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To Each His/Her Own: “Just-Right” Library Books in Spanish

My students need 49 leveled books in Spanish at a 2nd and 3rd grade level to read in class and to borrow for home.

  • $531 goal

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My Students

On paper, my students are all second graders in a Spanish-English, Two-Way Immersion class. De facto, they are a 1st Grade through 5th grade combination class that does not have enough books to sustain them for the duration of the school year.

Half of my class is native Spanish-speaking and the other, native English-speaking.

They are all in a bilingual program in California. These socio-economically, ethnically, and linguistically diverse young people need what we call “just-right” books, i.e. texts that are right at their current reading level in order to optimize their progress. This is especially true of the many students whose parents can't afford to buy or even borrow books on a regular basis.

My Project

Our district made the courageous move towards the pedagogical approach to reading that has been developed by the Columbia Teachers College Reading and Writing Workshop. Traditionally my students had been required to progress through the same anthology of stories at the same time, regardless of their reading level. However, with this new method, pupils are matched with books that are at their current academic stage and interest. This technique requires an extensive, robust classroom library; hence, my request for your financial support. Your funds will allow students to have access to books for individualized reading in class as well as just-right books for home. They will be empowered to become life-long learners at each step of their reading journey!

In our program, English and Spanish is taught %50/%50 after grade 2.

The successful results that we have had, especially with our English language learning, Latino students is because they developed primary language literacy early on. Research has shown that when our pupils reach high school, they are graduating at a higher rate then if they had not been our program. Just-right grade 2 and 3 books in Spanish begins the process of creating multilingual, well-prepared, global citizens!

Mr. A.
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sapo y Sepo Son Amigos (Frog and Toad Are Friends) Arnold Lo • AKJ Books $6.98 1 $6.98
Atentamente, Ricitos De Oro/ Yours Truly, Goldilocks • AKJ Books $10.10 1 $10.10
Carlos • AKJ Books $7.76 1 $7.76
Celebra Cinco de Mayo con un jarabe tapat o Alma Flor Ada • AKJ Books $9.32 1 $9.32
Celebra el d a de Acci n de Gracias Alma Flor Ada, F. • AKJ Books $9.32 1 $9.32
Que es la rama judicial estatal? (What''s the State Judicial • AKJ Books $6.23 1 $6.23
Que es un alcalde? (What''s a Mayor?) • AKJ Books $6.23 1 $6.23
Que es un Congreso? (What''s Congress?) • AKJ Books $6.23 1 $6.23
Que es un consejo municipal? (What''s a City Council?) • AKJ Books $6.23 1 $6.23
Adivina qu est creciendo dentro de e • AKJ Books $13.22 1 $13.22
Atardecer en el pueblo fantasma (Ghost Town at Sundown: Magi • AKJ Books $3.86 1 $3.86
Barcos vikingos al amanecer • AKJ Books $3.86 1 $3.86
Chato y su cena (Chato''s Kitchen) Gary Soto, Susan Guevara ( • AKJ Books $6.23 1 $6.23
Corre, Nicolas, Corre! Gilles Tibo, Bruno St. Aubin (Illustr • AKJ Books $5.45 1 $5.45
Salsa Stories (cuentos con Sazon) • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Delfines al amanecer (Dolphins at Daybreak: Magic Tree House • AKJ Books $3.86 1 $3.86
Dracula vs. Grampa at the Monster Truck Spectacular (Wiley a • AKJ Books $2.33 1 $2.33
El L rax Dr. Seuss, Aida E. Marcuse (Translator) • AKJ Books $11.66 1 $11.66
Mouse and the Motorcycle (Spanish edition), The • AKJ Books $4.67 1 $4.67
Juan Bobo busca trabajo (Juan Bobo Goes to Work) Marisa Mont • AKJ Books $5.45 1 $5.45
Juli n Rodr guez #1: Crisis de basura en la Tierra Ale • AKJ Books $4.67 1 $4.67
Junie B. Jones duerme en una mansion • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Junie B. Jones es una peluquera • AKJ Books $3.11 1 $3.11
Junie B. Jones tiene un monstruo debajo de la cama (Junie B. • AKJ Books $3.11 1 $3.11
Junie B. Jones tiene un "pio pio" en el bolsillo • AKJ Books $3.11 1 $3.11
La fiesta de las tortillas Jorge Argueta, Maria Jesus Alvare • AKJ Books $11.66 1 $11.66
Las Cadenas Alimentarias Y Tu/ Food Chains and You • AKJ Books $19.71 1 $19.71
Las costas de la Tierra Bobbie Kalman • AKJ Books $6.98 1 $6.98
Los Volcanes de la Tierra / Volcanoes on Earth • AKJ Books $6.98 1 $6.98
Me llamo Mar a Isabel (My Name Is Mar a Isabel) Alma F • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
La Visita del Sr. Azucar Harriet Rohmer, Enrique Chagoya (Il • AKJ Books $6.20 1 $6.20
Ramona empieza el curso • AKJ Books $5.45 1 $5.45
Silbale a Willie/Whistle for Willie • AKJ Books $5.45 1 $5.45
Subira Subira Tololwa M. Mollel, Linda Saport (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $4.64 1 $4.64
Sleeping Beauty/Bella Durmiente Christoph elizabeth mclellen • AKJ Books $5.45 1 $5.45
Una momia al amanecer (Mummies in the Morning) Mary Pope Osb • AKJ Books $3.86 1 $3.86
Vacaciones al pie de un volcan • AKJ Books $3.86 1 $3.86
Zool gico de poemas (Poetry Zoo) Margarita Montalvo, Marg • AKJ Books $3.89 1 $3.89
Que son elecciones? (What are Elections?) • AKJ Books $6.23 1 $6.23
El rbol generoso (The Giving Tree) Shel Silverst • AKJ Books $12.47 1 $12.47
El Ciclo de Vida de la Rana Bobbie Kalman, Kathryn Smithyman • AKJ Books $5.42 1 $5.42
El ciclo de vida del Ping ino Emperador Bobbie Kalman, Ro • AKJ Books $5.42 1 $5.42
El Dia de los caidos (Memorial Day) • AKJ Books $6.23 1 $6.23
El Sonido • AKJ Books $20.75 1 $20.75
ElMagnetismo • AKJ Books $20.75 1 $20.75
Halloween • AKJ Books $6.23 1 $6.23
La Eletricidad • AKJ Books $20.75 1 $20.75
Lee sobre Martin Luther King, Jr. /Read about Martin Luther • AKJ Books $16.58 1 $16.58
Caldo, Caldo, Caldo Diane Gonzales Bertrand, Alex Pardo Dela • AKJ Books $15.95 1 $15.95

Materials cost

$375.57

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $34.36

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$450.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.51

Total project goal

$530.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $530.07

6 Donors

-$528.09

Donations toward project cost

-$450.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.53

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.98

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