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

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Multicultural Tales and Other Fairy Tales

Help me give my students a collection of multicultural fairy tales, Native American tales, and character point of view stories on traditional fairy tales.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Pascoal's classroom raised $359

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

The students in my classroom are active learners. They are very independent workers. Most come from lower economic homes in San Jose, CA and have very few resources at their disposal. I also have a lot of students who are bilingual, and English is their second language.

Students in my classroom are thinkers and problem solvers.

They dive into all areas of the curriculum and read about it, explore it, question it, and develop a good understanding of the subject or topic we are learning about. We are in an open pod school pod with 3 other classes.

My Project

My students love to hear stories. I find that short books are a great way to teach lessons or introduce reading and writing topics. In 5th grade, we work a lot on the narrator's point of view, overcoming differences, solving problems, and comparing and contrasting books or texts. This year with the need for distance learning, my students love to listen to a book to practice and engage in the reading and writing skills they are required to learn.

I am looking to have different books available to have me read to my students or read with a partner in class.

Many of these stories fit in with Native American tales, multicultural tales of common and known fairy tales worldwide, and other books that have the story told from a different perspective. These books will be incorporated into the curriculum and used to foster reading and writing for many years to come.

Mrs. Pascoal Ida Jew Academy and Valle Vista Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

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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More than half of 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

32 students impacted 3donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Wolf's Story • AKJ Education $17.09 1 $17.09
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters An African Tale • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Three Little Javelinas • AKJ Education $11.64 1 $11.64
Red Ridin' in the Hood • AKJ Education $9.99 1 $9.99
The People Could Fly • AKJ Education $9.49 1 $9.49
The Little Brown Jay • AKJ Education $7.01 1 $7.01
Arrow to the Sun • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Anansi the Spider • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Cendrillon • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Rough-Face Girl • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Ant and the Big Bad Bully Goat • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Abiyoyo Based on a South African Lullaby and Folk Story • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
A Grain of Rice • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29
The Korean Cinderella • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Lon Po Po • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Paper Crane (Common Core Exemplar) • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Sootface • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
A Story, A Story An African Tale (Common Core Exemplar) • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Korean Cinderella • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
How the Stars Fell into the Sky • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Yeh-Shen • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Stone Soup An Old Tale • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Egyptian Cinderella • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Yours Truly, Goldilocks • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
With Love, Little Red Hen • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Persian Cinderella • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Cinder Edna • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
The Irish Cinderlad • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Magic Fish • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
Magic Fish • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
Stone Soup • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
Dear Peter Rabbit • AKJ Education $2.80 1 $2.80

Materials cost

$243.20

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $22.25

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$305.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.84

Total project goal

$358.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $358.94

3 Donors

-$358.45

Donations toward project cost

-$304.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.77

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