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

BUILD A BRIDGE TO READING IN SPANISH

My students need books in Spanish to encourage them to read in their native language, to improve their literacy skills, and to increase their academic vocabulary.

  • $486 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I have a new class Spanish Language Arts designed for heritage speakers and students coming from our dual language immersion program at the middle schools. I want my kids to be able to read for pleasure in Spanish and need books to start a library. "Seamos realistas y hagamos lo imposible" - Che

My students come from very diverse backgrounds in an urban environment.

Many of them are "dreamers" brought here as children by their parents who came seeking work. 55% percent of our students are non-white, evenly divided between Latino, African-American and Asian, with many children coming from first generation immigrant families. For some students, school is the only place they get a break from part time jobs, caring for younger siblings and cousins or helping hold down a household while parents work second shift jobs. While improving, Spanish language resources are still not abundant in our small city of 300K people. Many of my students are in the AVID program, and have been identified as the first in their family to be able to consider college. They require extra hours of academic support and college counseling to help them prepare for applying and attending college. Most of my students qualify for free/reduced lunch based on household incomes.

My Project

The materials you help me to provide will begin a small library of books for pleasure reading in Spanish. This is a new course this year Spanish Language Arts, designed to help students become fluid readers and writers in their heritage language. We will be using primarily non-fiction readings in class for assignments and discussion, but my students need access to interesting engaging books in Spanish to encourage them to read outside of class. The best way to improve vocabulary and build literacy skills is through reading, but many of my students do not live in close proximity to a library and even when they do, materials in Spanish are still very limited. It is my hope that students will learn to read for pleasure, and to come into contact with Latino writers, in addition to a few popular translations. Most of the books selected are by Hispanic writers, because I want my students to have positive role models from their own culture.

This project makes reading for pleasure in Spanish a possibility.

For some kids, who work after school or watch siblings, it may be the only access they have to borrowing a book to read for fun in Spanish. For students who come from our Dual Language schools, but speak English at home, it may be their only source of books in Spanish. Your support will help create global bi-lingual and bi-literate citizens.

Ms. Davis
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
La Sombra del Viento (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $14.25 2 $28.50
El viaje de marcos (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $19.55 1 $19.55
A por todas (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $15.77 1 $15.77
El Juego del Ángel (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $14.39 1 $14.39
Porque el fútbol importa (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $13.60 1 $13.60
Apocalipsis Z: Los días oscuros (Apocalipsis Z / Apocalypse Z) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $13.50 1 $13.50
El Principio Del Fin / The Beginning of the End (Apocalipsis Z / Apocalypse Z) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $13.45 1 $13.45
El Prisionero del Cielo (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $12.58 1 $12.58
El loro en el horno / Parrot in the Oven (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $12.07 1 $12.07
Cartas Cruzadas (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $11.94 1 $11.94
Ficciones (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $11.83 1 $11.83
Diablo Guardian/ Guardian Devil (Narrativa (Punto de Lectura)) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $11.77 1 $11.77
El dador • Amazon $11.15 1 $11.15
Chiquita (Spanish Edition) (Narrativa (Punto de Lectura)) • Amazon $11.15 1 $11.15
Delirio (Narrativa (Punto de Lectura)) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $10.48 1 $10.48
La Oveja negra y demas fabulas (Biblioteca Era) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $10.44 1 $10.44
Harry Potter y El Prisionero de Azkaban (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $9.89 1 $9.89
Los cuatro acuerdos: una guia practica para la libertad personal (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $9.69 1 $9.69
El Alquimista: Una Fabula Para Seguir Tus Suenos • Amazon $9.62 1 $9.62
La ladrona de libros (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $9.54 1 $9.54
Beisbol En Abril Y Otros Cuentos (Baseball in April and Other Stories) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $8.96 1 $8.96
Harry Potter y la camara secreta • Amazon $8.80 1 $8.80
Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal • Amazon $8.80 1 $8.80
La Ciudad de las Bestias (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $8.80 1 $8.80
Cuentos de Amor de Locura y de Muerte • Amazon $8.09 1 $8.09
El Reino del Dragon de Oro (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $8.09 1 $8.09
El Tunel / The Tunnel (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $7.95 1 $7.95
Yo, Juan de Pareja • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Beisbol!: Pioneros Y Leyendas Del Beisbol Latino (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $6.95 1 $6.95
Degeneración (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $6.92 1 $6.92
Mas alla de mi Reaching Out Spanish Edition • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Devolver al Remitente (Return to Sender Spanish Edition) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Cajas De Carton/ The Circuit : Stories From the Life of a Migrant Child [Spanish Edition] • Amazon $6.26 1 $6.26
En Busca de Milagros (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $5.85 1 $5.85
The Color of My Words • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Nacer bailando (Dancing Home) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39

Materials cost

$376.93

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$412.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.81

Total project goal

$485.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$485.39

5 Donors

-$233.86

Donations toward project cost

-$206.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.58

match offer

-$242.71

Match offer toward project cost

-$206.30

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.41

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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