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Ms. Shupe from Tucson, AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Readable and Engaging Texts

Help me give my students culturally relevant and level-appropriate text that aligns with the district curriculum.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Shupe's classroom raised $892

This project is fully funded

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

Our passionate hidden gemstone school is full of potential and enthusiastic energy. Since returning after school closures due to COVID-19, students are even more grateful and engaged in their learning and relationships in the school setting.

Diversity at this school is among the top 5% of the district.

This school identifies as a small school, serving less than 500 students grades kindergarten through 8th grade. Minority enrollment is 73% of the student body (majority Hispanic), higher than the Arizona state average of 62% (majority Hispanic). 82% of enrolled students are eligible for free or reduced lunch.

Testing scores are well below the state average. The percentage of students achieving proficiency in math is 13% (which is lower than the Arizona state average of 45%). The percentage of students achieving mastery in reading/language arts is 19% (lower than the Arizona state average of 44%).

My Project

As the gaps increase while students grow older, the content and curriculum expectations set by the district do not change. These curriculums provide texts that well-above most children's independent reading level. COVID-19 has vastly deepened the deficits of children. Most of our children are at least three grade levels behind - working at a 1st-grade reading level.

With these texts, students will be able to access the content as expected in the district curriculum and be able to read them independently.

They will be used in small groups with me (the teacher) to help guide students at their level AND continue to maintain fidelity to grade-level curriculum and content.

Ms. Shupe Dietz K-8 School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

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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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

29 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gingerbread for Liberty!: How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution • Amazon Business $17.99 5 $89.95
Amelia Writes Again • Amazon Business $7.99 5 $39.95
Why Do We Need Water? (Natural Resources Close-Up) • Amazon Business $7.95 5 $39.75
If You Were a Kid During the American Revolution (If You Were a Kid) • Amazon Business $7.79 5 $38.95
The Story of the Wright Brothers: A Biography Book for New Readers (The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers) • Amazon Business $6.99 5 $34.95
George vs. George: The American Revolution As Seen from Both Sides • Amazon Business $6.95 5 $34.75
The Water Cycle at Work (Water In Our World) • Amazon Business $6.95 5 $34.75
Moonwalk: The First Trip to the Moon (Step-Into-Reading, Step 5) • Amazon Business $4.99 5 $24.95
National Geographic Readers: Water • Amazon Business $4.99 5 $24.95
Diary of a Worm: Teacher's Pet (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 5 $24.95
George Washington: The First President (I Can Read Level 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 5 $24.95
Eat My Dust! Henry Ford's First Race (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $4.99 5 $24.95
Lewis and Clark: A Prairie Dog for the President (Step into Reading, Step 3) • Amazon Business $4.99 5 $24.95
Pug Blasts Off: A Branches Book (Diary of a Pug #1) • Amazon Business $4.74 5 $23.70
The American Revolution from A to Z (ABC Series) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares (Step-Into-Reading, Step 4) • Amazon Business $3.99 5 $19.95
Who Was Sally Ride? • Amazon Business $3.99 5 $19.95
All the Water in the World • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover • Amazon Business $15.39 1 $15.39
One Well: The Story of Water on Earth (CitizenKid) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
The Role of Women in the American Revolution - History Picture Books | Children's History Books • Amazon Business $10.53 1 $10.53
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
A Drop Around the World: The Science Of Water Cycles On Planet Earth For Kids (Earth Science, Science Books For Kids, Nature Books) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Water: Up, Down, and All Around (Amazing Science) • Amazon Business $8.67 1 $8.67
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Clean Water! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without…) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Colonial Voices: Hear Them Speak: The Outbreak of the Boston Tea Party Told from Multiple Points-of-View! • Amazon Business $7.50 1 $7.50
Black Heroes of the American Revolution (Odyssey Books) • Amazon Business $7.50 1 $7.50
American Revolution: A Nonfiction Companion to Revolutionary War on Wednesday (Magic Tree House Research Guide Series) • Amazon Business $6.59 1 $6.59

Materials cost

$669.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $47.90

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$757.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$133.75

Total project goal

$891.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $891.66

1 Donor

-$445.83

Donations toward project cost

-$378.96

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.87

match offer

-$445.82

Match offer toward project cost

-$378.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.87

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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