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Ms. Marten from Kansas City, MO is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Marten's classroom raised $222

Support Speech and Language

Help me give my students: providing engaging therapy materials, books representing Black stories, additional supplies needed to support learning language through functional, hands on experiences.

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Ms. Marten Brookside Charter School
Kansas City, MO Grades PreK-2

My Project

For the month of February, I am encouraging you to consider supporting my students through DonorsChoose.

Please consider donating the price of a book to this list for the following reasons :

Windows, Mirrors, Sliding Glass Doors

"Books are sometimes windows, offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined, familiar or strange. These windows are also sliding glass doors, and readers have only to walk through in imagination to become part of whatever world has been created or recreated by the author. When lighting conditions are just right, however, a window can also be a mirror. Literature transforms human experience and reflects it back to us, and in that reflection we can see our own lives and experiences as part of the larger human experience. Reading, then, becomes a means of self- affirmation, and readers often seek their mirrors in books."

Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop

Bishop, R.S. (1990), Mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors. Perspectives, 6(3), pp. ix-xi.

Here are some of the book titles included in this list and why it is important for my students to see themselves in literature:

Pass the Ball, Mo!

The text structure is great for early readers. This series of books contains strong messages of perseverance and resilience.

I Am Smart, I Am Blessed, I Can Do Anything!

Mantras are so powerful to help engage our minds and bodies for learning. Validating anxious feelings in literature is equally as powerful. Also, the video this is based on is just beyond adorable. I catch myself saying this to myself.

Who Was Harriet Tubman?

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

66 students impacted 7 donors
Ms. Marten Brookside Charter School Grades PreK-2

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Kansas City, MO View local requests

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

66 students impacted 7donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on Teachers Pay Teachers • Teachers Pay Teachers $100.00 1 $100.00
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
I Am Smart, I Am Blessed, I Can Do Anything! • Amazon Business $13.48 1 $13.48
Stacey’s Extraordinary Words • Amazon Business $10.70 1 $10.70
Who Was Harriet Tubman? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Pass the Ball, Mo! (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Crayola Colored Pencils 24 Count, Colors of the World, Skin Tone Colored Pencils • Amazon Business $4.56 1 $4.56

Materials cost

$155.71

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.34

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$188.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.19

Total project goal

$221.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $221.24

6 Donors

-$221.24

Donations toward project cost

-$188.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.19

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 $0.00

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