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Ms. Sanchez from Silver Spring, MD is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Open a Book, Open Your Mind

My students need a cozy, organized reading nook and fresh books when it comes time to read.

  • $382 goal

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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.

My Students

My students come into the classroom every day ready to learn and grow. They all look forward to becoming stronger readers, mathematicians, scientists, artists, etc.

My students come from very low-income immigrant families.

They all have the ability to learn, but start off their education with a lower vocabulary. They need to work harder to meet goals. From what I have noticed, they are very eager to learn and are very proud when they accomplish a task.

My school has the highest FARMS rate in our large county, meaning we are the most financially affected school. The school works hard to provide our students with not only the education they are obliged to get but also the social and emotional part that is often missing. The students enjoy coming to school because they know it is a safe, caring environment where many of their needs can be met.

My Project

Reading is an opportunity for students to get lost in a world that can be as similar or as different as their own. For them to know what sparks their interests, students need to be able to access a variety of genres, at reading levels that are a good fit for them.

Our reading nook will give students a space for reading, as well as a space for choice, independence, and responsibility.

Students will work together and be responsible for keeping books organized by levels and genres. The reading nook will have a variety of non-fiction and fiction books of different levels, so that no matter the reading level, the student will still have a number of books and themes to chose from. Books for the reading nook will include themes that they can relate to, themes that are interesting to them, and themes related to our curriculum.

The resources selected will all be an essential part of the reading nook. Students will use the Help-Yourself Book Bins to organize books by level, genre, and theme. The Seville Classics 10-Drawer Organizer Cart will be used so that students have easy access to reading materials, reading centers, independent work, and other reading resources, right next to the reading nook. Amelia Bedelia I Can Read Box Set #1, Justice League Reading Collection, Amelia Bedelia I Can Read Box Set #2, and Paddington Collector's Quintet will be an exciting start to our reading adventure! Students will build stamina daily, as the reading nook will be one of their daily rotations during our reading block.

Ms. Sanchez Joann Leleck Elementary School at Broad Acres 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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Silver Spring, MD View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

20 students impacted 5donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT925X - Neon Help-Yourself Book Bins - Set of 6 Colors • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 4 $159.96
Seville Classics 10-Drawer Organizer Cart, Translucent Color-Coded • Amazon Business $33.60 2 $67.20
Amelia Bedelia I Can Read Box Set #1: Amelia Bedelia Hit the Books (I Can Read Level 2) • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Amelia Bedelia I Can Read Box Set #2: Books Are a Ball (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $11.68 1 $11.68
Justice League Reading Collection: 5 I Can Read Books Inside! (I Can Read Level 2) • Amazon Business $11.68 1 $11.68
Paddington Collector's Quintet: 5 Fun-Filled Stories in 1 Box! (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59

Materials cost

$274.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $16.44

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.11

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$324.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.27

Total project goal

$381.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $381.82

3 Donors

-$381.82

Donations toward project cost

-$324.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.27

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