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Mrs. Snedden from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Giving Generously

My students need concrete examples and exposure to how people can help other people.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Snedden's classroom raised $324

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

OurSchool is located in Chicago, IL. It houses our preschool through 8th grade deaf program. Our students come from various neighborhoods, as our program is a cluster program for the deaf on the southwest side of Chicago. Our students are deaf and hard of hearing. They have severe language delays due to their hearing loss. Reading and language are very difficult for them so they read years below grade level due to these delays. I teach 4th through 8th grade deaf students in this program and as my students become older, it is a real challenge to find reading materials that are topic appropriate, interesting and motivating but written at a level that they can read and comprehend.

My Project

I teach 4th through 8th grade deaf students. It is sometimes difficult for children to think about the world's problems and what they can do to help solve some of those problems. We will be continuously working on how they can make the world a better place through service learning ideas and projects.

By providing picture books for my students to access, throughout the year we will be continually discussing things they can do, both big and small, to change the world and make it a better place.

We will design service learning projects based on their ideas generated in the classroom.

Mrs. Snedden Kinzie Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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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More than half 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

26 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Learning Through Serving: A Student Guidebook for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Across Academic Disciplines and Cultural Communities • Amazon Business $26.17 1 $26.17
The Complete Guide to Service Learning: Proven, Practical Ways to Engage Students in Civic Responsibility, Academic Curriculum, & Social Action • Amazon Business $26.12 1 $26.12
When You Are Happy • Amazon Business $17.81 1 $17.81
Boxes for Katje (Rise and Shine) • Amazon Business $16.25 1 $16.25
The Giving Book: Open The Door To A Lifetime Of Giving • Amazon Business $16.15 1 $16.15
What Do You Do With a Chance? • Amazon Business $13.53 1 $13.53
Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters • Amazon Business $12.88 1 $12.88
One • Amazon Business $12.56 1 $12.56
The Kid's Guide to Service Projects: Over 500 Service Ideas for Young People Who Want to Make a Difference • Amazon Business $12.23 1 $12.23
What Do You Do With an Idea? • Amazon Business $12.06 1 $12.06
Ish (Creatrilogy) • Amazon Business $12.00 1 $12.00
Green City: How One Community Survived a Tornado and Rebuilt for a Sustainable Future • Amazon Business $11.37 1 $11.37
What Do You Do With a Problem? • Amazon Business $11.00 1 $11.00
The Mitten Tree • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Character: Choices That Matter Around the World • Amazon Business $9.40 1 $9.40
Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Change: Courageous Actions Around the World • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen (Reading Rainbow Book) • Amazon Business $6.41 1 $6.41
My Friend is Sad (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon Business $5.79 1 $5.79

Materials cost

$241.17

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$274.79

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.49

Total project goal

$323.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$323.28

2 Donors

-$323.28

Donations toward project cost

-$274.79

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.49

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$0.00

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