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Ms. Kelly from Bronx, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Engaging Read Aloud's for Deserving Pre-K Students!

Help me give my students some great read aloud books to engage in our first 5 units of study!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Kelly's classroom raised $568

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

Since I teach Pre-K, this is the first year of school for the majority of my students. As many of my students come into the school year nervous and uneasy, I want to provide a classroom and environment that is warm, inviting, engaging and safe!

Our principal, the teachers, and the entire school community have turned our school from a "failing" school into a school on the rise.

Many of my students come from incredibly challenging homes. One hundred percent of the school receives free lunch, and many of our students live in homeless shelters, foster homes, etc. Our school runs a food pantry for our families and also provides many students with backpacks filled with supplies. Despite these challenges, my students love to learn and love to be at school. With these materials, I feel as though my students will come into a classroom they can call home for the year.

My Project

For my students, this is their first year of school. Read Aloud's and books are so important in Pre-K! It is so important for me to really get my students enjoying read aloud's! Why not get our youngest students to love reading at such a young age! All of these books that I am asking for, are related to our units of study. They are so important in order to begin to get our students engaged in learning about our units of study. The first unit's of study in Pre-K set up our students for success. Books are books no matter whether its learning from home, or school! I can not wait to read my students these exciting pieces of literature!

Ms. Kelly PS 154 Jonathan D Hyatt 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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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
The Way I Feel • AKJ Education $15.26 1 $15.26
A Light in the Attic • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Iggy Peck, Architect • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Same, Same But Different • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
I Hear a Pickle: and Smell, See, Touch, & Taste It, Too! • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
My Mixed Emotions • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Kissing Hand • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
How Do Dinosaurs Go To School? • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
If You Take a Mouse to School • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
My Many Colored Days • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Mindful Me • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Lost in NYC • AKJ Education $12.37 1 $12.37
The Three Little Pigs • AKJ Education $12.00 1 $12.00
Glad Monster, Sad Monster A Book About Feelings • AKJ Education $10.21 1 $10.21
A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Sigfried's Smelly Socks! (Hilarious Book for Kids Ages 3-7) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Curious George Discovers the Senses (science storybook) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
My Five Senses (Aladdin Picture Books) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Listening Walk • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Look, Listen, Taste, Touch, and Smell: Learning About Your Five Senses (The Amazing Body) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Sense of Hearing (A True Book) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Families Around the World • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Bippity Bop Barbershop • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
How Are We the Same and Different? • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Animal Homes • AKJ Education $6.02 1 $6.02
On Monday When It Rained • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
I Like Myself! • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Wemberly Worried • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Whoever You Are • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really Angry... • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Feelings Book • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Lots of Feelings • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Three Little Pigs • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Building a House • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Hello Ocean • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
City Homes • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
How and why do animals build homes? • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too! • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
What Lives in a Shell? • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Big Orange Splot • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Owl Babies • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
My Five Senses • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Homes of Living Things • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
The Nose Book • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
Just Like Me • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
I Have Feelings • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
Are You Like Me? • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
Animal Dens • AKJ Education $3.71 1 $3.71
Ling & Ting • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
In a Cave • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Back to School, Splat! • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
Kingfisher Readers L2: Where Animals Live • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91

Materials cost

$439.66

Vendor shipping charges

$6.00

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$482.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.10

Total project goal

$567.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$567.35

5 Donors

-$378.23

Donations toward project cost

-$321.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.72

match offer

-$189.12

Match offer toward project cost

-$160.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.37

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