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Ms. Minas from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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High-Interest STEM Themed Non-Fiction Books for Classroom Library

My students need high interest non-fiction books for our classroom library. To build a community of readers excited about reading, we seek to pair kids with books that are interesting to them!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Minas's classroom raised $416

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our school serves students from transitional kindergarten through 5th grade. The student body includes about 450 students altogether. The student body is widely diverse and 55% of students come from low-income families. Our school is a Title l school.

Our class includes 26 fabulous 5th grade learners.

Our classroom setting includes students with different interests, experiences, learning styles and needs.

We strive to create a comfortable school environment in which students look forward to coming each day to develop their academic and social skills.

My Project

Setting up a new classroom includes ensuring the library has a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction books that will appeal to the interests of all learners. Connecting readers to books that are engaging to them is the best way to spark a love of reading and foster a community in which students look forward to immersing themselves in the worlds and experiences of others, whether real or imaginary.

This project strives to add to our classroom library high-interest topics topics such as coding, inventions, and dinosaurs, that are sure to pique curiosity and engage readers over the course of the school year.

The Scholastic News subscription will provide each student with 24 issues of this timely and socially responsible magazine to engage in thoughtful conversations while practicing important non-fiction reading skills.

Ms. Minas Gardner Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Scholastic News, Grades 5/6 (min. 10 subscriptions per order) - 24 Issues / Min. 10 Subscriptions / Grades 5/6 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $5.75 27 $155.25
Coding, Bugs, and Fixes • AKJ Education $19.45 1 $19.45
Dinosaurs: A Visual Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Coding Projects in Scratch • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Hello Ruby: Adventures in Coding • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Bizarre Dinosaurs Some Very Strange Creatures and Why We Think They Got That Way • AKJ Education $12.37 1 $12.37
Fourth Down and Inches Concussions and Football: Make-or-Break Moment • AKJ Education $9.99 1 $9.99
Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions and How They Came to Be • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Why Do Reptiles Have Scales?: And Other Questions About Evolution and Classification • AKJ Education $7.30 1 $7.30
Learn to Program • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
So You Want to Be An Inventor? • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Extreme Animals The Toughest Creatures on Earth • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Online Safety for Coders • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83

Materials cost

$278.01

Vendor shipping charges

 $15.52

Sales tax

 $25.44

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$353.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.32

Total project goal

$415.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $415.46

2 Donors

-$212.73

Donations toward project cost

-$180.82

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.91

match offer

-$202.73

Match offer toward project cost

-$172.32

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.41

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