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Ms. Alley from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mulitcultural Literature for First Grade

My students need multicultural literature, including Cinderella stories from around the world.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Alley's classroom raised $232

This project is fully funded

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.

Please help the most deserving first graders in the world! I am a first grade teacher in Illinois. I teach the 24 coolest kids who just love to learn! My students live in a high-need, low-income community and lack resources for academic enrichment.

I want to take my students on a tour of the world through the Cinderella story and other multicultural literature. My students come alive when we learn about things that are real and have meaning to their lives. I would love to give my students the opportunity to become more fluent and confident readers through the study of multicultural literature and other cultures. In addition to teaching literacy, teaching with multicultural literature will allow me to teach character development.

I need different versions of the Cinderella story as well as other multicultural literature (Asian, Native American, African American, and Hispanic). Some of the goals of this unit will be to improve comprehension, questioning skills, critical thinking skills, and character development. To reach these goals I plan to incorporate interpretive discussions, character studies, comparing and contrasting stories and cultures, and writing.

You will make it possible for my students to get outside their small neighborhood in Chicago and see the world from the perspectives of people from around the world and from years past. This will be an invaluable experience for my students, as their perspectives on themselves and the world around them will likely be changed.

Ms. Alley Jordan Community School Grades PreK-2

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Tikki Tikki Tembo Retold by Arlene Mosel, Blair Lent (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Rough-Face Girl Rafe Martin, David Shannon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Persian Cinderella Shirley Climo, Robert Florczak, Robert Florczak (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Korean Cinderella Shirley Climo, Ruth Heller (Illustrator), Ruth Heller (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story Rebecca Hickox, Will Hillenbrand (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China Ai-Ling Louie, Ed Young (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Egyptian Cinderella Shirley Climo, Ruth Heller (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Cinderella Marcia Brown (Translator), Charles Perrault, Marcia Brown (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest Gerald McDermott, As Told by Gerald McDermott • Barnes and Noble $6.30 1 $6.30
Strega Nona Tomie de Paola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
RR850X - Multicultural Stories Paperback Library • Lakeshore Learning $89.50 1 $89.50

Materials cost

$154.13

Vendor shipping charges

 $15.41

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$190.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.71

Total project goal

$231.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $231.71

2 Donors

-$223.53

Donations toward project cost

-$190.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.53

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.18

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 $0.00

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