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Ms. Ramirez from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Replenishing The Learning Garden & Promoting Healthy Eating

My students need leveled books to learn about science in plant life & gardening for the purpose of promoting health and nutrition, as well as literacy skills.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Ramirez's classroom raised $672

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.

My Students

What to read?! OH MY... We currently do not have book sets to carry out independent and guided reading. My students are starving for knowledge. When I enter their class room their little faces light up and can't wait to learn about science! I need your help with a project that will go a long way.

My students are a very diverse group of learners, I service general education, below level readers, gifted students, special education students, and English language learners ranging from grades 2nd SPED to the 5th grade and they all love learn about science.

Thier little faces light up as soon as I step into their class. Their area of weakness is in comprehending informational text, and we are in great need of short content books. Our school body is 100% free lunch, and our community is considered to be a food desert. Yes, there is only one corner store and it does not offer the most wholesome nutritional options. It is a great priority of our school to serve the whole child, this means teaching content to be meaningful in their everyday life. We recently acquired an onsite garden which they love to use for learning about plant life and nutrition as well as harvesting vegetables. Their library is a mile away and they need books so they can get the reading aspect.

My Project

The learning our students receive from the garden would be so much more beneficial if I had the literature which connects to their learning garden. I am requesting multiple copies of each title and this is why. I can take them out doors with these requested books and have them reading while observing life, and nutrition in their garden. The books are similar in genre but at varied levels. The plan is to put them into small groups of 4 or 5. They read together without that experience they find scary, having to read aloud in front of 29 others! Now with 5 groups of 5, I one by one visit my kids by group to work with them more closely rather than students seemingly lost in a crowd. The materials help make a project possible that will serve many students cross-curricular. They would be used in several classes were I teach students science, directly to what they need to know about right now, health, nutrition, literacy and of coarse the classic science topics we all grew up learning.

It has been said it takes a village to raise a child.

I see hope for the future of America in young students. These materials will provide daily reading instruction for students in science. Science relates to all aspects of the everyday world, and reading is most necessary for both academic success and in developing life skills. Lets work together to ensure a bright future for the next generation by supporting their reading development right now!

Ms. Ramirez Douglas Taylor Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Not Your Typical Book About the Environment Elin Kelsey, Cla • AKJ Books $7.99 30 $239.70
Jack''s Garden • AKJ Books $5.10 10 $51.00
Stuff!: Reduce, Reuse Recycle • AKJ Books $5.83 5 $29.15
How to Help the Earth-by the Lorax (Step into Reading) • AKJ Books $2.91 10 $29.10
Garden Wigglers, Earthworms in your backyard • AKJ Books $5.80 5 $29.00
What Is a Life Cycle? Bobbie Kalman, Jacqueline Langille, Ja • AKJ Books $5.80 5 $29.00
A Journey into Adaptation With Max Axiom, Super Scientist • AKJ Books $5.80 5 $29.00
Quest to Digest, The • AKJ Books $5.80 5 $29.00
The Magic School Bus inside the Human Body (Magic School Bus • AKJ Books $5.10 5 $25.50
The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds: A Book About How Living T • AKJ Books $2.91 5 $14.55
Inside the Human Body • AKJ Books $13.86 1 $13.86
Inside the Human Body • AKJ Books $13.86 1 $13.86

Materials cost

$532.72

Vendor shipping charges

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Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$570.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$100.71

Total project goal

$671.42

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $671.42

1 Donor

-$335.70

Donations toward project cost

-$285.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.35

match offer

-$335.72

Match offer toward project cost

-$285.36

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.36

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