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Mrs. O’Neil from Plantsville CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Making Personal Connections to Books

Help me give my students a more diverse library. My classroom make up is changing and kids need to make connections to the characters in their books!

  • $189 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Third grade is such a big year! The students are now entering upper elementary and are considered the big kids! Third graders are​ creative, thoughtful and full of questions! They absolutely love hands-on, active, engaging projects and challenges. They come to school each day ready to try new things and take brave chances in order to grow both personally and academically.

Third Graders strive to become more independent and mature learners.

We ask a lot of these kids during the school year. It's a tough transition to go from second to third.

Many students need time and space in order to be successful this school year. Things that make them successful are music, movement, and working collaboratively.

My Project

We are in need of a more diverse library.

Diverse books are important because they teach people about others.

They help promote respect and empathy for all types of people. Our district teaches Emotional Intelligence and we need to have books to support this learning.

Additionally, our school population is changing and students need books that they can connect to the main character in.

Kind, compassionate humans that know how important it is to love everyone.

With all that is going on in the world it is important to discuss these difficult subject matters, and children learn best from books!

Students can use these books as a tool to help them understand, learn, and hopefully want to make a difference every day!

Mrs. O’Neil
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Happy in Our Skin • AKJ Education $15.29 1 $15.29
The Librarian of Basra • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Emmanuel's Dream • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
A Boy Called Bat • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The Crayon Box that Talked • AKJ Education $9.45 1 $9.45
Crazy Horse's Vision • AKJ Education $8.72 1 $8.72
Amelia's Road • AKJ Education $7.99 1 $7.99
The Fiesta Dress • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
The Breadwinner • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
I Love My Hair! • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Raven • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Legend of the Bluebonnet • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Sylvia & Aki • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Who Was Nelson Mandela? • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost

$122.35

Vendor shipping charges

$6.00

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$160.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.27

Total project goal

$188.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$188.46

1 Donor

-$106.79

Donations toward project cost

-$106.79

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$62.82

Match offer toward project cost

-$53.40

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.42

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$18.85

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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