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Mrs. Teak from San Diego, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Grow Our Classroom with Diverse Books

Help me give my students a class set of these books, so my class can learn about acceptance and inequality.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Teak's classroom raised $368

This project is fully funded

My Project

My 5th grade class is hoping to get the chance to read the book "Out of My Mind." This is a novel written for elementary age students, and tells a realistic story of how other students make assumptions and prejudices about a girl with a disability. In my 5th grade class, we read novels as a whole group and while reading each students holds a copy of the book and follows along or reads aloud for the class. I then store these book after we read it as a class and use them year after year. I am really hoping to add this novel to our yearly reads and I would love to be able to give my students a copy to follow along with as we read. I think by using this book in the classroom, a great message will be sent to the students as we read, and great discussions will come from it.

Mrs. Teak Los Penasquitos Elementary School Grades 3-5 San Diego, CA View local requests

More than a third 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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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Out of My Mind - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 35 $255.15

Materials cost

$255.15

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$23.35

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$312.33

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.12

Total project goal

$367.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$367.45

1 Donor

-$183.72

Donations toward project cost

-$156.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.56

match offer

-$183.73

Match offer toward project cost

-$156.17

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.56

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$0.00

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