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Mrs. Delgado from San Diego, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Read About Ecosystems

Help me give my students books to enrich our life science unit while helping to build academic vocabulary for my English Language Learners.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Delgado's classroom raised $331

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 Project

Recently, I took in inventory of my classroom library and was disheartened to find tattered and out-dated informational books. My students read independently everyday, and literally no one was choosing informational books. It is very important for students to read books at their reading level. It helps increase their vocabulary and boost their comprehension level. Typically, nonfiction books are more challenging than fiction books. Therefore, it is crucial that they are motivated to choose informational books during reading time.

I am trying to create a beautiful library filled with inviting books for all my students.

Some of our life science concepts are systems in nature and animal adaptations. It is very important for my English Language Learners to see these concepts and vocabulary in a variety of contexts. Reading about what they learned in science, will not only help their reading comprehension, understanding of the world around them, but there vocabualry develpment as well.

Mrs. Delgado Edison 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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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

33 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Actual Size • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Otters Love to Play (Read and Wonder) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Saving Yasha: The Incredible True Story of an Adopted Moon Bear (National Geographic Kids) • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Creature Features: Twenty-Five Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do • Amazon Business $16.29 1 $16.29
If Sharks Disappeared (If Animals Disappeared) • Amazon Business $15.39 1 $15.39
Bones: Skeletons and How They Work • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
If You Take Away the Otter • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Diary of a Worm • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
Body Parts: Double-Jointedness, Hitchhiker’s Thumb, and More (Lightning Bolt Books ® ― What Traits Are in Your Genes?) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Spit Nests, Puke Power, and Other Brilliant Bird Adaptations (Picture Book Science) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
What If There Were No Lemmings?: A Book About the Tundra Ecosystem (Food Chain Reactions) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
What If There Were No Gray Wolves?: A Book About the Temperate Forest Ecosystem (Food Chain Reactions) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
What If There Were No Sea Otters?: A Book About the Ocean Ecosystem (Food Chain Reactions) • Amazon Business $9.81 1 $9.81
Snails (What Lives in the Dirt?) • Amazon Business $9.44 1 $9.44
Let's Look at Earthworms (Lightning Bolt Books ® ― Animal Close-Ups) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Eye Color: Brown, Blue, Green, and Other Hues (Lightning Bolt Books ® ― What Traits Are in Your Genes?) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Yucky Worms: Read and Wonder • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
What Do You Do When Something Wants To Eat You? • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
What If You Could Sniff Like a Shark?: Explore the Superpowers of Ocean Animals (What If You Had... ?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Wiggling Worms at Work (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$227.11

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $20.78

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$281.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.64

Total project goal

$330.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $330.94

2 Donors

-$287.42

Donations toward project cost

-$281.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.12

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$43.52

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