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Mrs. Barnes from Columbus, OH is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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For the Love of Literacy!!

My students need engaging picture books to help them develop literacy skills and a love of reading.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Barnes's classroom raised $452

This project is fully funded

My Students

I am the luckiest educator there is!! I get to be called teacher by the most amazing group of students. Despite any struggles they face- and some face hardships that most adults can't imagine- my students come to school everyday with a determination and a hopefulness that cannot be contained.

I learn as much from my students as they do from me.

I have learned words in Spanish, French, Farsi and Lao to name a few. I have seen children go from non readers to voracious readers and non speakers to loquacious speakers. We celebrate each accomplishment along the way no matter how small because to my students every milestone counts. My school lacks a lot of resources- technology and air conditioning to name a few, but what we lack in facilities, my students make up for in heart and tenacity and I can't imagine teaching anywhere else.

My Project

I teach a full inclusion classroom which combines students of special needs, typical peers and English language learners. We work together every day toward grade level mastery with reading levels that range from pre kindergarten to a middle school level. My students love when I read picture books to them and they love looking at the books and reading them independently. I often use these types of books as springboards into lessons that address our state standards and each book I choose quickly becomes a new favorite.

I have carefully and purposely chosen books that represent the diverse faces and backgrounds of my students.

One book, "Come On, Rain" is a beautifully written example of a narrative- a snapshot in time- that I check out from the library and use with my students every year. They are always heartbroken when I have to return it. Imagine the joy if they could read it whenever they wanted. One of my favorite books, “This Is The Rope" is a storytelling masterpiece that follows a rope through the growth of a family including a move during the great migration- yet another topic that is important to the culture of many of my students. Another book called "The Name Jar" follows a young girl who leaves Korea and comes to live in the United States- still one more example of characters and situations that so many of my students can relate to.

Since my students don't always have access to books at home, their only reading choices come from school. It is my hope that this project provides them with rich reading which builds a foundation of literacy skills as well as a love of learning that will take them anywhere they want to go- figuratively and literally!!

Mrs. Barnes Easthaven Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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

90 students impacted 10donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ordinary People Change the World Gift Set (Ordinary People Change World) • Amazon Business $32.44 1 $32.44
Salt In His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream • Amazon Business $16.67 1 $16.67
If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks • Amazon Business $16.15 1 $16.15
Owl Moon • Amazon Business $14.68 1 $14.68
Mirette on the High Wire • Amazon Business $14.62 1 $14.62
Mammoth Bones and Broken Stones: The Mystery of North America's First People • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
The Other Side • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $13.71 1 $13.71
Come On, Rain! • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
More Than Anything Else • Amazon Business $12.58 1 $12.58
The Important Book • Amazon Business $12.50 1 $12.50
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave • Amazon Business $12.47 1 $12.47
I am Gandhi (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Day the Crayons Came Home • Amazon Business $11.83 1 $11.83
Twas The Night Before Thanksgiving • Amazon Business $11.73 1 $11.73
The Most Magnificent Thing • Amazon Business $11.64 1 $11.64
Giraffes Can't Dance • Amazon Business $11.54 1 $11.54
I am Sacagawea (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $11.38 1 $11.38
The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes • Amazon Business $10.78 1 $10.78
What If There Were No Bees?: A Book About the Grassland Ecosystem (Food Chain Reactions) • Amazon Business $9.51 1 $9.51
This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration • Amazon Business $8.69 1 $8.69
Back of the Bus • Amazon Business $8.51 1 $8.51
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon Business $8.00 1 $8.00
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Floating House • Amazon Business $7.77 1 $7.77
A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
My Mouth Is a Volcano! • Amazon Business $6.32 1 $6.32
Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Story Of Ruby Bridges: Special Anniversary Edition • Amazon Business $4.88 1 $4.88
A Bad Case of Stripes (Scholastic Bookshelf) • Amazon Business $4.76 1 $4.76

Materials cost

$348.49

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.23

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$383.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.72

Total project goal

$451.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $451.44

7 Donors

-$401.44

Donations toward project cost

-$341.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.22

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

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 $0.00

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