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Mrs. Barney from Ogden, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Recognizing Ourselves in Books About Others (and other learning essentials!)

Help me give my students novels where they see themselves represented & tools they need to learn!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Barney's classroom raised $908

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 Project

I've worked primarily in a diverse student population for the entirety of my career in education, and throughout that time one of the biggest struggles I've faced teaching students to love reading is the lack of novels that reflect lives that are familiar to my students. This is not to say that diverse literature for teens does not exist-it MOST CERTAINLY EXISTS! I just haven't found the funding to get much of this amazing literature into the hands of my students.

My primary goal is to get two class sets of the novel Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jaqueline Woodson, into my classroom and into the hands of my students as soon as possible, so that we can dig into the story, have deep collaborative discussions, and find a new favorite book!

The other materials I've requested in this grant are to support our continued learning and synthesizing of what we read, by using focused-notetaking and further reciprocal teaching activities.

These materials will be used immediately and enjoyed by future classes of Sixth Graders as well. We appreciate, greatly, your consideration and any donation.

Mrs. Barney Lincoln Elementary School Grades 6-8

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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.

Ogden, UT View local requests

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

70 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon Business $9.81 50 $490.50
Rarlan Highlighters, Chisel Tip, Assorted Fluorescent, 96 Count Bulk Pack • Amazon Business $24.96 5 $124.80
feela Mini Composition Notebook, Cute 30 Pack Black Narrow Ruled Mini Composition Books Bulk, Small Pocket Marble Journal Notebooks for Kids Students College Office, Pocket Size 4.5 x 3.25 in • Amazon Business $22.98 5 $114.90

Materials cost

$730.20

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$771.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$136.09

Total project goal

$907.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $907.24

2 Donors

-$778.65

Donations toward project cost

-$771.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$128.59

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 $0.00

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