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

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Mummies, Spiders, and Volcanoes, Oh My!

My students need 21 trade books and 5 School-To-Home Organizers.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Angie Stewart's classroom raised $202

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

How would you feel if you could learn all about topics that interest you, while sharing your learning with your family and loved ones? Every day, my 30 inquisitive first graders beg to learn more about subjects like Mexico, mummies, and spiders, but we don't have enough books on these topics!

I teach in an urban community in northern Illinois.

All of my students receive free or reduced lunch, and over half are English Language Learners. Very few of my students have even a single book at home to share with their loved ones. Despite a lack of literature at home, these students are eager learners and avid readers, excited to read a new book or to talk about what they learn from texts. They love delving into great nonfiction books with interesting pictures and sharing new facts they've been fascinated by with classmates and family members. At times it can be difficult to find books at an appropriate level for my young learners. As a result, our classroom library lacks books about some nonfiction topics that my students would love to learn more about.

My Project

With your donation of nonfiction books on topics including Mexico, mummies, spiders, volcanoes, and the human body, my students will have the resources needed to investigate questions they develop about these topics. Many of the books I am requesting are at most students' independent reading levels. Several books are appropriate for parents to share with their child, which will enable my students to communicate their interests and learning with the adults who care for them. To help promote family literacy, each of these thematic book sets will be made available for students to check out and share with their families.

Your support for this project will help my young students learn about exciting new topics.

You will make it possible for students to enjoy learning about these topics at home while sharing their love of reading with family and friends.

Ms. Angie Stewart Zapata Academy Grades PreK-2

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mexico (Rookie Read-About Geography Series) David F. Marx, Linda Cornwell • Barnes and Noble $5.08 1 $5.08
Off We Go to Mexico!: An Adventure in the Sun Laurie Krebs, Christopher Corr (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Too Many Tamales Gary Soto, Ed Martinez (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Mexico Elaine Landau • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Mummies (National Geographic Readers Series) Elizabeth Carney • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Mummies Joyce Milton, Susan Swan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Mummies Made in Egypt Aliki, Aliki (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
DK Readers: Secrets of the Mummies (Level 4: Proficient Readers) Harriet Griffey • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Volcanes: Early Fluent Cy Armour • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Frida Kahlo, The Artist Who Painted Herself (Smart About the Art Series) Margaret Frith, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Volcanoes! (National Geographic Readers Series) Anne Schreiber • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Volcanoes: Let's-Read-and-Find-out Science Stage 2 Franklyn M. Branley, Franklyn Mansfield Branley, Megan Lloyd (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Time For Kids: Volcanoes! Editors Of Time For Kids, Jeremy Caplan (Editor), With Jeremy Caplan, Manufactured by Time for Kids • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Hands-On Grossology Sylvia Branzei, Jack Keely (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Grossology and You Sylvia Branzei, Jack Kelly, Jack Keely (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.54 1 $8.54
Animal Grossology: The Science of Creatures Gross and Disgusting Sylvia Branzei, Jack Keely (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.54 1 $8.54
Spiders! (TFK Science Scoops Series) Editors Of Time For Kids, Time Magazine, Time for Kids Magazine, With Nicole Iorio • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Spinning Spiders Melvin Berger, S. D. Schindler (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Spiders Nic Bishop • Barnes and Noble $12.30 1 $12.30
Diary of a Spider Doreen Cronin, Harry Bliss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.61 1 $11.61
El ciclo de Vida de la arana (The Life Cycle of a Spider Bobbie Kalman, Kathryn Smithyman • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
AA295 - School-To-Home Organizer - Each • Lakeshore Learning $5.95 5 $29.75

Materials cost

$154.22

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$165.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.34

Total project goal

$201.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $201.87

1 Donor

-$201.87

Donations toward project cost

-$165.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.34

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