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Mrs. Avena from Baytown TX is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Aprendamos a Leer!

My students need books and materials in their home language (Spanish). The kit "Talking Native Language Collection" will provide them with essential tools to practice phonics, directionality, improve vocabulary and phonemic awareness.

  • $782 goal

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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.

My Students

Imagine moving to a new country where you have to learn a new language and adapt to a new culture. You walk into a classroom full of fear because everything is new to your own world. You are eager to learn and do your very best but the barriers are bigger than your dreams. You encounter smiling people and teachers talking to you in a language you don't understand. These are the students I teach every day.

I work in a school with a very high mobility rate, and low socio-economic level in the heart of the oil industry, Baytown, Texas.

Many of my students have a very limited vocabulary in their own language due to the lack of literacy exposure at early age. In the school setting, we move from learning phonics to reading very quickly. I help students learn English when they reach a certain reading level in their first language. They hold the American Dream but need the tools to make them successful. Some of those tools are needed to create a rich literacy environment for them.

My Project

Every bilingual classroom needs to offer different literacy tools. Students need to be exposed to a literacy environment at an early age. Kindergarten is the foundation of every student. As a teacher, I want to offer a solid rock foundation where they can discover their passion for learning.

Reading is fundamental, is the key to success.

By having books and activities in their home language students will have the opportunity to practice their reading skills every day. Additionally, making words is an excellent opportunity for students to start developing not only their reading but their writing skills as well, because reading and writing go hand in hand.

Mrs. Avena
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
KIT TALKING NATIVE LANGUAGE COLLECTION SPANISH PK-K • School Specialty $501.68 1 $501.68
GAME JUEGO DE PALABRAS SPANISH READING RODS WORD GAME • School Specialty $41.60 1 $41.60
BOOK SPANISH GIANT TURNIP SE • School Specialty $16.96 1 $16.96
BOOK SPANISH CAPS FOR SALE PAPERBACK • School Specialty $4.39 2 $8.78

Materials cost

$569.02

Vendor shipping charges

$56.90

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$664.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$117.26

Total project goal

$781.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$781.72

1 Donor

-$781.72

Donations toward project cost

-$664.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$117.26

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$0.00

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