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Ms. Kashimura from Honolulu, HI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Resources for Our ELs

Help me give my students updated curriculums to help develop their English and become successful learners!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Kashimura's classroom raised $296

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are a "melting pot" English Learners (ELs), a diverse population of students that speak various languages at home. They are creative, fun, unique, and adds their awesome personalities to the class. They come from different social-economical statuses, cultures, and backgrounds. Many students come from families and backgrounds with discord, so I want to create a safe space for students within my classroom (virtual or on campus, where ever it may be). I am lucky to be teaching them this year, but with Distance Learning happening, this will be a challenge for many of us, but we're determined that we will get through it together!

My Project

I am looking for new books to use as resources for our ELs to develop their English proficiency and become successful learners in their content area and other classes. The books we have in our school within the EL department are over ten years old, used and torn, so I would like to have a new set of resources that I can provide to our students. These set of books will be used thoroughly for each student to meet individual needs! The previous edition of some of these books have been used quite a lot in the past, so some fresh books would definitely be of great use starting this year!

Ms. Kashimura Robert Louis Stevenson Middle 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.

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More than a third 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

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Words Their Way with Struggling Readers: Word Study for Reading, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction, Grades 4 - 12 (Words Their Way Series) • Amazon Business $44.99 1 $44.99
Words Their Way: Vocabulary for Middle and Secondary Students (2nd Edition) (Words Their Way Series) • Amazon Business $44.99 1 $44.99
Words Their Way Letter and Picture Sorts for Emergent Spellers (3rd Edition) (What's New in Literacy) • Amazon Business $26.60 1 $26.60
Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Syllables and Affixes Spellers (3rd Edition) (Words Their Way Series) • Amazon Business $26.60 1 $26.60
Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Within Word Pattern Spellers (3rd Edition) (Words Their Way Series) • Amazon Business $23.99 1 $23.99
Easy Reading for ESL Students - Book 1: Twelve Short Stories for Learners of English (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
Super Duper Publications | Idioms Fun Deck | Figurative Language Skills Flash Cards | Educational Learning Materials for Children • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99

Materials cost

$209.15

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$9.20

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$251.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.38

Total project goal

$295.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$295.87

6 Donors

-$223.91

Donations toward project cost

-$190.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.58

match offer

-$71.96

Match offer toward project cost

-$61.17

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.79

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$0.00

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