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Mx. Tottingham from Oakland, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Gifting Experiences Through Reading

Help me give my students a window into other worlds and experiences by gifting students with multiple graphic novels, picture books and comics that feature diverse characters and themes.

  • $469 goal

Hooray! 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.

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

My students are 6th graders from East Oakland that come from various racial, social, and economic backgrounds and communities.

The students in my classes are English learners, newcomers to the country and over 90% of students are reading 2 or more grades below level.

My Project

With almost all of my student continuing to struggle with their reading comprehension and vocabulary it is important that I consistently provide reading opportunities to my students. And not only the time to read but provide quality, relevant texts that can meet my students needs.

This is where donors come in.

Your support with helping get books into my classroom. Books with interesting themes and diverse characters so my students can picture themselves as they read these adventures.

My goal is to increase the lover of reading so that the learning support happens more naturally.

Mx. Tottingham
Grades 6-8

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
The Tea Dragon Tapestry (3) (The Tea Dragon Society) • Amazon Business $15.80 1 $15.80
Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present • Amazon Business $15.62 1 $15.62
Magical Boy Volume 1: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $13.58 1 $13.58
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water • Amazon Business $13.41 1 $13.41
The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Nameless City: The Stone Heart (The Nameless City, 2) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Girl from the Sea: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Shy Ninja • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Science Comics: The Digestive System: A Tour Through Your Guts • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Long Distance • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
Science Comics: Cats: Nature and Nurture • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Bad Sister • Amazon Business $11.83 1 $11.83
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners • Amazon Business $11.33 1 $11.33
The Tea Dragon Festival (2) (The Tea Dragon Society) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Science Comics: Robots and Drones: Past, Present, and Future • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Science Comics: The Brain: The Ultimate Thinking Machine • Amazon Business $10.69 1 $10.69
5 Worlds Book 5: The Emerald Gate • Amazon Business $10.53 1 $10.53
Science Comics: Dogs: From Predator to Protector • Amazon Business $10.22 1 $10.22
Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-sitters Club #11) (Adapted edition) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix) • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Ms. Marvel: Stretched Thin (Original Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $9.80 1 $9.80
Awkward (Berrybrook Middle School, 1) • Amazon Business $9.34 1 $9.34
Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld • Amazon Business $8.59 1 $8.59
Prettiest • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Fish Feud!: A Graphix Chapters Book (Squidding Around #1) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Show Me a Sign (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
What Lane? • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Science Comics: Plagues: The Microscopic Battlefield • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98

Materials cost

$333.05

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $30.47

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$398.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.33

Total project goal

$468.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $468.85

1 Donor

-$93.76

Donations toward project cost

-$79.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.06

match offer

-$375.08

Match offer toward project cost

-$318.82

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.26

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