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

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Earthquake Novels For CA Fourth Graders

My students need copies of The Earth Dragon Awakes, a great novel which teaches about early California, earthquakes, and immigration in San Francisco.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Thurman's classroom raised $268

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

This 4th grade class is full of incredible students from around the world. They bring rich experiences to our classroom from their countries of birth such as Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Guatemala, and Yemen. These students are members of a Title 1 urban school in Richmond, CA, a school where all students qualify for the free breakfast and free lunch program.

They are eager and happy to learn, despite exhausting social, emotional, and environmental challenges.

Their courage, strength, and excitement for learning power them through each day. Although many of my students arrive to school hungry and tired, they still jump out of their seats and race to our growing classroom library to be the first to choose a book to explore. My students are sweet, inquisitive, caring, curious, empathetic, problem solvers. These children are truly remarkable young people. They deserve the best and more!!

My Project

4th graders love learning about earthquakes! The Earth Dragon Awakes is a great novel which tells a story about a child living in San Francisco during the devastating 1906 earthquake. Donating to this project will put a brand new copy of this book into the hands of every student.

If every child in my class has access to this book, we will be able to hold rich conversations about what life was like in the early days of California.

Students will also read about the social, emotional, and structural changes that happened within California after the earthquake. Reading this book will encourage connections to the and spark interest in learning about California history.

Mrs. Thurman Grant Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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

31 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 • AKJ Education $5.10 35 $178.50

Materials cost

$178.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $16.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$227.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.15

Total project goal

$267.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $267.66

1 Donor

-$133.83

Donations toward project cost

-$113.76

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.07

match offer

-$133.82

Match offer toward project cost

-$113.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.07

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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