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Ms. Trayers from Houston, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Watching The Magic Happen

My students need 31 books such as "Circle Unbroken", "The Hallelujah Flight", and "The Extraordinary Mark Twain" for them to read for their book club competition.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Trayers's classroom raised $507

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 Students

Can you believe we have students on our campus who volunteer to read---for fun??? We participate in a yearly competition sponsored by our school district. The students read a variety of different books and then compete to answer questions about the stories.

Our students are a bright, precocious bunch!

Most of them come from homes in a low-income demographic. We have over 90% of our students that qualify for free or reduced lunch. Many families speak and read in Spanish at home. They absolutely LOVE to read and beg to take books home with them. The more they read, the better readers they become.

My Project

Every year we do a book club for our younger kiddos. The children stay after school one day every week and we read stories aloud and discuss the plots and characters of the books. The students share their opinions of the books and write little reviews of their own about the story. They are also allowed to check the books out and read them at home. We need to have these books in order to continue our book club for next year. With budgets being cut left and right, we don't have the money for the 70 books on our book lists. I can buy some of them, but frankly, just cannot afford to purchase all those books on top of the money I generally spend on my kiddos.

Your donation of 31 books would allow our students to continue on the tradition of our campus book club.

They will have access to quality titles, on their level, that they can take home and share with their families. You will give them the opportunity to learn about famous people like Louisa May Alcott and Mark Twain, go on adventures with a big chicken, Stellaluna, Ling and Ting, Duck Duck Moose, and Stink, not to mention inspire them in their passion for reading. Your donation would be an incredible learning opportunity for our kiddos!

Ms. Trayers Roosevelt Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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
Stela Luna/Stellaluna • AKJ Books $7.79 1 $7.79
A Balloon for Isabel • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Bats at the Ballgame Brian Lies • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
A Beach Tail • AKJ Books $16.16 1 $16.16
Disappearing Desmond • AKJ Books $16.37 1 $16.37
Duck Duck Moose Dave Horowitz, Dave Horowitz (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
The Giving Tree • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
How Chipmunk Got His Stripes • AKJ Books $5.45 1 $5.45
Circle Unbroken • AKJ Books $6.23 1 $6.23
How Oliver Olson Changed the World Claudia Mills, Heather Ma • AKJ Books $12.44 1 $12.44
Keena Ford and the Second Grade Mix-Up • AKJ Books $4.67 1 $4.67
Ling & Ting • AKJ Books $11.69 1 $11.69
Maybelle in the Soup / Maybelle Goes to Tea • AKJ Books $5.45 1 $5.45
My Friend Rabbit Eric Rohmann, Eric Rohmann (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $5.45 1 $5.45
The Plot Chickens • AKJ Books $14.00 1 $14.00
Pocketful of Posies • AKJ Books $17.15 1 $17.15
Rubia and the Three Osos Susan Middleton Elya, Melissa Sweet • AKJ Books $12.47 1 $12.47
Shark vs. Train Chris Barton, Tom Lichtenheld (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Goal! Mina Javaherbin, A.G. Ford (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Young Zeus G. Brian Karas • AKJ Books $14.03 1 $14.03
Yours Truly, Goldilocks • AKJ Books $6.23 2 $12.46
Imogene''s Last Stand • AKJ Books $15.59 1 $15.59
The Storm in the Barn Matt Phelan (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $19.49 1 $19.49
Amazing Faces Lee Bennett Hopkins, Chris K. Soentpiet (Illus • AKJ Books $14.78 1 $14.78
Balarama: A Royal Elephant Ted Lewin, Betsy Lewin (Illustrat • AKJ Books $15.56 1 $15.56
Black Elk&apos • AKJ Books $15.56 1 $15.56
The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester Barbara O&apos • AKJ Books $12.47 1 $12.47
Turtle in Paradise Jennifer L. Holm • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
Louisa: The Life of Louisa May Alcott Yona Zeldis McDonough, • AKJ Books $14.03 1 $14.03
The Hallelujah Flight Phil Bildner, John Holyfield (Illustra • AKJ Books $13.25 1 $13.25
The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy) Barbara Ker • AKJ Books $14.03 1 $14.03

Materials cost

$389.32

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$430.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.91

Total project goal

$506.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $506.07

2 Donors

-$241.64

Donations toward project cost

-$215.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.57

match offer

-$253.05

Match offer toward project cost

-$215.09

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.96

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.38

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