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Ms. Alvarez from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Explore the World Through Literature!

My students need literature that can expose them to the struggles and challenges other children their age face and how they overcome these struggles through perseverance and love.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Alvarez's classroom raised $1,033

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

My class is composed of diverse scholars who have a tremendous appetite for learning. Although they come from a community that is riddled with poverty and crime, inside the classroom they are provided with vast opportunities to enrich their minds.

My role as an educator is not only to teach academic lessons, but to also equip my students with life long skills that builds productive citizens who will seek out their own learning and independence to make power choices that create change.

I believe that with the right resouces I am capable of attaining my mission of teaching diverse children.

My Project

We will read the novels and analyze the text by idenfying figurative language and its significance. We will engage in character analysis and character motivation. We will also utilize the academic vocabulary in the text to create a personal thesaurus. Lessons will include the use of research to understand historical fiction.

Students will be able to understand the ramifications of growing up during war times and having to be torn away from loved ones in order to be safe.

We will identify themes around acceptance and tolerance of others’ differences. In addition, my hope is that when this project gets funded it will also provide an opportunity for collaboration with other colleagues and for my students to interact with grade level peers.

Ms. Alvarez Manchester Avenue Elementary 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

30 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The War that Saved My Life • AKJ Education $13.13 30 $393.90
The War I Finally Won • AKJ Education $12.40 30 $372.00

Materials cost

$765.90

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $70.08

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$877.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$154.85

Total project goal

$1,032.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,032.32

1 Donor

-$1,032.32

Donations toward project cost

-$877.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$154.85

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