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Ms. Martinez from Houston TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

For the Love of Learning

My students need engaging on level books, privacy dividers, quality pens and pencils, and other basic supplies to be successful this year!

  • $725 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! 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.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

"Whatever It Takes!" and "100% Every day!" are not only my schools' mottos but these two phrases live in the forefront of my students' minds. My students come from one of the highest areas of poverty. To reach both of these goals I am looking to fill my classroom with books and basic supplies to reach all learners.

Asking them to purchase the books they want to read isn't a reality that these students have.

So I am reaching out and asking you to sponsor my classroom and give the gift of great reads and basic needs.

My Project

I get the privilege of teaching two subjects out of a few different classrooms this year! I am requesting a rolling cart to help ensure although I am a nomadic teacher it will not hinder my students learning in any way.

I get to teach English Language Arts and Reading Intervention for students who would have otherwise not had access to quality education.

The pencils, pens, and paper will be supplied so they can focus on learning and without the worry of having those basic things. The magnets will hold my anchor charts on the magnet board so I will be able to take all my learning materials with me from class to class. My goal is to push rigor while still cultivating a love for reading no matter whose class I will be teaching out of!

The materials my students and I requested will bring the joy of reading into our classroom. These books are hand-picked for my students who don't think there is a Just Right Book for them. A little more than half of my students have entered the sixth grade reading at the third and fourth grade level. They have gone through most of their elementary school career not being successful and hating reading. By donating to our project, you will not only help to improve and increase student attention and focus, you will ultimately help to increase their academic achievement.

Ms. Martinez
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
JJ689 - Privacy Partition - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 3 $89.97
Seville Classics Industrial All-Purpose Utility Cart, NSF Listed • Amazon Business $68.99 1 $68.99
Goosebumps 25th Anniversary Retro Set • Amazon Business $20.20 1 $20.20
TEXAS TEST PREP Reading Skills Workbook Daily STAAR Practice Grade 6: Preparation for the STAAR Reading Assessment • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
RTI: Easy Phonics Interventions: Week-by-Week Reproducible Lessons That Teach Key Phonics Skills Students Need to Achieve Reading Success • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Ivy & Bean's Secret Treasure Box (Books 1-3) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
BEBONCOOL RF 2.4GHz Wireless Presenter Remote Presentation USB Control PowerPoint PPT Clicker • Amazon Business $14.59 1 $14.59
One of Us Is Lying • Amazon Business $12.52 1 $12.52
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive: 101 Inspirational Stories about Counting Your Blessings and Having a Positive Attitude • Amazon Business $11.96 1 $11.96
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: Stories of Life, Love and Learning (Chicken Soup for the Soul) • Amazon Business $11.96 1 $11.96
Sunny (Track) • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Scary Stories Paperback Box Set: The Complete 3-Book Collection • Amazon Business $11.48 1 $11.48
Miles Morales: Spider-Man (A Marvel YA Novel) • Amazon Business $11.48 1 $11.48
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories • Amazon Business $11.10 1 $11.10
Teacher Peach Motivational Stress Ball Assortment Stress Relief Toys for Kids and Adults - Best as Inspirational Teacher Gift or Office Gift for Coworkers - 3 Pack, Purple (7 Colors Available) • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems • Amazon Business $10.47 1 $10.47
Be Prepared • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
All Summer Long • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Fireboomoon Binder Clips, Assorted Sizes, Multicolor, 72 per Pack • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Patina (Track) • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Tissue Paper Tassel DIY Party Garland Decor For All Events & Occasions - 20 Tassels Per Package (Blue-Navy-White-Silver) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
The Stonekeeper (Amulet #1) • Amazon Business $9.09 1 $9.09
Terrifying Tales: 13 Scary Stories for Children • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Brave (Berrybrook Middle School) • Amazon Business $8.80 1 $8.80
Awkward (Berrybrook Middle School) • Amazon Business $8.80 1 $8.80
Ghosts • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Real Friends • Amazon Business $8.48 1 $8.48
BIC Round Stic Xtra Life Ballpoint Pen, Medium Point (1.0mm), Black, 144-Count • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
Wild Wings • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The House on Mango Street • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
Positively Izzy • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
El Deafo • Amazon Business $7.65 1 $7.65
Quartet Magnets for Dry Erase Board, Bulletin Board, 1" Multi-Color, 8 Pack (27953) • Amazon Business $3.77 2 $7.54
Smile • Amazon Business $7.39 1 $7.39
Kira-Kira • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Stella by Starlight • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Drama • Amazon Business $6.59 1 $6.59
The Fourteenth Goldfish • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Black Book of Poems • Amazon Business $6.27 1 $6.27
Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Nocturnal • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Short & Shivery • Amazon Business $5.31 1 $5.31
Even More Short & Shivery: Thirty Spine-Tingling Tales • Amazon Business $4.87 1 $4.87
Freckle Juice • Amazon Business $4.22 1 $4.22
Ms. Bixby's Last Day • Amazon Business $4.05 1 $4.05
Extraordinary Means • Amazon Business $3.77 1 $3.77
In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories: Reillustrated Edition (I Can Read Level 2) • Amazon Business $3.74 1 $3.74

Materials cost

$576.84

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$615.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$108.62

Total project goal

$724.11

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$724.11

9 Donors

-$570.44

Donations toward project cost

-$508.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.57

match offer

-$125.44

Match offer toward project cost

-$106.62

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.82

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$28.23

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$0.00

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