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Mrs. Perez from Dolton IL is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Read It! Love It! Return it!

Help me give my students the Help-Yourself Bookshelf so they can choose books on their own reading level.

  • $273 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My 1st grade students are halfway through the school year. I love that they are still excited about coming to school each day. When the students enter the classroom in the morning we greet each other with a high five or a handshake. Sometimes a student may want both! It's such a great way to start the morning.

It makes my day when a student draws me a picture or writes me a note and presents it to me in the morning.

Then I show it around to other students as we hang the note or drawing on the wall. This sense of community is so important in our classroom. I want the students to know that I love, respect, and appreciate them just the way they are.

My Project

During independent reading, I provide books for the students to choose at their own reading level. We need a bookshelf to display the books. Currently, I put the books on the window ledge for the students. I would like to make the classroom library a place the students want to stay and fall in love with reading.

The Help-Yourself Bookshelf will organize and display books for the students to read.

I would love a bookshelf that displays books so students can easily see the cover. The Help-Yourself Bookshelf will help make our classroom a place where reading is exciting! Just imagine standing before a bookshelf with beautifully illustrated books!

Mrs. Perez
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
JJ836 - Classic Birch Help-Yourself Bookstand • Lakeshore Learning Materials $199.00 1 $199.00

Materials cost

$199.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$231.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.94

Total project goal

$272.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $272.92

5 Donors

-$222.92

Donations toward project cost

-$189.48

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.44

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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