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Mrs. Ortiz from Detroit MI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Literature in the Science Class

Help me give my students the tools and knowledge they need to understand relevant cultural issues. This literature, including Just Mercy, Hidden Figures and the 3-book March Series, will help expand their understanding and add diversity to our classroom library.

  • $529 goal

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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.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My students are eager learners with diverse abilities and are in need of supplies that will allow them to experience, explore and enhance their learning by having the opportunity to get the supplies needed as we dive into the new Next Generation Science Standards.

I have 150 students divided into five 6th-grade classes in which general science is taught.

The majority of my students are Hispanic, and several of them are English language learners and speak little English. The majority of my students are bilingual, and a large number of their parents don't speak English. My students have varying abilities that at times require adapted lessons. Developing cross-curricular activities that are both fun and motivating, the addition of these resources would allow me to easily integrate various concepts and lessons in my science curriculum and address the different learning styles of my students.

My Project

Bringing literature in the science classroom will provide my students an opportunity to make connections with what they read to the world around them. Students need access to literature that is meaningful and relevant to the real world, and in the climate, we are now living these pieces of literature are extremely relevant. Supplying access to a wide range of literature can help students understand text and relate their background knowledge to what they read. Supplying a diverse library in the classroom offers students a variety of topics that supplies them the opportunity to choose what they would like to read, and will help students answer their questions, and generate further student questions about a topic through discussion of the book. Providing this diversity will help students to further explore topics that are important to them.

Mrs. Ortiz
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
March: Book Three • MahoganyBooks $17.99 5 $89.95
March: Book Two • MahoganyBooks $17.96 5 $89.80
March: Book One • MahoganyBooks $13.46 5 $67.30
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice • MahoganyBooks $9.89 5 $49.45
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition • MahoganyBooks $8.09 5 $40.45
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind • MahoganyBooks $8.09 5 $40.45
Good Kind of Trouble, A • MahoganyBooks $7.19 5 $35.95

Materials cost

$413.35

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$449.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.33

Total project goal

$528.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $528.88

6 Donors

-$259.32

Donations toward project cost

-$229.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.20

match offer

-$259.33

Match offer toward project cost

-$220.43

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.90

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.23

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 $0.00

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