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

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Picture Books For Me!

Help me give my students a variety of picture books to add to our classroom library.

  • $393 goal

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My Students

Amazing! That word describes the students who walk through my door every day. I teach a creative group of first grade students. My students are inquisitive and like to question why. They are full of energy and give one hundred percent to everything they do. These children have big hopes and dreams, and I try to bring our curriculum to life with hands-on, innovative activities.

When you take a peek in my classroom door, you will see eager faces, ready to learn.

You will see students who enjoy sharing laughter with their peers, putting their problem-solving skills to use with STEAM activities, creating artwork, and playing with their friends. I want my students to know the sky is the limit and that they should reach for the stars.

My Project

My first graders love to read. I am requesting a variety of picture books to add to our classroom library. The books I selected will appeal to many different types of readers. I have some books, like Rot, the Cutest in the World! or It Came in the Mail, that will make you giggle. June Peters, You Will Change The World One Day, will inspire students to reach for their dreams. Delivering Your Mail makes us more aware of how our community works and those who support it. Dumpling Dreams will resonate with students as we have a very diverse group of students, and this story talks about adjusting to a new culture. Rescue and Jessica gives us a glimpse into life with a service dog.

This project will fill our library shelves with a great selection of diverse books.

Mrs. Wilhelm
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dream You'll Be - Promotes discovery, self-esteem, careers and life experience- Clever read-along and conversation starter • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom (People Who Shaped Our World) • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Bilal Cooks Daal • Amazon Business $16.62 1 $16.62
Tiny T. Rex and the Very Dark Dark: (Read-Aloud Family Books, Dinosaurs Kids Book About Fear of Darkness) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Where Are You From? • Amazon Business $15.79 1 $15.79
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read • Amazon Business $13.68 1 $13.68
Saturday • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Dear Dragon: A Pen Pal Tale • Amazon Business $13.34 1 $13.34
Freedom Soup • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Here and Now • Amazon Business $12.97 1 $12.97
Hey, Water! • Amazon Business $12.74 1 $12.74
The Perfect Seat • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship • Amazon Business $11.88 1 $11.88
Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug (Dinosaur Books, Dinosaur Books for Kids, Dinosaur Picture Books, Read Aloud Family Books, Books for Young Children) • Amazon Business $11.66 1 $11.66
Dumpling Dreams: How Joyce Chen Brought the Dumpling from Beijing to Cambridge • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Rot, the Cutest in the World! • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
June Peters, You Will Change The World One Day • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
It Came in the Mail • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Thread of Love • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Blue Sky White Stars • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Delivering Your Mail (Community Workers) • Amazon Business $7.54 1 $7.54

Materials cost

$274.75

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$25.14

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.12

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$334.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.94

Total project goal

$392.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$392.95

2 Donors

-$179.16

Donations toward project cost

-$179.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$182.18

Match offer toward project cost

-$154.85

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.33

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$31.62

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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Project Activity

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