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Ms. Amaya from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Eager Readers and our Wishlist for Books!

My students need books to help build our classroom library. On our wishlist we collectively brainstormed our favorite children's classics as well as books that center on social emotional and current affairs.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Amaya's classroom raised $318

This project is fully funded

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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 students are an amazing group of kind-hearted and loving kindergarten and first graders. They have an incredible passion for reading and exploring the world around them. Sadly, our school district does not fund schools evenly and this greatly impacts not only the school at large, but our class individual instructional materials and resources. All obstacles aside, my kids show up for school each day with full hearts and an amazing eagerness to learn. I hope to provide them with a love of reading that they can develop and foster in the classroom and keep with them throughout their lives.

My Project

Won't you help us build our classroom library? As a class, we have come together to brainstorm an ultimate wishlist for our classroom library. This list is something we have been complaining since the beginning of the school year, taking tally of all the books my students have a desire to read. Spanning from children's classics to social-emotional driven literature, these books will help develop a strong love for reading while helping to complete our collections for reading, science, social studies and social emotional lessons. As a collection, this list will compose the ultimate classroom library for our first grade class!

Ms. Amaya Henry Clay Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

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

20 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Where the Wild Things Are • Amazon Business $15.26 1 $15.26
I Am Jazz • Amazon Business $14.11 1 $14.11
I'm a Girl! • Amazon Business $12.84 1 $12.84
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
There Might Be Lobsters • Amazon Business $12.14 1 $12.14
The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Llama Llama and the Bully Goat • Amazon Business $11.60 1 $11.60
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music • Amazon Business $11.23 1 $11.23
MerryMakers Pete the Cat Plush Doll, 14.5-Inch • Amazon Business $11.07 1 $11.07
The Invisible Boy • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (If You Give...) • Amazon Business $10.64 1 $10.64
Llama Llama Mad at Mama • Amazon Business $10.53 1 $10.53
A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue • Amazon Business $9.93 1 $9.93
Llama Llama Misses Mama • Amazon Business $9.41 1 $9.41
Sorry, I Forgot to Ask!: My Story About Asking Permission and Making an Apology (Best Me I Can Be) • Amazon Business $9.30 1 $9.30
What If Everybody Did That? • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
I Can't Believe You Said That!: My Story about Using My Social Filter...or Not! (Best Me I Can Be!) • Amazon Business $8.84 1 $8.84
My Mouth Is a Volcano! • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
10,000 Dresses • Amazon Business $8.45 1 $8.45
Peter's Chair (Picture Puffins) • Amazon Business $6.97 1 $6.97
The Snowy Day • Amazon Business $6.00 1 $6.00
Tikki Tikki Tembo • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Rumpelstiltskin (Folk Tale Classics) • Amazon Business $4.81 1 $4.81
Chrysanthemum • Amazon Business $4.70 1 $4.70

Materials cost

$236.73

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$270.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$47.70

Total project goal

$317.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$317.98

1 Donor

-$158.99

Donations toward project cost

-$135.14

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.85

match offer

-$158.99

Match offer toward project cost

-$135.14

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.85

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$0.00

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