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Ms. Scheele from Burien WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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“Today a Reader, Tomorrow a Leader.” – Margaret Fuller

My students need books that are as diverse as they are, bins to keep those books in, and materials to make the day run smoothly.

  • $598 goal

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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

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

― Margaret Fuller

My classroom is located in Washington State at a Title 1 school. Students at my school are hardworking, kind, eager individuals. Many students are first and second generation citizens from Africa, South America, and Asia. Our differing cultures, backgrounds, economic statuses, and languages provide richness in the classroom, but we also face challenges. One challenge is that we are incredibly underfunded. At Hazel Valley, 80-85% of students qualify for free and reduced school lunch. There are so many experiences and learning we wish we could have with our students if only we had the means.

My Project

Please help get books for my students! Our classroom library lacks books as diverse as our students are. The books I'm asking to purchase, with your help, are a better representation of my students. I'm asking for books on strong accomplished women, amazing people of color, books to better understand and build empathy for people with disabilities, and everyday stories with characters that match the diverse race and cultural backgrounds of students in my class. By reading about these role models and everyday people, students will be motivated to set goals and reach them.

“Books are the training weights of the mind.” -Epictetus I've also included some exemplary mentor texts in my request.

During both our reading and writing workshops students read and write books of many genres. I need the best mentor books to help my students understand opinion, poetry, informational, and narrative pieces. The better the examples I have to share and read with my students the better they will learn, analyze, and try on the different craft moves utilized in these genres.

I am also asking for some other items for our classroom. We need book bins to hold all our new amazing books! Ikea has discontinued the cardboard bins I have used year after year and now there is nothing at a price point I can alone buy for my kids to use. To go with the new books and bins we will also need labels to categorize our books. I am also asking for a pencil sharpener that is quiet and non disruptive. Ours is broken and sometimes we just need pencils sharpened right then and there.

Ms. Scheele
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Storex Book Bins, 11-Inch, Black, 6 Bins (70109E06C) • Amazon Business $8.40 5 $42.00
Classic Manual Pencil Sharpener. BLACK. Heavy Duty but Quiet for Office and Home Desks, School Classroom. Carl A-5 Angel • Amazon Business $17.48 1 $17.48
My Friend Isabelle • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
The Alphabet War: A Story about Dyslexia • Amazon Business $13.77 1 $13.77
Hey, Little Ant • Amazon Business $13.07 1 $13.07
My Brother Charlie • Amazon Business $12.86 1 $12.86
My Brother is Very Special • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Featherless: Desplumado (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Pack of 2016, 1/2" x 3/4" Rectangle Color Coding Dot Labels, 9 Bright Neon Colors, 8 1/2 x 11 Inch Sheet, Fits All Laser/Inkjet Printers, 144 Labels per Sheet, 0.5 x 0.75 Inches • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Stella Tells Her Story • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Stella: Poet Extraordinaire • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Susan Laughs • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
The Colors of Us • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Stella & Class: Information Experts • Amazon Business $7.16 1 $7.16
Stella Writes an Opinion • Amazon Business $7.16 1 $7.16
Mixed Me! • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
A Quiet Place • Amazon Business $6.94 1 $6.94
Gazpacho for Nacho • Amazon Business $6.70 1 $6.70
Kids Pick The Funniest Poems • Amazon Business $6.68 1 $6.68
Marvelous Me: Inside and Out (All about Me) • Amazon Business $6.61 1 $6.61
You Can Write a Terrific Opinion Piece • Amazon Business $6.56 1 $6.56
Look At My Book!: How Kids Can Write & Illustrate Terrific Books • Amazon Business $6.52 1 $6.52
Daddy Calls Me Man (Richard Jackson Books (Orchard)) • Amazon Business $6.46 1 $6.46
Don't Call Me Special: A First Look at Disability (A First Look At...Series) • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Cross-Country Cat • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Some Kids Are Deaf: Revised Edition (Understanding Differences) • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
What Do Authors Do? • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Abuela (English Edition with Spanish Phrases) (Picture Puffins) • Amazon Business $6.00 1 $6.00
Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 4: Attack of the Swamp Thing (Volume 4) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 1: The Quest for Screen Time (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 2: The Ladek Invasion (Volume 2) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Do Like Kyla (Orchard Paperbacks) • Amazon Business $5.96 1 $5.96
Some Kids Have Autism (Understanding Differences) • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Bigmama's • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
Library Lion • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 3: Muffin Wars (Volume 3) • Amazon Business $5.39 1 $5.39
Miami Jackson Makes the Play (A Stepping Stone Book) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Miami Jackson Sees It Through (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
A Rainbow of Friends • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Sugar Plums to the Rescue! • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Sugar Plum Ballerinas #1: Plum Fantastic • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Toeshoe Trouble (Sugar Plum Ballerinas, Book 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Sugar Plum Ballerinas Dancing Diva • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream • Amazon Business $4.93 1 $4.93
Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Terrible Terrel • Amazon Business $4.64 1 $4.64
Sugar Plum Ballerinas #3: Perfectly Prima • Amazon Business $4.64 1 $4.64
DK Readers L4: Amazing Women • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
What Can You Do with a Paleta / ¿Qué Puedes Hacer con una Paleta? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Rosa Parks (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Chocolate Me! • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story (Scholastic Reader, Level 2) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Mae Jemison (You Should Meet) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Anne Frank (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Helen Keller (Level 2) (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Living in . . . Mexico • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
National Geographic Readers: Sacagawea (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Misty Copeland (You Should Meet) • Amazon Business $3.98 1 $3.98
Full, Full, Full of Love • Amazon Business $3.67 1 $3.67
Miami Gets It Straight (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) • Amazon Business $3.60 1 $3.60
Good Night, Good Knight (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2) • Amazon Business $3.59 1 $3.59
Niño Wrestles the World • Amazon Business $3.49 1 $3.49
Nappy Hair (Dragonfly Books) • Amazon Business $3.49 1 $3.49
I Love My Hair! • Amazon Business $2.99 1 $2.99
National Geographic Readers: George Washington Carver (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $1.69 1 $1.69

Materials cost

$433.67

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $37.95

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$508.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.67

Total project goal

$597.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $597.80

8 Donors

-$566.36

Donations toward project cost

-$490.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$75.68

match offer

-$20.53

Match offer toward project cost

-$17.45

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.08

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.91

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