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Mrs. Ryan from Richmond, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Students Who Read Growth Mindset Books Thrive!

Help me give my students social and emotional books for this upcoming school year!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Ryan's classroom raised $235

This project is fully funded

My Students

My third grade students are eager to learn. They are curious, creative, and have great imaginations even though we are a Title I school in a high poverty neighborhood.

School is a safe place and I do my best to make my classroom fun and exciting.

Most of my students live in public housing. Their neighborhoods are rough and school is a place for them to be safe. My class is mostly African American children who face a lot of challenges.

My job, as a teacher, is to help them overcome these challenges and become the amazing adults I know they can become.

My Project

My students need books that will help them learn how to understand their emotions and books that teach them to believe in themselves. A lot of my students have experienced a lot of trauma and have grown up in poverty. School provided a safe environment. This year we will be learning virtually and I want to create an online safe environment for them to thrive.

I plan on using social/ emotional books that focus on the growth mindset and how to handle their emotions as our morning read aloud.

Thank you so much for continuing to support my students. By working together we will get through this.

Mrs. Ryan Woodville Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

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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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

20 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You • Amazon Business $14.73 2 $29.46
The Name Jar (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $18.40 1 $18.40
Seeds and Trees: A children's book about the power of words • Amazon Business $14.53 1 $14.53
Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be (Turtleback Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $13.55 1 $13.55
I'm NOT just a Scribble... • Amazon Business $13.14 1 $13.14
I Can't Do That, YET: Growth Mindset • Amazon Business $12.22 1 $12.22
This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World (Easy Reader Books, Children Around the World Books, Preschool Prep Books) • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
The Color Monster: A Story About Emotions • Amazon Business $10.20 1 $10.20
After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
My Mouth Is A Volcano • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Bubble Gum Brain • Amazon Business $9.68 1 $9.68
Even Superheroes Have Bad Days • Amazon Business $8.08 1 $8.08
Wilma Jean - The Worry Machine • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$167.08

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$199.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.22

Total project goal

$234.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$234.81

4 Donors

-$156.54

Donations toward project cost

-$133.06

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.48

match offer

-$78.27

Match offer toward project cost

-$66.53

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.74

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$0.00

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