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Ms. Foster-Mauro from New London CT is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Readers Are Leaders: Diverse Book Club Books for Every Student

Help me give my students diverse, relevant, and engaging books to read, discuss, and learn from in student led fiction and non-fiction book clubs and Yoto Players for my emerging readers.

  • $556 goal

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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.

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 Project

For the past two years, I’ve been able to share a diverse classroom library that offers windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors with two classes of wonderful 4th graders. Now, as I enter into my 3rd year of teaching, I will be departmentalizing! This year I will have the chance to share opportunities to engage with reading with 40 diverse students as their ELA and Social Studies teacher. One way that both my students and I have loved to engage with reading in our classroom is through book clubs. Each year, I lead students through the community driven experience of book clubs. The books that I have collected over the past two years speak to a variety of cultures, experiences, reading levels, and interests. Many of the books that are studied in our fiction book clubs, such as Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet, take a closer look at identity, helping students continue conversations that we have throughout the year.

Over the past few years, I’ve worked to collect the described book club books in order to help my students grow as people, readers, and students; Now that I will be departmentalized, I will need to double this collection and add new ways of reading in order to ensure that each of my readers will have a book to read.

Many of my 4th graders are emerging readers, meaning they are continuing to work on understanding the fundamentals of phonics. The Yoto Players will ensure that my emerging readers are able to access high interest books in a low-pressure way, allowing them to discuss the same books that that their friends are reading.

This project will make sure that the books we are studying are diverse, relevant, and engaging––making such a difference in my students' educational journeys!

Ms. Foster-Mauro
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Yoto Player (3rd Gen.) + Make Your Own Card – Kids Bluetooth Audio Speaker, All-in-1 Screen-Free Device Plays Stories Music Podcasts Radio White Noise Thermometer Nightlight Ok-to-Wake Alarm Clock • Amazon Business $119.99 2 $239.98
Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet • Amazon Business $11.49 5 $57.45
The Story of Jane Goodall: A Biography Book for New Readers (The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers) • Amazon Business $10.90 5 $54.50
Ariki and the Giant Shark • Amazon Business $8.41 4 $33.64
Yoto Diary of a Wimpy Kid Collection by Jeff Kinney – 3 Kids Audiobook Cards for Use Player Mini Bluetooth Speaker, Fun Educational Daytime & Bedtime Stories for Children Ages 7+ • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
National Geographic Readers: Helen Keller (Level 2) (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $4.99 5 $24.95

Materials cost

$435.51

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$472.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.30

Total project goal

$555.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $555.34

6 Donors

-$407.67

Donations toward project cost

-$346.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.15

match offer

-$147.67

Match offer toward project cost

-$125.52

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.15

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 $0.00

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