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Mrs. Daly-Lesch from San Antonio, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Learn about the World!

My students need 39 quality and up-to-date books about places around the world to conduct and complete their nine research projects this school year.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Daly-Lesch's classroom raised $515

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

"What children need is not new and better curricula but access to more and more of the real world". My students genuine excitement and curiosity about the world around them is evidence that they need and deserve materials that will fuel their inquiry and lead them to the highest academic gains.

In San Antonio's inner city, my 11 and 12 year-old students are already preparing for college.

The majority of my students live in poverty and know more about inequality than any child should. Many of my six graders come from single parent homes and the vast majority of them will be the first in their families to go to college. Despite living with such stress, my students come to school ready to learn and focused on college. Our charter school puts such a heavy emphasis on college that students attend school from 7:30 am to 5 pm everyday. With an extended schedule, students attend my class for 85 minutes a day. Extra time affords us more learning opportunities, yet our current resources hold us back from creating the most accurate and meaningful research projects. My six graders want to learn about the world and in our increasingly global society, they desperately need this knowledge and skill set to compete and have success in their educational and professional careers.

My Project

To prepare for college, my students will engage in a research project at the end of each unit. Students will be required to check out a book at the beginning of each research cycle to select a topic. Non-fiction books build students reading skills. When they move on to 7th grade, their reading levels will not hold them back from accessing the more difficult non-fiction curriculum. Next, students will use the up-to-date books to collect information on their specific world topic. Finally, students will be required to sort their research to glean the most relevant information for their project. Many of our current class books are old and outdated. Students often look at these books and think of them as old, tired, and not that important. The new books for our library will not only inform their research, but push them to create more accurate and detailed projects. Being informed global citizens and literate readers will allow them to reach their goal of collegiate success in 2017!

In our increasing global society, students must have a firm grasp of the world in which they live.

Without the same enriching opportunities most affluent children have, our students start the competitive race to college one step behind. Don't let the circumstances and zip code my students were born into determine their life prospects. All children deserve the right to an excellent education. Quench my students thirst for knowledge and put a book in their hand. It will make a world of difference!

Mrs. Daly-Lesch KIPP Aspire Academy Grades 6-8

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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
This is San Francisco Miroslav Sasek • Barnes and Noble $12.27 1 $12.27
Facing the Lion: Growing up Maasai on the African Savanna Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton, With Herman Viola • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Africa Is Not a Country Margy Burns Knight, E. Knight, Anne Sibley O'Brien (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50
Ghana Lucile Davis • Barnes and Noble $6.79 1 $6.79
South Africa: Explore the World Through Soccer Ethan Zohn, David Rosenberg, Shawn Braley • Barnes and Noble $12.14 1 $12.14
West Africa: Ghana Mira Bartok, Christine Ronan, Christopher Ronan • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50
Explore Asia Bobbie Kalman, Rebecca Sjonger • Barnes and Noble $7.64 1 $7.64
Cambodia Rob Alcraft • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
China, the People, Vol. 89 Bobbie Kalman • Barnes and Noble $8.41 1 $8.41
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution Ji-li Jiang, Foreword by David Henry Hwang • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
To the Top!: Climbing the World's Highest Mountain (Step into Reading Books Series: A Step 5 Book) Sydelle Kramer • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Investigate Australia Peter Needham, Whitecap Books Staff • Barnes and Noble $5.08 1 $5.08
Poland Suzanne Paul Dell'Oro • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
This is London Miroslav Sasek • Barnes and Noble $12.27 1 $12.27
Getting to Know: Germany and German Janine Amos, Kim Wooley (Illustrator), Emma Sansone • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Germany Michael Dahl • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Hello Europe! April Pulley Sayre • Barnes and Noble $6.79 1 $6.79
A Look at France (Our World Series) Helen Frost, Gail Saunders-Smith (Editor), Elizabeth Kiken • Barnes and Noble $5.08 1 $5.08
Argentina - The People Bobbie Kalman, Greg Nickles • Barnes and Noble $6.79 1 $6.79
South America Allan Fowler • Barnes and Noble $5.08 1 $5.08
Brazil Elizabeth Weitzman • Barnes and Noble $21.22 1 $21.22
Cuba Christine Petersen, David Petersen • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Haiti Kerry A. Graves • Barnes and Noble $6.79 1 $6.79
El Gusto Del Mercado Mexicano (Taste of the Mexican Market) Nancy Maria Grande Tabor • Barnes and Noble $6.79 1 $6.79
A Look at Mexico (Our World Series) Helen Frost, Gail Saunders-Smith (Editor), Susan Schroeder • Barnes and Noble $5.08 1 $5.08
Mi sue o de Am rica (My American Dream) Yuliana Gallegos, Georgina Baeza (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50
Mexican Americans Julie Catalano • Barnes and Noble $12.77 1 $12.77
Mexico the Land Bobbie Kalman • Barnes and Noble $7.47 1 $7.47
Puerto Rico (Rookie Read-About Geography Series) Elizabeth Zapata • Barnes and Noble $5.08 1 $5.08
This is New York Miroslav Sasek • Barnes and Noble $12.27 1 $12.27
Yellowstone (Wonders of America Series) Marion Dane Bauer, John Wallace (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Built Below Sea Level: New Orleans Laura Layton Strom • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
America Dreaming: How Youth Changed America in the 60's Laban Carrick Hill • Barnes and Noble $10.54 1 $10.54
All Around Texas: Regions and Resources Mary Dodson Wade • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
Texas Kathy Pelta • Barnes and Noble $5.93 2 $11.86
Going Where I'm Coming From: Memoirs of American Youth Anne Mazer • Barnes and Noble $7.64 1 $7.64
Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa Jeanette Winter • Barnes and Noble $11.62 1 $11.62
Edition 5 - 6 with Around the World (Grades 5 and 6) TIME For Kids is a weekly classroom newsmagazine that motivates kids to read. Issues cover a wide range of real-world topics and themes kids love to learn about and it s the best nonfiction text you ll find! Edition 5 - 6 builds non-fiction literacy skills and helps students become informed and active citizens. In addition to receiving Edition 5 - 6, subscribers will receive TFK Around the World. • Time for Kids $4.88 10 $48.80
AW447 - Basic School Globe • Lakeshore Learning $49.95 1 $49.95

Materials cost

$396.36

Vendor shipping charges

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Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$437.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.17

Total project goal

$514.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $514.48

11 Donors

-$514.48

Donations toward project cost

-$437.31

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.17

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