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Mrs. Manley from San Jose, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Engaging Social Studies Books for Our Classroom Library

Help me give my students a classroom library of engaging social students books!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Manley's classroom raised $187

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

The 5th-grade students of my school are a wonderful group of children that are in dire need of good resources.

Our students live in a very tough and challenging area in East San Jose, California and because of this, my goal is to create a safe and welcoming environment where they can come into my classroom and escape the hardships of our community.

I believe that with good resources and high-quality education, our students will become successful citizens within our community.

My Project

I would love to give my students high quality books for our classroom library. My student love to read and I would love to offer them many different kinds of books to choose from. I believe that if I give my students ample choices of books to read during silent reading time, they will become lifelong lovers of reading.

I have made an effort to make my classroom a calming environment where students can read independently throughout the day.

I believe that daily silent reading can help my students ease their anxieties.

This is my first year teaching 5th grade, so I have just started to build my classroom library of books appropriate for my students' ages.

These are books that my students have been asking for and will excite them even more about independent reading time.

Mrs. Manley A.J. Dorsa Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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

30 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Crossover • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) • AKJ Education $11.65 1 $11.65
The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
The Dreamer • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Harriet Tubman • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Number the Stars • AKJ Education $5.78 1 $5.78
Who Was Abraham Lincoln? • AKJ Education $5.39 1 $5.39
What Was the San Francisco Earthquake? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
What Was the Underground Railroad? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Who Was Marco Polo? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Who Was Ben Franklin? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Who was Thomas Jefferson? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Who Was Albert Einstein? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
What Were the Twin Towers? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
What Was the Gold Rush? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
What Was the Great Chicago Fire? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
What Is the Declaration of Independence? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Me llamo María Isabel (My Name Is Maria Isabel) • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost

$116.09

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $10.62

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$158.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.96

Total project goal

$186.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $186.41

1 Donor

-$93.20

Donations toward project cost

-$79.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.98

match offer

-$93.21

Match offer toward project cost

-$79.23

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.98

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 $0.00

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