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You Say Potato, I Say Papa.

My students need a classroom set of easy to use Spanish/English dictionaries.

  • $428 goal

This project expired on March 19, 2010.

This project expired on March 19, 2010.

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Ms. A. Gallistel Language Academy
Chicago, IL Grades 3-5

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.

I teach Spanish to low-income kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade students at a language academy in Chicago. Our school is severely overpopulated and a majority of my classes have 30 or more students.

I see most students twice per week for 40 minutes each period. During class, many of my students often ask me how to say or spell something in Spanish. I love and appreciate their eagerness to learn words beyond our weekly vocabulary; however, having 30 (sometimes more) students in a classroom makes answering every hand raised quite difficult, not to mention at times it interrupts our lesson.

Having access to easy-to-use Spanish/English dictionaries would limit the interruptions but still encourage students to learn new Spanish words and phrases. Additionally, students will learn how to use a dictionary to find the spelling of a word, how to pronounce a word, and other valuable dictionary skills.

Your generous donation will allow my eager, Spanish-loving students to gain dictionary skills and it will also eliminate the number of interruptions in our already short time together.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

200 students impacted
Ms. A. Gallistel Language Academy Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Chicago, IL View local requests

More than half 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

200 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Larousse Student Dictionary: Spanish-English English-Spanish Editors of Larousse (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $8.76 35 $306.60

Materials cost

$306.60

Vendor shipping charges

 $30.66

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$350.86

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.02

Total project goal

$427.88

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