on learning. They love for their work to be displayed around the school or on bulletin boards. Our school is such a family-oriented environment. Every staff member takes responsibility for each child's well being. It is never "my students" it is always "our students."

My Project

Diversity in schools is important and as a teacher I don't see it enough in my school. I want my children to see more characters in books that look more like them and to read books that represent other cultures.

I think it is important that all cultures are represented in schools because our world represents all cultures.

My students have asked on numerous occasions why they don't see brown boys and girls in their textbooks. This saddens and puzzles me because in 2017 we have so many biracial children. So many heroic individuals have fought for equality and this should not be a question a third grade student is asking.

This project includes numerous genres of text that include different races, religions, and the makeup of families. I know my children would benefit from reading about the differences of people that make up our world. My scholars have truly grown a love for reading this year and I know would love reading even more if they could read books with characters that represent all cultures. Instilling the acceptance of differences in my students has not been an easy task, but they have come so far. I can't wait to see where the adventures of so many diverse books will take them.

Ms. Cohen Boyd Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pout-Pout Fish, The • AKJ Education $15.29 1 $15.29
The Youngest Marcher • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Dumpling Dreams • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Sick Simon • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Ruth and the Green Book • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again)-Available Nov 20! • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Nutcracker in Harlem • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Perimeter, Area, and Volume • AKJ Education $13.10 1 $13.10
The Sandwich Swap • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Last Stop on Market Street • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Little Red Gliding Hood • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Rapunzel • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Totally Tardy Marty • AKJ Education $12.37 1 $12.37
Just a Minute! A Trickster Tale and Counting Book • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
The Potato Chip Champ Discovering Why Kindness Counts • AKJ Education $9.86 1 $9.86
Dear Dragon Helps Out • AKJ Education $9.55 1 $9.55
What's in the Sky, Dear Dragon? • AKJ Education $9.55 1 $9.55
It's Bedtime, Dear Dragon • AKJ Education $9.55 1 $9.55
It's Fall, Dear Dragon • AKJ Education $8.72 1 $8.72
Dear Dragon Goes Camping • AKJ Education $8.72 1 $8.72
Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
The Gardener • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Visiting Day • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
It's All About You Writing Your Own Journal • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Understanding Personification • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Snowflake Bentley • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Me on the Map • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Korean Cinderella • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Immi's Gift • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
If You Were a Pronoun • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
If You Were a Homonym or a Homophone • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
The Boy Who Cried Ninja • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
When Penny Met POTUS • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
If You Were an Antonym • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
It Figures! Fun Figures of Speech • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
If You Were a Conjunction • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
Stubborn As a Mule and Other Silly Similes • AKJ Education $5.47 1 $5.47
You're Toast and Other Metaphors We Adore • AKJ Education $5.47 1 $5.47
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover! • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books! • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Please, Mr. Panda (A Board Book) • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Not Norman A Goldfish Story • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime More About Nouns • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Lola Reads to Leo • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Arthur Locked in the Library! An Arthur Chapter Book • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Sugar Plum Ballerinas #1: Plum Fantastic • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Dancing Dinos Go to School • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Bugs! • AKJ Education $3.61 1 $3.61
What Happened? • AKJ Education $2.55 1 $2.55
The Shortest Day • AKJ Education $1.75 1 $1.75

Materials cost

$400.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $27.67

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$464.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.00

Total project goal

$546.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $546.67

3 Donors

-$485.67

Donations toward project cost

-$464.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$61.00

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

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