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Mrs. Lanham from San Diego, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Teaching Tolerance in Kindergarten Through Literature

Help me give my students text that will help start much needed discussions around identity and diversity and will empower them to enact change that will create a more just society.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Lanham's classroom raised $829

This project is fully funded

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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 Students

Our school is a K-8, charter school in an urban area.

Our students are diverse and they all strive to be "civic-minded leaders, accomplished writers, and resilient lifelong learners." Becoming accomplished writers means that students must be exposed to a variety of quality literature.

Being civic-minded leaders means our students engage in activities and conversations that focus on identity, diversity, justice, and action using the anti-bias framework from Teaching Tolerance as a guide.

Our school is a K-8 charter school in an urban area. Our students are diverse and they all strive to be "civic-minded leaders, accomplished writers, and resilient lifelong learners." Becoming lifelong learners means that our students must be exposed to a variety of academic tasks as well as enrichment opportunities that involve the arts.

My Project

By reading books that showcase diversity and a variety of lived experiences, my students will learn how to be tolerant and accepting of others who are different than them. Using these types of books as read alouds for kindergarten students changes the way students feel about themselves as members in our classroom community as well as their views of others. My students will build their understanding of different cultures and ethnicities, various disabilities, diverse families, and gender fluidity. Books such as "From the Stars in tne Sky to the Fish in the Sea" will familiarize students with gender, identity, and acceptance of the differences between us.

These children's books will help build a safe and loving community for all learners.

It will also help build tolerance and acceptance of others while building a love of literacy and reading.

Mrs. Lanham San Diego Global Vision Academy Grades PreK-2

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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More than half 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dear Justyce • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Avocado Green Mattress: The Little Blue Planet Children's Book • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
You Should See Me in a Crown • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
You Should See Me in a Crown • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir • Amazon Business $17.39 1 $17.39
Sulwe • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Black Brother, Black Brother • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
We Are Inspiring: The Stories of 32 Inspirational Asian American Women (1) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Only Black Girls in Town • Amazon Business $14.94 1 $14.94
Annie's Plaid Shirt • Amazon Business $14.65 1 $14.65
All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto • Amazon Business $14.34 1 $14.34
Ida, Always • Amazon Business $14.19 1 $14.19
Sparkle Boy • Amazon Business $13.88 1 $13.88
Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl? • Amazon Business $13.70 1 $13.70
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut (Denene Millner Books) • Amazon Business $13.42 1 $13.42
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut (Denene Millner Books) • Amazon Business $13.42 1 $13.42
Neither • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Except When They Don't • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
Harriet Gets Carried Away • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Juliet Takes a Breath • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
How to Be • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Not Quite Narwhal • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Jerome By Heart • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Islandborn • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
For Black Girls Like Me • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
The Prince and the Dressmaker • Amazon Business $11.18 1 $11.18
The Prince and the Dressmaker • Amazon Business $11.18 1 $11.18
Hair Love • Amazon Business $10.96 1 $10.96
The Undefeated (Caldecott Medal Book) • Amazon Business $10.74 1 $10.74
Love Makes a Family • Amazon Business $10.30 1 $10.30
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
The Red Pencil • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Blended • Amazon Business $8.70 1 $8.70
About Chris • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Princess Princess Ever After • Amazon Business $7.89 1 $7.89
Tyler Johnson Was Here • Amazon Business $7.74 1 $7.74
Star-Crossed • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Hurricane Child (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $7.39 1 $7.39
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter • Amazon Business $7.39 1 $7.39
Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
George (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$609.44

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $55.76

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$704.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$124.30

Total project goal

$828.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $828.64

4 Donors

-$724.34

Donations toward project cost

-$620.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$104.15

match offer

-$99.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$84.15

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.85

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.30

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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