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Mrs. Tusak from Whittier, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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History Coming to Life with a Book

My students need 35 copies of a chapter book titled Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Tusak's classroom raised $275

This project is fully funded

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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

My goal is for my students to become wild readers! I want them to fully immerse themselves in a great book.

I have a wonderful group of energetic and humorous 5th grade students who are eager to learn about the world around them.

Our K-5 school has approximately 850 students. The vision of our school district states: Our aim is to provide students with the knowledge of those academic skills and concepts which they must learn and apply to function effectively in our society. We endeavor to motivate, inspire, and encourage all students to use their unique potentials to reach their highest level of academic achievement and emotional and physical well-being.

My Project

This project will allow every student in my classroom to have their own copy of a great historical fiction novel titled, Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson. Chains takes place during the American Revolution and is centered around a Isabel who is a slave trying to do whatever she can to free herself and her sister. We have a balanced literacy program at my school and this novel will be used during our shared read. This novel will be used during language arts and social studies. For this unit we have a theme of Conflict. The main character, Isabel deals with inner and outer conflict throughout the novel. My students will use many different comprehension strategies and skills while reading this book.

This donation will allow my students to really dive deep into a great book.

By having their own copies it will allow them the ability to find evidence in the text in order to hold classroom discussions and think critically about the American Revolution from a different perspective. These books would make a tremendous impact on my student's reading development

Mrs. Tusak Ocean View 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 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Chains (The Seeds of America Trilogy) • Amazon $5.24 35 $183.40

Materials cost

$183.40

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $16.78

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$232.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.11

Total project goal

$274.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $274.04

2 Donors

-$137.02

Donations toward project cost

-$116.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.55

match offer

-$137.01

Match offer toward project cost

-$116.46

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.55

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 $0.00

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