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

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A Year of Reading in Español!

Help me give my students engaging books for our classroom library in their native language!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Davis's classroom raised $521

This project is fully funded

My Project

As a middle school ELA teacher, my goal is to get every student to love reading! My school has a large Hispanic population and it has been significantly on the rise! However, my classroom library does not reflect these changes in my Spanish novel collection. This past year with the small amount that I do have, I was able to get 90% of my Spanish-speaking students on or above grade level! This was through a multitude of strategies but the one that stood out was their access to books in their native language! Similar to my English-speaking students I want to ensure that my English learners have a plethora of rich and interesting texts that they can engage with!

The key to loving reading is finding a book that reels you in!

The best way to do this is by having options. This set of novels in Spanish will give my students options in finding a book that is just right for them! Every day we start with 15 minutes of silent reading. Students set a reading goal for the amount of books they want to read by the end of the year and we work towards that goal daily. Reading daily will build their stamina, fluency of words read, comprehension, and writing skills! I can't wait to give my students a beautiful and diverse collection of books to get excited about reading every single day!

Ms. Davis Brennemann Elementary School Grades 6-8

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Nearly all 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Witchlings. La tarea imposible (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $18.60 1 $18.60
City spies (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Llegar a Ser Pedro: Cómo los hermanos Martínez llegaron hasta las grandes ligas desde un pequeño pueblo en República Dominicana (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Sembrando historias: Pura Belpré: bibliotecaria y narradora de cuentos: Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre (Spanish edition) • Amazon Business $15.59 1 $15.59
Hermanas (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Sin pareja / The Third Wheel (Diario Del Wimpy Kid) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Un renacuajo / Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diario Del Wimpy Kid) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.52 1 $13.52
Harry Potter y la cámara secreta / Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.40 1 $13.40
Emmie es invisible / Invisible Emmie (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Maximilian and the Curse of the Fallen Angel (Max's Lucha Libre Adventures, 4) • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
El único e incomparable Iván (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.64 1 $12.64
Me dicen Güero: Poemas de un chavo de la frontera / They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
El ladrón del rayo/ The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson y los dioses del olimpo / Percy Jackson and the Olympians) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.65 1 $11.65
Charlie y la fábrica de chocolate / Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Colección Roald Dahl) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.53 1 $11.53
Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal / Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.21 1 $11.21
Drama (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Srta. Quinces (Miss Quinces) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Crecer siendo cubano (Coming Up Cuban): Rising Past Castro’s Shadow (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.32 1 $10.32
Cuatro ojos (Four Eyes 1: Four Eyes) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.05 1 $10.05
Invisible: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
La Leyenda de los Xilem. El Renacer: un libro de magia y música, lleno de criaturas fantásticas y misterios. (ILUSTRACIONES EN BLANCO Y NEGRO) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.13 1 $9.13
Agallas (Guts) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Diego • Amazon Business $8.75 1 $8.75
Estrella en el bosque (Star in the Forest) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Empezar otra vez (The Do-Over) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Pele, King of Soccer/Pele, El Rey del Futbol: Bilingual English-Spanish • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Mañanaland (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Rizos (Frizzy, Spanish language edition) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.51 1 $7.51
La decisión de Ricardo (A La Orilla Del Viento) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.50 1 $7.50
Saraí y la Feria Alrededor del Mundo (Sarai and the Around the World Fair): Spanish Edition (4) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Dinosaurios al atardecer (Casa del arbol) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Yo, Naomi Leon (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Fútbol extremo / Soccer Switch (Jake Maddox novelas gráficas / Jake Maddox Graphic Novels) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
El sonador • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Carlos and the Squash Plant / Carlos y la planta de calabaza (Multilingual Edition) • Amazon Business $6.26 1 $6.26
Saraí en primer plano (Sarai in the Spotlight) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.18 1 $6.18
Escuela de Espanto #3: ¡El recreo es una jungla! (Recess Is A Jungle): Un libro de la serie Branches (3) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Escuela de Espanto #1: ¡La escuela está viva! (The School Is Alive): Un libro de la serie Branches (1) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Sobreviví los ataques de tiburones de 1916 (I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916) (2) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Esperanza renace (Esperanza Rising) • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83

Materials cost

$406.75

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$442.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.15

Total project goal

$521.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$521.00

6 Donors

-$472.33

Donations toward project cost

-$401.48

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$70.85

match offer

-$48.67

Match offer toward project cost

-$41.37

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.30

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$0.00

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