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Mr. Williamson from Turner, ME is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Williamson's classroom raised $229

FVR: The Missing Ingredient in Foreign Language Instruction

My students need a variety of 23 books in Spanish.

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Mr. Williamson Leavitt Area High School
Turner, ME Grades 9-12

My Students

The power of reading. My students will have a higher level of proficiency and better vocabulary, writing, and grammatical development. Currently my classroom contains no selection of books.

I teach at a high school and it is missing an important element in foreign language teaching.

My students do not have access to a library of Spanish books and I would like to provide them with one. My students are motivated and enjoy learning Spanish. They come from a wide spread of backgrounds, some with several financial opportunities and others with none. The school is in a very rural location and a lot of students live on farms or have family members that work in agriculture. A lot of my students either play a sport and/or have a part time job. The school was remodeled approximately ten years ago but lacks educational materials due to budget concerns. It is a great school with fantastic teachers and most students like attending the school. It is a medium size public school (650 students) that serves three towns. It is my favorite place to be.

My Project

Free Voluntary Reading is one of the most powerful tools that exists in language education. It provides a foundation so that higher levels of proficiency may be reached. Learning a language happens by obtaining comprehensible input in a low-anxiety situation and that is precisely what Free Voluntary Reading is. My students will have better reading comprehension and it will result in writing style, vocabulary, spelling, grammatical development. I will be able to provide my students with a reading day, where they will individually choose which book they want to read. When they are finished with one, they can choose another. These books with the reading program will change the atmosphere and direction of my classroom: towards proficiency in Spanish.

Your donation will allow my students to enter the powerful world of reading.

They will be hooked to the books and will want to read more. With your help, all of my students will become better not only in Spanish but also in other subjects. Knowing a second language is beneficial across the curriculum and reading these books will help tremendously. Thank you.

More than a third of students from low‑income households

150 students impacted 8 donors
Mr. Williamson Leavitt Area High School Grades 9-12 Turner, ME View local requests

More than a third of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

150 students impacted 8donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Uno es suficiente Julie Kidd Cook, Melissa Iwai (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.22 1 $4.22
Asi Vamos a La Escuela Mariposa: Un Libro Acerca de Ninos En Diferentes Paises Del Mundo Edith Baer, Steve Bjorkman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Clifford: El perro que grit " Socorro!" Bob Barkly, Macarena Salas (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Clifford: El dia de las sorpresas Teddy Marguilies, Teddy Margulies, Steve Haefele (Illustrator), Studio Orlando (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
La oruga muy hambrienta (The Very Hungry Caterpillar) Eric Carle, Eric Carle (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.51 1 $7.51
I Want My Banana (Quiero Mi Platano) Mary Risk, Mary And Risk • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Un Partido de Futbol Grace Maccarone, Meredith Johnson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Si le das una galletita a un raton Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illustrator), Teresa Mlawler (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $13.79 1 $13.79
Si llevas un raton a la escuela Laura Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.79 1 $13.79
Huevos verdes con jam n (Green Eggs and Ham) Dr. Seuss, Aida E. Marcuse (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $7.56 1 $7.56
In s Del Rev s Anita Jeram • Barnes and Noble $7.17 1 $7.17
El pez arco iris Marcus Pfister Herbert • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50
El ratoncito de la moto (The Mouse and the Motorcycle) Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling (Illustrator), Lydia Permanyer Netto (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Soy una oruga, Vol. 1 Jean Marzollo, Judith Moffatt (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Clifford Va de Viaje Norman Bridwell, Argentina Palacios (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $2.99 1 $2.99
C mo van a la escuela los dinosaurios? (How Do Dinosaurs Got to School?) Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Un caso grave de rayas (A Bad Case of Stripes) David Shannon • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Sangre De Monstruo Al Desayuno R. L. Stine • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Willy el Timido Anthony Browne, Anthony Brown, Carmen Esteva (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $11.39 1 $11.39
La Mariquita Malhumorada (The Grouchy Ladybug) Eric Carle, Eric Carle (Illustrator), Simon S. L'Hoaste (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) (Harry Potter #1), Vol. 1 J. K. Rowling, Alicia Dellepiane • Barnes and Noble $8.54 1 $8.54
Prudencia se preocupa (Wemberly Worried) Kevin Henkes, Teresa Mlawer (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $8.12 1 $8.12
Las Vacaciones de Arturo (Arthur's Family Vacation) (Arthur Adventures Series) Marc Brown, Esther Sarfatti, Esther Sarfatti (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93

Materials cost

$154.11

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $7.71

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$199.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$29.76

Total project goal

$228.89

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $228.89

7 Donors

-$228.02

Donations toward project cost

-$199.13

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.89

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.87

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