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Ms. H. from WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Growing Our Brains in Two Languages: We Need Books!

My students need great books In Spanish such as Leo, el Retono, La Mariposa and Plantas so they can get as excited about reading in Spanish as they do about reading in English.

  • $417 goal

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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 imagine not having books in your classroom in the language you speak? In my Third Grade bilingual classroom my students are growing their brains in Spanish and English, yet our classroom library is all English. Help us balance our library with Spanish books so they can grow in both languages.

"We're growing our brains so we can be on the Path to College!" You'll hear this coming out of my students' mouths throughout the day, I'm just not sure what language you'll hear it in!

My 25 Third Graders are learning in a dual language school. We alternate Spanish and English language instruction depending on the day of the week, the week of the unit, and by what subject we are teaching. The goal? My students will be bilingual and biliterate in Spanish and English as they continue their education through college and beyond. My students come from all over the United States, Puerto Rico, and Mexico and are working hard everyday to learn as much as possible, and they're doing it in two languages. I think that makes them 25 brilliant scholars.

My Project

My students need great books In Spanish such as Leo, el Retono, La Mariposa and Plantas so they can get as excited about reading in Spanish as they do about reading in English. My students work hard every day to grow their brain in Spanish and English because they know how beneficial and beautiful bilingualism is. The problem is they have plenty of English reading material in the classroom to help grow in English, but the only Spanish books we have are picture books. My students reading abilities are skyrocketing in English but staying the same in Spanish. It is my goal to help them achieve great heights in both languages. Having current juvenile fiction for my students in Spanish will help their love for reading in Spanish grow immensely. These books will help put my 25 brilliant scholars on the Path to College, as well as give them the joy of reading great books in their first language. Plus, these books will last for many years and classes to come!

My students have picked out the colleges they want to attend and have them on a huge poster in our room.

They see them everyday and tell me how they can't wait. Reading is their first step to getting there. Help make this a reality for my students by providing them with books that will challenge them and that they'll love to read.

Ms. H.
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
La Llorona/The Weeping Woman: An Hispanic Legend Told in Spanish and English Joe Hayes, Vicki Trego Hill (Illustrator), Mona Pennypacker (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $6.79 1 $6.79
Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) (Harry Potter #1), Vol. 1 J. K. Rowling, Alicia Dellepiane • AKJ BOOKS $9.20 1 $9.20
Harry Potter y la c mara secreta (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) (Harry Potter #2) J. K. Rowling • AKJ BOOKS $9.07 1 $9.07
Dinosaurios al atardecer (Dinosaurs Before Dark: Magic Tree House Series #1) Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator), Marcela Brovelli (Translator) • AKJ BOOKS $4.22 1 $4.22
Cajas de carton: Relatos de la vida peregrina de uno nino campesino (The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child) Francisco Jimenez, Francisco Jimtnez • AKJ BOOKS $6.27 1 $6.27
Harry Potter y las reliquias de la muerte (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) J. K. Rowling • AKJ BOOKS $17.58 1 $17.58
Manolito Gafotas Elvira Lindo, Emilio Urberuaga (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.97 1 $5.97
Antes de ser libres (Before We Were Free) Julia Alvarez, Liliana Valenzuela (Translator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.86 1 $5.86
Esperanza renace (Esperanza Rising) Pam Munoz Ryan, Nuria Molinero, Bryan Selznick (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.97 2 $11.94
Senderos fronterizos (Breaking Through) Francisco Jimenez, Francisco Jimtnez • AKJ BOOKS $6.27 1 $6.27
Stargirl (Spanish-language Edition) Jerry Spinelli, Maria Lara, Sandra Diaz-Aguado, Tino (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $9.35 1 $9.35
Mas alla de mi (Reaching Out) Francisco Jimenez • AKJ BOOKS $5.97 1 $5.97
El ratoncito de la moto (The Mouse and the Motorcycle) Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling (Illustrator), Lydia Permanyer Netto (Translator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.12 2 $10.24
El Capit n Calzoncillos y la feroz batalla contra el Ni o Mocobi nico 2a Parte: La venganza de los Rid culos Mocorobots Dav Pilkey, Dav Pilkey (Illustrator), Miguel Azaola (Translator) • AKJ BOOKS $4.26 1 $4.26
La ley de Rodrick (Rodrick Rules: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #2) Jeff Kinney • AKJ BOOKS $9.56 1 $9.56
Esto es el colmo (The Last Straw: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #3) Jeff Kinney • AKJ BOOKS $9.56 1 $9.56
Diario de Greg 4: Dias de perros Jeff Kinney • AKJ BOOKS $9.56 1 $9.56
Ramona la chinche (Ramona the Pest) Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling (Illustrator), Tracy Dockray (Illustrator), Argentina Palacios (Translator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.12 1 $5.12
Ramona empieza el Curso (Ramona Quimby Age 8) (Ramona Series) Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling (Illustrator), Alan Tiegreen (Illustrator), Tracy Dockray (Illustrator), Gabriela Bustelo (Translator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.12 1 $5.12
La telarana de Carlota E. B. White, Guillermo Solana, Garth Williams (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $6.83 1 $6.83
El Principito (The Little Prince) Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Bonifacio del Carril (Translator) • AKJ BOOKS $7.52 1 $7.52
Rebeldes (The Outsiders) S. E. Hinton, Miguel Martinez-Lage (Translator) • AKJ BOOKS $8.97 1 $8.97
El le n, la bruja y el ropero (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) C. S. Lewis, Teresa Mlawer, Pauline Baynes, Margarita Valdes E., Pauline Baynes (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $8.54 1 $8.54
La ciudad y los perros (The Time of the Hero) Mario Vargas Llosa • AKJ BOOKS $9.57 1 $9.57
Se venden gorras Esphyr Slobodkina, Esphyr Slobodkina (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.97 1 $5.97
Harry Potter y el c liz de fuego (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) (Harry Potter #4) J. K. Rowling • AKJ BOOKS $14.35 1 $14.35
Una momia al amanecer (Mummies in the Morning) Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator), Marcela Brovelli (Translator) • AKJ BOOKS $4.22 1 $4.22
La vida secreta de las abejas Sue Monk Kidd, Narrated by Cristina Arsuaga • AKJ BOOKS $5.96 1 $5.96
Pink y Say Patricia Polacco • AKJ BOOKS $6.83 1 $6.83
Harry Potter y la Orden del F nix (Harry Potter #5) J. K. Rowling, Gemma Rovira Ortega (Translator) • AKJ BOOKS $12.30 1 $12.30
The Day It Snowed Tortillas / El dia que nevo tortilla: Folk Tales Retold by Joe Hayes Joe Hayes, Antonio Castro L. (Illustrator), Joe Hayes (Translator) • AKJ BOOKS $8.85 1 $8.85
El bosque de los pigmeos (Forest of the Pygmies) Isabel Allende • AKJ BOOKS $5.11 1 $5.11
Un renacuajo (Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #1) Jeff Kinney • AKJ BOOKS $9.56 1 $9.56
El conejito Knuffle: Un cuento aleccionador Mo Willems, Mo Willems (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $6.83 2 $13.66
La noche de las ninjas (Night of the Ninjas: Magic Tree House Series #5) Mary Pope Osborne • AKJ BOOKS $4.22 1 $4.22
Leo, el Retono Tardio Robert Kraus, Jose Aruego (Illustrator), Teresa Mlawer (Translator) • AKJ BOOKS $6.83 1 $6.83
Azul el Sombrero, Verde el Sombrero (Blue Hat, Green Hat) Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $4.55 1 $4.55
La Mariposa (en espanol) Francisco Jimenez, Simon Silva (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.93 1 $5.93
Imanes: Atraen y Rechazan Natalie M. Rosinsky, Sheree Boyd (Illustrator), Sol Robledo (Translator) • AKJ BOOKS $6.79 1 $6.79
Plantas (Plants) Jodene Lynn Smith • AKJ BOOKS $5.97 1 $5.97

Materials cost

$314.44

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$354.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.50

Total project goal

$416.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$416.66

17 Donors

-$411.36

Donations toward project cost

-$354.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.20

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.30

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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