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Mr. Babcock from Taylorsville, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Babcock's classroom raised $1,002

Learning English and Reading Books That Reflect Their Diversity

Help me give my students quality headphones when learning English with their language learning program for reading, speaking, and listening. They also need books to practice reading that reflect the stories and characters from their diverse backgrounds.

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Mr. Babcock John C Fremont Elementary School
Taylorsville, UT Grades 3-5

My Students

I teach 26 hard-working and problem-solving students of many diverse backgrounds that have persevered in difficult situations. They love learning new things, being creative, and we focus on learning to be kind humans and making their communities a better place. I have a very diverse classroom with students from different cultures, races, and languages. Most of my students are currently learning English and face many outside challenges. My school is located in a low-income area and school is a safe haven for many of the students. There is a large learning gap between my students and the goals that we aim to achieve due to various difficult circumstances.

My Project

My students from many diverse backgrounds have faced many challenges through Covid-19. Many of them and their families already struggled with economic, educational, and emotional challenges even before Covid. I want my classroom to be a safe place where they can make great growth. Many students are refugees and immigrants. Some have experienced homelessness or were removed from unsafe home situations. Most of my students did not have access to the internet during distance learning the last two years and fell behind. The majority of my students are learning English as a second language and need extra support to reach fourth grade levels of learning in all areas, but especially in reading.

I am requesting headphones that my students can use with their Imagine Learning program to help them read, speak, and listen.

The headphones that they currently use are old and do not have good listening quality. I currently don't even have enough of them for the whole class. My students need to hear the sounds clearly and correctly to help them learn English effectively.

We do a lot of partner reading and reading as a class to help bring them up to grade level. The majority of my students are below or well-below reading level for 4th grade. I want the students to read and hear stories that reflect the diversity that is in my classroom. I carefully chose books that have characters that look like them and celebrate the identities and cultures that they experience and see in each other. The books have world-changing heroes that look like them and mirror emotions they may be feeling. I also chose mindfulness activity books to help regulate emotions in a difficult time of Covid and uncertainty and tangible math manipulatives that will help them close math learning gaps.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than a third of students from low‑income households

26 students impacted 1 donor
Mr. Babcock John C Fremont Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Taylorsville, UT 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

26 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Classroom Headphones-Bulk 10-Pack, Student On Ear Color Varieties- Comfy Swivel Earphones for Library, School, Airplane, Kids-for Online Learning and Travel, HQ Stereo Sound 3.5mm Jack (Black) • Amazon Business $74.99 3 $224.97
Fraction War Math Game - Fun Math Game to Learn, Compare and Simplify Fractions for 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade (4 Pack) • Amazon Business $34.99 2 $69.98
hand2mind Rainbow Fraction Tower Cubes, Montessori Math Materials, Fraction Manipulatives, Unit Fraction, Fraction Cubes, Math Manipulatives for Elementary School, Homeschool Supplies (Set of 51) • Amazon Business $9.50 6 $57.00
Dream Builder • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
My Name Is Sangoel • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
IntersectionAllies: We Make Room for All • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
Martí's Song for Freedom / Martí y sus versos por la libertad (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $18.35 1 $18.35
The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer (People Who Shaped Our World) • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $16.49 1 $16.49
When We Were Alone • Amazon Business $16.10 1 $16.10
Flying High: The Story of Gymnastics Champion Simone Biles (Who Did It First?) • Amazon Business $16.10 1 $16.10
Young Trailblazers: The Book of Black Inventors and Scientists: (Inventions by Black People, Black History for Kids, Children’s United States History) • Amazon Business $15.87 1 $15.87
It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way • Amazon Business $15.39 1 $15.39
Ohana Means Family • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
Your Name Is a Song • Amazon Business $14.37 1 $14.37
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $14.27 1 $14.27
I Am Not a Label: 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
I Believe I Can • Amazon Business $13.85 1 $13.85
We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know • Amazon Business $13.80 1 $13.80
Alma and How She Got Her Name • Amazon Business $13.60 1 $13.60
Mindful Kids: 50 Mindfulness Activities for Kindness , Focus and Calm • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Dreamers • Amazon Business $12.68 1 $12.68
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story • Amazon Business $12.68 1 $12.68
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $12.00 1 $12.00
Where Are You From? • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Mindfulness for Kids in 10 Minutes a Day: Simple Exercises to Feel Calm, Focused, and Happy • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $11.36 1 $11.36
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Hold On to Your Music: The Inspiring True Story of the Children of Willesden Lane • Amazon Business $10.86 1 $10.86
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Teammates • Amazon Business $7.94 1 $7.94
Empathy Is Your Superpower: A Book About Understanding the Feelings of Others • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
What Is the Civil Rights Movement? (What Was?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story (Scholastic Reader, Level 2) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$808.74

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$850.87

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$150.15

Total project goal

$1,001.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,001.02

1 Donor

-$1,000.00

Donations toward project cost

-$850.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$150.00

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $1.02

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