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Mr. Bennett from Providence RI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Books for Class

My students need 10 copies of "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" for world lit next year.

  • $193 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! 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

I teach in an inner-city, self-contained English classroom for high schoolers. Not only do I teach students with special needs, many of my students are also English language learners, who are from the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Nigeria.

The biggest struggle for me as a first-year teacher has been trying to figure out how to reach all my students when they're at such vastly different reading levels.

I have students who are still learning how to read in a class with students who are reading at a 6th-grade reading level or higher. My students are all extremely eager to learn to read better, and I'm hopeful this project will help them do that!

My Project

My students need these books for group reading instruction in world literature. This book is important to us because it is funny, culturally relevant, and my students want to read something that is current.

One of the biggest challenges as a teacher is finding reading material that truly engages students, and this book is timely, humorous, and perfect to read aloud as a small group.

I have students who are currently still learning to read, and I also have students who are reading just one or two grades below level. Reading aloud together as a group is extremely helpful because it challenges my higher-level readers to read aloud, and it also helps my lower-level readers to follow along and expand their vocabulary!

Mr. Bennett
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter • AKJ Education $13.13 10 $131.30

Materials cost

$131.30

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$163.27

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.81

Total project goal

$192.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$192.08

1 Donor

-$192.08

Donations toward project cost

-$163.27

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.81

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$0.00

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