Help me give my students teachers that are better prepared to reach and teach them.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Hines's classroom raised $215
This project is fully funded
Celebrating 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
I'm proud to say that I work at the school that I attended as a child. It is a high poverty, Title I school in New York. All of my students receive free breakfast and lunch.
My students are faced with many challenges inside and outside the classroom.
They struggle personally and academically and have diverse needs. My class consists of general education students and children who receive special education services. Students living in homeless shelters travel from other parts of the city to our school every day. Families that are new to the country (English new language learners) have the added burden of learning to communicate in English.
Despite the challenges they face daily, my students are filled with energy, are happy, and are motivated to learn. They are scientists, singers, mathematicians, leaders, comedians, readers, writers, teachers, dancers, me, and you; they are everything!
My goal is to make my students' school environment comfortable and their learning experiences, creative and challenging to prepare them for the future. I want my students to feel safe from the outside world, so they can focus on learning and simply being kids.
My Project
This project includes various books to help me better understand and teach my students. My students come to me with their own unique identities, knowledge and ability.
The books will assist me in delivering culturally responsive lessons.
Culturally responsive teaching recognizes the importance of including students culture in all aspects of education. Children from homes in which the language and culture do not closely correspond to that of the school may be at a disadvantage in the learning process. These children often become alienated and feel disengaged from learning. People from different cultures learn in different ways. Their expectations for learning may be different. The books included in this project will help me deliver more engaging lessons for my students.
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
Start with Joy: Designing Literacy Learning for Student Happiness
• Amazon Business
$38.00
1
$38.00
Poor Students, Rich Teaching: Seven High-Impact Mindsets for Students From Poverty (Using Mindsets in the Classroom to Overcome Student Poverty and Adversity)
• Amazon Business
$34.46
1
$34.46
The Handbook for Poor Students, Rich Teaching (A Guide to Overcoming Adversity and Poverty in Schools)
• Amazon Business
$33.19
1
$33.19
Making Words Fourth Grade: 50 Hands-On Lessons for Teaching Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
• Amazon Business
$31.99
1
$31.99
Ways to Make Sunshine (A Ryan Hart Story, 1)
• Amazon Business
$12.29
1
$12.29
Materials cost
$149.93
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$2.25
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$182.18
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$32.15
Total project goal
$214.33
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$214.33
1 Donor
-$107.16
Donations toward project cost
-$91.09
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$16.07
match offer
-$107.16
Match offer toward project cost
-$91.09
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Hines and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.
