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

We Need Non-Fiction Books!

Help me give my students great non-fiction books to read and learn from.

  • $288 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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

My students are an awesome group of energetic kids who want to learn!

My fantastic second graders are from a low-income community, where over 80% of students receive free or reduced-rate lunch.

Almost 70% of them speak a language at home that is not English. My students are engaged and want to learn about everything. We need non-fiction books to help us learn. We love reading everything and anything. Non-fiction books would be a great addition to our classroom library.

My Project

I can't wait to dive into our non-fiction writing unit. In order to prepare for this unit of study, I read every non-fiction book I can find at my students' level. Finding these high interest readers is not always easy. Non-fiction is definitely a favorite genre in my classroom. I would love to have a wonderful collection of great titles for my students to read. My students would learn the characteristics of non-fiction books (Table of Contents, Glossary, labeled diagrams, real pictures, facts) and then dive into writing their own non-fiction books. I can't wait to see what they can create and write.

Mrs. Foster
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Community Helpers, Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers: Grades 1 - 2 • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $89.00 1 $89.00
Animals, Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers: Grades 1 - 2 • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $89.00 1 $89.00

Materials cost

$178.00

Vendor shipping charges

$17.80

Sales tax

$16.29

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$244.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.19

Total project goal

$287.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$287.95

4 Donors

-$156.48

Donations toward project cost

-$133.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.47

match offer

-$131.47

Match offer toward project cost

-$111.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.72

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$0.00

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