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

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First Graders Love to Read Nonfiction Books

My students need 53 nonfiction book titles from "Archaeologists Dig for Clues" to "Where Do Puddles Go" to read during Readers Workshop. With the books I am requesting, my students will be able to research their topics and create their own informational books.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Gonzalez's classroom raised $385

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

Students do not get exposed to enough nonfiction books in the primary grades. I am guilty of providing my students with mostly fiction books to chose from. In order to change this, I need several nonfiction books for my classroom library.

At my school, we have Reader's Workshop as part of our balanced reading curriculum.

Reader's Workshop allows students to read books at their "just right level." Every student has the opportunity to feel successful as they read appropriate books. My students love Reader's Workshop time. They love reading and talking about their books.

My Project

We will begin nonfiction writing and reading units in January. During this time, students will be emerged in nonfiction reading; learning about various topics of their choice. Then, they will become experts and teach the rest of the class through their nonfiction writing. Unfortunately, my classroom library does not have sufficient nonfiction books. With the book I am requesting, my students will be able to research their topics and create their own informational books.

These books will allow every student in my classroom to have access to age appropriate nonfiction books.

They will also allow my students to become experts on their topics of choice.

Ms. Gonzalez Multnomah Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Our Earth: Helping Out Peggy Hock • AKJ Books $5.42 1 $5.42
Recycle: A Handbook For Kids • AKJ Books $6.23 1 $6.23
Why Are the Ice Caps Melting? • AKJ Books $4.67 1 $4.67
Earthquakes • AKJ Books $4.67 2 $9.34
Volcanoes • AKJ Books $4.67 2 $9.34
Volcanoes! (National Geographic Readers Series) Anne Schreib • AKJ Books $3.11 2 $6.22
Earth • AKJ Books $5.42 1 $5.42
Raindrops Larry Dane Brimner, David J. Brooks (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $3.86 1 $3.86
Energy in Motion • AKJ Books $3.86 1 $3.86
What Is a Screw? • AKJ Books $3.86 1 $3.86
What Is a Wedge? • AKJ Books $3.86 1 $3.86
From Tadpole to Frog • AKJ Books $4.67 1 $4.67
Clouds Marion Dane Bauer, John Wallace (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $3.11 1 $3.11
Clouds (Let''s-Read-and-Find-Out Science Series) Anne Rockwel • AKJ Books $4.67 1 $4.67
Feel the Wind • AKJ Books $4.67 1 $4.67
Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll • AKJ Books $4.67 1 $4.67
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms • AKJ Books $5.07 1 $5.07
I Wonder Why the Wind Blows • AKJ Books $5.45 1 $5.45
Where Do Puddles Go • AKJ Books $3.86 1 $3.86
Archaeologists Dig for Clues Kate Duke, Kate Duke (Illustrat • AKJ Books $4.67 1 $4.67
Learning from Fossils • AKJ Books $5.06 1 $5.06
Look How It Changes! • AKJ Books $3.86 1 $3.86
Looking Through a Microscope • AKJ Books $3.86 1 $3.86
What''s Alive? • AKJ Books $4.67 1 $4.67
You Can Use a Magnifying Glass • AKJ Books $3.86 1 $3.86
Bicycle Book • AKJ Books $5.42 1 $5.42
Floating in Space • AKJ Books $4.67 1 $4.67
National Geographic Readers: Planes Amy Shields • AKJ Books $3.11 2 $6.22
Rockets and Spaceships • AKJ Books $3.11 2 $6.22
Simple Machines Allan Fowler • AKJ Books $3.86 1 $3.86
A Tree Is a Plant • AKJ Books $4.67 1 $4.67
Apples • AKJ Books $5.42 1 $5.42
Flowers (2nd Edition) • AKJ Books $5.06 1 $5.06
From Seed to Plant Allan Fowler • AKJ Books $3.86 1 $3.86
It Could Still Be a Tree • AKJ Books $3.86 1 $3.86
Plants That Eat Animals (Rookie Read-About Science Series) A • AKJ Books $3.86 1 $3.86
Pumpkin Book • AKJ Books $5.42 1 $5.42
Exercise (Rookie Read-About Health) Sharon Gordon, Nanci R. • AKJ Books $4.64 1 $4.64
Home Safety • AKJ Books $4.67 1 $4.67
I Want To Be A Firefighter Dan Liebman • AKJ Books $3.11 1 $3.11
Fire Safety • AKJ Books $4.67 1 $4.67
Christmas (Rookie Read About Holidays) • AKJ Books $4.64 1 $4.64
Christmas Is... Gail Gibbons, Gail Gibbons (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $5.42 1 $5.42
Thanksgiving (Rooke Read - About Holidays) • AKJ Books $4.64 1 $4.64
Thanksgiving is . . . (Pbk) • AKJ Books $5.42 1 $5.42
Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving • AKJ Books $5.45 1 $5.45
Degas and the Little Dancer (Anholt''s Artists Books for Chil • AKJ Books $7.01 1 $7.01
The Art Box Gail Gibbons, Gail Gibbons (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $5.42 1 $5.42
Van Gogh and the Sunflowers (Anholt''s Artists Books for Chil • AKJ Books $7.01 1 $7.01
Signs at the Park (Signs in My World) Mary Hill, Jennifer Si • AKJ Books $3.86 1 $3.86
Me on the Map • AKJ Books $5.45 1 $5.45
The Seven Continents Wil Mara • AKJ Books $4.64 1 $4.64
We Need Directions! (Rookie Read-About Geography Series) Sar • AKJ Books $4.64 1 $4.64

Materials cost

$263.46

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $24.11

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$326.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.62

Total project goal

$384.14

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $384.14

1 Donor

-$192.07

Donations toward project cost

-$163.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.81

match offer

-$192.07

Match offer toward project cost

-$163.26

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.81

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