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Mrs. Austin from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Takes Us Places!

My students need fictions books in a variety of levels to complement the reading strategies they are learning daily.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Austin's classroom raised $847

This project is fully funded

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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

The students at our school are getting ready to go to and through college. One of the biggest challenges we face in our 5th grade class, is that many students come in at various reading levels and don't know how to pick or dig into a good book. I want to change that this year!

My students live in a low-income area with the majority qualify for the Free-and-Reduced-Lunch plan.

Because family and financial challenges outside of school impact many of their attitudes towards their education, I work hard to be as positive and supportive as possible. Despite all of this, the students come in with great attitudes and a willingness to learn that drives me daily to be a great teacher. Therefore, I try my best to create a warm and inviting environment for every student.

My Project

The students have long blocks of reading time daily. Our school does a silent 30 minutes of reading to start our day, and in our 5th grade ELA class, they will eventually have up to 40 minutes of independent reading time. The purpose of this project is to fill our class library with enough books at as many levels as possible. With the varied leveled reading books the students can select books on their individual reading needs and improve their literacy. They can also work independently using the various reading strategies they learn and review in class daily.

This donation will mean so much to our class library.

It is hard for many of my students to get to a library on a regular basis, and by having access to all these new and exciting books, they won't have a reason to shy away from experiencing new authors or stories!

Mrs. Austin KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory Grades 3-5

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Junie B. Jones (27 bk set) • AKJ Books $98.35 1 $98.35
Horrible Harry (19 bk set) • AKJ Books $55.34 1 $55.34
The Divergent Series • AKJ Books $47.00 1 $47.00
The Maze Runner Series • AKJ Books $46.12 1 $46.12
Doll Bones • AKJ Books $11.69 1 $11.69
Brown Girl Dreaming • AKJ Books $11.04 1 $11.04
Wonder • AKJ Books $9.50 1 $9.50
Eleanor & Park • AKJ Books $12.99 1 $12.99
Fangirl • AKJ Books $12.34 1 $12.34
Viva Frida • AKJ Books $11.69 1 $11.69
The Noisy Paint Box • AKJ Books $11.69 1 $11.69
Greenglass House • AKJ Books $11.69 1 $11.69
This One Summer • AKJ Books $11.69 1 $11.69
This One Summer • AKJ Books $11.69 1 $11.69
I''ll Give You the Sun • AKJ Books $11.69 1 $11.69
The Graveyard Book • AKJ Books $5.84 2 $11.68
The Carnival at Bray • AKJ Books $11.66 1 $11.66
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend • AKJ Books $11.05 1 $11.05
And We Stay • AKJ Books $11.04 1 $11.04
Nana in the City • AKJ Books $11.04 1 $11.04
The Headless Cupid • AKJ Books $11.04 1 $11.04
The Crossover • AKJ Books $11.04 1 $11.04
Maniac Magee • AKJ Books $5.20 1 $5.20
The Thirteenth Tale Diane Setterfield • AKJ Books $10.40 1 $10.40
Pippi Longstocking • AKJ Books $5.19 2 $10.38
Mrs. Frisby & Rats Nimh • AKJ Books $5.19 1 $5.19
Shiloh • AKJ Books $4.55 1 $4.55
Ginger Pye • AKJ Books $4.54 2 $9.08
Because of Winn-Dixie • AKJ Books $4.20 2 $8.40
Dear Mr. Henshaw • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Miss Peregrine''s Home for Peculiar Children • AKJ Books $7.14 1 $7.14
Hollow City • AKJ Books $7.14 1 $7.14
The Son of Neptune • AKJ Books $6.49 1 $6.49
The Lost Hero • AKJ Books $6.49 1 $6.49
The Heroes of Olympus - Book Three: Mark of Athena • AKJ Books $6.49 1 $6.49
Crispin • AKJ Books $5.19 1 $5.19
The Thanksgiving Story Alice Dalgliesh, Helen Sewell (Illust • AKJ Books $5.19 1 $5.19
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle • AKJ Books $5.19 1 $5.19
I, Juan de Pareja • AKJ Books $5.19 1 $5.19
Strawberry Girl Lois Lenski, Lois Lenski (Illustrator), Fore • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
And Now Miguel • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Story''s End • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
The School for Good and Evil • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Onion John • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Thimble Summer • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Sounder • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O''Dell, Lois Lowry (Introd • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Call It Courage (simon and schuster) • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Julie of the Wolves • AKJ Books $4.54 1 $4.54
Secret of the Andes Ann Nolan Clark, Jean Charlot (Illustrat • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
The White Stag • AKJ Books $3.24 1 $3.24
Horns and Wrinkles • AKJ Books $2.00 1 $2.00
The Night Tourist • AKJ Books $2.00 1 $2.00
Twelve • AKJ Books $2.00 1 $2.00

Materials cost

$623.19

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $57.02

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$719.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$126.98

Total project goal

$846.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $846.54

12 Donors

-$683.60

Donations toward project cost

-$587.81

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$95.79

match offer

-$155.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$131.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.94

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

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