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Mrs. Tomlins from Danville, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Tomlins's classroom raised $279

Picture Books Are for Everyone

Help me give my students the chance to read and be read a broad range of stories.

This project expired on May 11, 2022.

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Mrs. Tomlins Diablo Vista Middle School
Danville, CA Grades 6-8

My Students

The students in my classroom have a wide range of learning disabilities and challenges. These can range from struggles with memory and processing, to intellectual disabilities, to autism spectrum disorder, to specific learning disabilities.

My class supports students who struggle with grasping the academics due to learning or emotional challenges.

Typically, this means the world comes a little too fast at them, or sideways, and they just need the information slowed down, letting them see the material again, and giving them time to understand. How can we meet these challenges when students do not have the necessary materials to succeed?

My Project

Picture books are often looked at as only good for younger kids, but that is not true. Many complex topics are easier for students to understand when presented in picture books. Picture books often foster a deeper and broader range of thinking.

Middle school students benefit from picture books being read to them in a range of ways.

These books can teach writing skills, comprehension strategies, meet ELA objectives, and share morals and life lessons. Many researchers have found that picture books can and should be used frequently in the middle school classroom.

12 students impacted 3 donors
Mrs. Tomlins Diablo Vista Middle School Grades 6-8 Danville, CA View local requests 12 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh • Amazon Business $16.88 1 $16.88
The Whatifs • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Ada Twist, Scientist (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $14.01 1 $14.01
The Word Collector • Amazon Business $13.75 1 $13.75
Proudest Blue • Amazon Business $12.71 1 $12.71
LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET • Amazon Business $11.57 1 $11.57
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners • Amazon Business $11.33 1 $11.33
The Invisible Boy • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage To Be Who You Are • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
They All Saw A Cat (Cat Books for Kids, Beginning Reading Books, Preschool Prep Books) • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Pink Is For Blobfish: Discovering the World's Perfectly Pink Animals (The World of Weird Animals) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$186.56

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $17.07

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$236.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.72

Total project goal

$278.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $278.15

3 Donors

-$278.15

Donations toward project cost

-$236.43

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.72

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