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Mrs. Romero from Streamwood IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

New Books to Broaden our Minds

Help me give my students new multicultural literature, choose your ending books and books about topics that matter today!

  • $219 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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.

My Students

My students are in a one-way dual language program which consists of 50% English instruction and 50% Spanish instruction. We are a Title I school with 73.3% poverty. My students are working hard to be college and career ready using inquiry-based reading strategies, writing argumentative essays, analyzing poetry, learning American history and hands-on science. We love to learn math in Spanish and work together at a pace that meets our educational needs.

We are hoping to move from remote learning (at home) to hybrid learning back at school by December if possible.

I am looking for exciting and engaging new books that will expand my library and make my students love reading!

My Project

My students haven't been in our classroom yet, but we are ready to come back to hybrid learning as soon as it is safe! In order to get our reading brains going, we need new titles, new subject matter, and books that are about current issues that matter!

My students' range for reading is huge and many are looking for that book that hooks them into being lifelong readers.

The books on this list have many amazing topics, stories we admire and can learn from. These books will be well loved!

Mrs. Romero
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mayan Civilization • AKJ Education $8.58 2 $17.16
Separate Is Never Equal • AKJ Education $13.27 1 $13.27
Draw Out the Story • AKJ Education $10.18 1 $10.18
The Truths We Hold • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Chicago History for Kids • AKJ Education $7.63 1 $7.63
Cuba 15 • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
The Breadwinner • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
Amazing Biome Projects • AKJ Education $7.18 1 $7.18
Mexican WhiteBoy • AKJ Education $6.99 1 $6.99
Making Books That Fly, Fold, Wrap, Hide, Pop Up, Twist and Turn • AKJ Education $6.73 1 $6.73
Poetry From A to Z • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Mary Downing Hahn's Haunting Tales • AKJ Education $6.30 1 $6.30
Chains: Seeds of America • AKJ Education $5.98 1 $5.98
The Name Jar • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Living Up the Street • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Skirt • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Forecast from Stonehenge • AKJ Education $4.15 1 $4.15
Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Young Readers' Edition • AKJ Education $3.99 1 $3.99
Search for the Black Rhino • AKJ Education $3.63 1 $3.63
Secret of the Ninja • AKJ Education $3.63 1 $3.63
Mystery of the Maya • AKJ Education $3.63 1 $3.63
Women Space Pioneers • AKJ Education $3.00 1 $3.00

Materials cost

$147.64

Vendor shipping charges

$6.00

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$185.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.80

Total project goal

$218.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$218.65

2 Donors

-$168.65

Donations toward project cost

-$143.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.30

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

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$0.00

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