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Ms. Thome from Milwaukee, WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Is It Reading? Is It Math?

My students need new books and replacement books for their mini math library.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Thome's classroom raised $480

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.

I teach math to students in an elementary dual language urban public school. About 70% of our students come from families in need. The student population represents children from a variety of cultural backgrounds and socioeconomic levels.

All of the children in my school are learning two languages- English and Spanish. All of the students are also expected to learn how to read, write and explain the language of mathematics. To be good in math, you have to learn a very specific vocabulary. It isn’t often that a child comes to school with words like mode, array or representation in his or her vocabulary. As soon as they master reading from left to right, they are asked to solve some equations from right to left or from top to bottom! They have learned the alphabet, but they must also learn to read the symbols that stand for is equal to or is greater than or is less than. For many students, the world of mathematics in the classroom is mysterious and even intimidating.

Reading books that incorporate a mathematical concept into a story is one way I am hoping to help students increase their proficiency in both reading and math. My goal is to provide them and their teachers with books and stories that connect the math they learn in the classroom to the world around them. I have already established a modest math library that is growing little by little. Students are enthusiastic about checking out books but often have questions such as: “Do you have more books with dinosaurs?” “Don’t you have another copy of Hamster Champs?” “Do you have any chapter books?” “Do you have some more books in Spanish?” “Can we both check out same book so we can read together?” Unfortunately, the answer is often no.

Your generosity will help make the answer to their requests a resounding YES! Students will share more books with more friends, more classmates and more siblings.

Ms. Thome La Escuela Fratney Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Nearly all 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
What Time Is It?: A Book of Math Riddles (Hello Reader! Math Series) Sheila Keenan, Kayne Jacobs (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Un Dos Tres el Ano se Fue Greg Tang, Harry Briggs (Illustrator), Henry Briggs (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Emily's First 100 Days of School Rosemary Wells, Rosemary Wells (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.98 1 $5.98
Fraction Action Loreen Leedy, Loreen Leedy (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Game Time! (MathStart) Stuart J. Murphy, Cynthia Jabar (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Grapes of Math: Mind-Stretching Math Riddles (Scholastic Bookshelf) Tang, Harry Briggs (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
If You Hopped like a Frog David M. Schwartz, James Warhola (Illustrator), James Warhol A (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
Too Tall Tina Donna Marie Pitino, Liza Woodruff (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
What Time Is It? Julie Haydon • Barnes and Noble $3.99 1 $3.99
Shark Swimathon (MathStart) Stuart J. Murphy, Lynne Cravath (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Monster Musical Chairs (MathStart) Stuart J. Murphy, Scott Nash (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School Sachar • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
More Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School: More than 50 Brainteasing Math Puzzles Sachar • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
If You Were a Polygon Marcie Aboff • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
If You Were a Pound or a Kilogram Marcie Aboff, Francesca Carabelli (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
If You Were a Set Marcie Aboff, Sarah Dillard (Illustrator), Contribution by Melissa Kes, Designed by Nathan Gassman • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
If You Were a Triangle Marcie Aboff • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
If You Were an Even Number Marcie Aboff, Sarah Dillard (Illustrator), Contribution by Melissa Kes, Designed by Nathan Gassman, Designed by Hilary Wacholz • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
If You Were an Inch or a Centimeter Marcie Aboff, Sarah Dillard (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Alexander, Que Era Rico El Domingo Pasado (Alexander Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday) Ray Cruz, Alma Flor Ada (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Hamster Champs (Mathstart Series) Stuart J. Murphy, Pedro Martin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Collecting Data: Pick a Pancake John Burstein • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Counting: Follow That Fish! John Burstein • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Keeping Track of Time: Go Fly a Kite! John Burstein • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
12 Ways To Get To 11 Eve Merriam, Bernie Karlin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
If You Were an Odd Number Marcie Aboff, Sarah Dillard (Illustrator), Contribution by Melissa Kes, Designed by Nathan Gassman, Designed by Hilary Wacholz • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
CD302 - Math and Literature Resource Book - Gr. 4-6 • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
RA301 - Math Literature Collection - Gr. 4-6 • Lakeshore Learning $75.00 1 $75.00
RA471 - Math Literature Collection - Gr. 2-3 • Lakeshore Learning $69.00 1 $69.00

Materials cost

$344.26

Vendor shipping charges

 $34.43

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$392.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.25

Total project goal

$479.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $479.16

3 Donors

-$403.89

Donations toward project cost

-$392.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.98

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$75.27

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