My students need a book display and 11 poetry books, including "Confetti: Poems for Children", by Pat Mora and "A Fire in My Hands", by Gary Soto.
$533 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating 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.
Children need a chance to explore and express what is in their hearts. They need to know that their thoughts and emotions are important. The best way I can think of to help them do just that is by exploring poetry.
I teach a class of Kindergarten English Language Learners in a low-income school in Massachusetts. All of my students speak Spanish as a first language.
After taking a class this summer about teaching poetry, I couldn't wait to get back to school and begin filling my students' lives with poetry. In fact, I started brainstorming ways to make my classroom environment and activities more conducive to poetry. As I began to set up my classroom, the first thing I looked for was a space to set up my "What We Say Is Poetry" wall, where students' poetic words will be collected and displayed.
During the class I also dreamed about all of the wonderful poetry books I could share with my students. That's where you come in. To spread all of this poetry excitement, I need a variety of books to share with the class, as well as an organized place to store them.
By donating to this project, you will help young English Language Learners develop a love for poetry. You will help them develop their vocabularies in both English and Spanish. You will give them a better understanding of language. Best of all, you will give them a chance to explore and express what is in their hearts!
BOOK DISPLAY 8-SECTION MOBILE BIRCH 47 3/4X14 1/2X25
• Childcraft, Inc.
$229.99
1
$229.99
Honey, I Love Eloise Greenfield, Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$16.19
1
$16.19
Pocket Poems Bobbi Katz, Marilyn Hafner (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$14.39
1
$14.39
Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing up Latino in the United States Lori M. Carlson (Editor), Oscar Hijuelos (Introduction)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
1
$6.29
Canto familiar Gary Soto, Annika Nelson (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$16.20
1
$16.20
Tree Is Older Than You Are: A Bilingual Gathering of Poems and Stories from Mexico with Paintings by Mexican Artists Naomi Shihab Nye
• Barnes and Noble
$14.39
1
$14.39
Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young Selected by Jack Prelutsky, Jim Trelease, Chaffin (Illustrator), Marc Tolon Brown (Illustrator), Jim Trelease (Introduction)
• Barnes and Noble
$15.96
1
$15.96
Touch the Poem Arnold Adoff, Lisa Desimini (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$15.25
1
$15.25
Black Is Brown Is Tan Reillus Ed Arnold Adoff, Emily Arnold McCully (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
1
$6.29
Words with Wrinkled Knees: Animal Poems Barbara Juster Esbensen, John Stadler (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$19.84
1
$19.84
Confetti: Poems for Children Pat Mora, Enrique O. Sanchez (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$14.35
1
$14.35
Materials cost
$383.54
Vendor shipping charges
$38.35
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$5.75
Fulfillment labor & materials
$9.00
Total project cost
$436.65
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$95.85
Total project goal
$532.50
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$532.50
2 Donors
-$532.50
Donations toward project cost
-$436.65
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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