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Ms. Barraclough from Tempe, AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Today's Readers, Tomorrow's Leaders!

Help me give my students seasonal, multicultural, and social-emotional books to help them grow and develop a love for reading in third grade.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Barraclough's classroom raised $611

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

I am a teacher at a Title 1 School in Tempe, Arizona. Our school has a diverse and transient population, with students from all over the globe. Many of my students speak another language other than English, and reading can be challenging for them. The culture of our school is positive, loving, and accepting. It is a place where students feel safe and supported.

I have true future world leaders in my classroom.

My diverse group of third graders are extremely special in the fact that they are more than just accepting of one another...They ask questions, learn, celebrate each others' differences. Despite whatever their situation at home may be, they come into school with big smiles on their faces, ready to make the most of everyday in the classroom. From the minute they walk through the classroom door, I focus on the potential and growth of each individual student. My goal is for each of my students to leave my class confident that they can be and accomplish anything they set their minds to.

My Project

Since we were virtual for most of this school year, a lot of my students did not have access to books for a long time. The books in my project this year include seasonal, social-emotional, and multicultural books for my classroom library. These books will be influential in the lives of my students in the way they will foster a love of reading as well as help them to be exposed to books with characters that they can see themselves in. These books will someday help my little readers become leaders that change the world!

Ms. Barraclough Cecil Shamley School Grades 3-5

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 three‑quarters 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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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Happy Right Now • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade (Bank Street College of Education Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (Awards)) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
In My Mosque • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Magical Yet • Amazon Business $15.48 1 $15.48
The Mess That We Made • Amazon Business $15.40 1 $15.40
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Everybody's Tree • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $14.84 1 $14.84
Memoirs of an Elf • Amazon Business $14.40 1 $14.40
Gustavo, the Shy Ghost • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
The Man in the Red Bandanna • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Stumpkin • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
It Just Blooms • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Share Some Kindness, Bring Some Light • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners • Amazon Business $11.33 1 $11.33
'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving • Amazon Business $11.23 1 $11.23
Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Nobody Hugs a Cactus • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $10.51 1 $10.51
Turkey Trouble • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
The World Needs More Purple People • Amazon Business $10.15 1 $10.15
When Virona the Corona Came to Town • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Polar Express 30th anniversary edition • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
I Can Say No • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
How To Be Comfortable In Your Own Feathers • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
How to Catch a Leprechaun • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Cactus Hotel (Rise and Shine) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Why Should I Save Energy? (Why Should I? Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Peanuts) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Giant Hug • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Room on the Broom • Amazon Business $7.16 1 $7.16
Day It Rained Hearts • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Cactus! (There Was an Old Lady [Colandro]) • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $6.68 1 $6.68
Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch (paperback) • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover! • Amazon Business $6.28 1 $6.28
Love from the Crayons • Amazon Business $5.11 1 $5.11
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick! • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00
The Snowy Day • Amazon Business $4.95 1 $4.95
The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape! • Amazon Business $4.94 1 $4.94
The Very First Americans (Grosset & Dunlap All Aboard Book) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$434.87

Vendor shipping charges

 $16.31

Sales tax

 $31.09

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$518.79

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.55

Total project goal

$610.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $610.34

9 Donors

-$476.70

Donations toward project cost

-$435.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.51

Matching donations from our partners

-$98.36

Match offers toward project cost

-$83.61

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$35.29

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