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Ms. Mastroianni from Derby, CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Taking Chances, Never Giving Up and Tackling Problems

Help me give my students an engaging and awesome Read Across America week!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Mastroianni's classroom raised $627

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

This year, we will be celebrating Read Across America using the books, "What Do You Do With A Chance?" "What Do You Do With An Idea?" and "What Do You Do With A Problem?" We will be doing a variety of engaging activities throughout the week.

We wanted to focus on Social and Emotional activities to help our children develop skills that they need to take chances, solve problems, and never give up on an idea.

In order to accomplish this, we need books for every classroom so that students will be able to listen to the story multiple times, and then on that Friday, during Read Across America Week, students will have different activities that will go along with each book to support SEL. We also will have guest readers in our community to support our students' learning.

Ms. Mastroianni Irving 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
What You Do Matters Boxed Set — Featuring all three New York Times best sellers (What Do You Do With an Idea?, What Do You Do With a Problem?, and What Do You Do With a Chance?) • Amazon Business $22.52 22 $495.44

Materials cost

$495.44

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 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$532.87

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.04

Total project goal

$626.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $626.91

4 Donors

-$626.91

Donations toward project cost

-$532.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$94.04

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 $0.00

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