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

World of Words

Help me give my students books that fit their present skill and interests.

  • $642 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Our community is racially and ethnically diverse. We also have a wide expanse of socio-economic levels and needs as well as an ever changing student population. With our melting pot of cultures and backgrounds, students are eager to learn, share, and develop empathy for others.

We are finding that the interests and the reading skills of our student population have changed dramatically.

Hopefully we can expand our selection to more closely match their abilities as well as titles they are wanting to check out.

My Project

Our students came to us this year with different interests and reading levels. Their time away from structured classroom instruction has really affected their reading level as well as their emotional growth. It is as though time stopped when the pandemic started and isolation began.

Many of our students are asking for the books that they normally would have read at their elementary schools.

We are hoping that by offering some of their old favorites it will bring a sense of comfort and familiarity from which they can learn and grow.

Mrs. Minezaki
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Booked (Graphic Novel) (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $24.99 3 $74.97
Booked (Graphic Novel) (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $11.64 6 $69.84
Punching Bag • Amazon Business $15.95 2 $31.90
Big Shot Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 16 • Amazon Business $10.49 3 $31.47
Frankie & Bug • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
Closer to Nowhere • Amazon Business $12.90 2 $25.80
100 Cookies: The Baking Book for Every Kitchen, with Classic Cookies, Novel Treats, Brownies, Bars, and More • Amazon Business $20.76 1 $20.76
Dear Justyce • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Complete Cookbook for Young Scientists: Good Science Makes Great Food: 70+ Recipes, Experiments, & Activities (Young Chefs Series) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Milk Bar: Kids Only: A Cookbook • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
Free Lunch • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs: 100+ Recipes that You'll Love to Cook and Eat • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs: 100+ Recipes that You'll Love to Cook and Eat • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Sunny Makes a Splash (4) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Ultimate Book of Sharks (National Geographic Kids) • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Vol. 11 (11) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Vol. 12 (12) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Super Rabbit Boy’s Time Jump!: A Branches Book (Press Start! #9) (9) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Super Cheat Codes and Secret Modes!: A Branches Book (Press Start #11) (11) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Super Rabbit Boy’s Team-Up Trouble!: A Branches Book (Press Start! #10) (10) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Super Rabbit Racers!: A Branches Book (Press Start! #3) (3) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Game Over, Super Rabbit Boy! A Branches Book (Press Start! #1) (1) • Amazon Business $5.28 1 $5.28
Super Rabbit Boy Powers Up! A Branches Book (Press Start! #2) (2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Robo-Rabbit Boy, Go!: A Branches Book (Press Start! #7) (7) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Super Rabbit All-Stars!: A Branches Book (Press Start!) • Amazon Business $4.89 1 $4.89
Super Rabbit Boy Blasts Off!: A Branches Book (Press Start! #5) (5) • Amazon Business $4.59 1 $4.59

Materials cost

$465.80

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$42.62

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$545.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.25

Total project goal

$641.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$641.66

2 Donors

-$196.64

Donations toward project cost

-$181.81

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.83

match offer

-$427.76

Match offer toward project cost

-$363.60

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.16

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.25

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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