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
I have always known that somehow I had to give back to my community. When I became a teacher, it was not difficult to decide where I would teach, I went back to my roots to teach in a low income school located in the heart of a Mexican Community. I teach in a 5th grade bilingual classroom, where the majority of my students come from homes with very little formal education. Although I wish I could bring all the needed resources to my school, I find it impossible.
My classroom never has a minute of boredom.
The kids are highly active and involved in their learning, with your help, I will be able to bring seven Chromebooks into the classroom. When donors like yourself help out, you are making a world of a difference. Together we can make a difference in our children's lives.
My Project
I am a fifth grade teacher, who will be encouraging students grades 4-6 to join Battle of the Books. Battle of the Books is a reading program through CPS that encourages reading along with teamwork. Students read 21 books altogether, they then work together to score points in the spring during three rounds of competitions. During the competition, students have to work together to answer questions about the books they read. This is my second year hosting Battle of the Books and I love the engagement that comes from reading the books, as well as the engagement and teamwork during the competition. The students love discussing the books they read, therefore motivating other students to read that same book.
When we sit down to discuss the books students are encouraged to write questions about the books as they read.
Some questions can be used for in-depth exploration and conversations during book club meetings and some questions are knowledge level questions that can be used to prepare for the online battle competition. Participation in the Battle of the Books helps promote greater depth and breadth of student reading, encourages cooperation, teamwork, reading motivation and accomplishment. But what I like most of all, is that even if we do not win I feel like a winner, because I exposed the students to so many books and genres and we had great in depth discussions that they would otherwise have not had. In Battle of the Books everyone’s a winner.
We will be using the rolling cart to transport books and other materials that will be used for Battle of the Books. The magnetic pocket charts will be used to keep track of students and the books they are reading and have read.
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
JJ227 - Magnetic Pocket Chart
• Lakeshore Learning Materials
$29.99
5
$149.95
Norwood Commercial Furniture Collapsible Universal Rolling Organizer Tote with Adjustable Handle, Wheels and Lid, Black, NOR-IYG1078-SO-AZ
• Amazon Business
$51.25
1
$51.25
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 3 The Ship of the Dead
• Amazon Business
$15.99
2
$31.98
Miles Morales: Spider-Man (A Marvel YA Novel)
• Amazon Business
$14.39
2
$28.78
Frogkisser!
• Amazon Business
$13.29
2
$26.58
Motor Girls: How Women Took the Wheel and Drove Boldly Into the Twentieth Century (History (US))
• Amazon Business
$13.29
2
$26.58
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day
• Amazon Business
$13.29
2
$26.58
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
• Amazon Business
$12.74
2
$25.48
How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Amazon Business
$12.46
2
$24.92
Will's Words: How William Shakespeare Changed the Way You Talk
• Amazon Business
$11.96
2
$23.92
If the Magic Fits (100 Dresses)
• Amazon Business
$11.89
2
$23.78
The Wild Robot
• Amazon Business
$11.89
2
$23.78
Lily and Dunkin
• Amazon Business
$11.89
2
$23.78
Refugee
• Amazon Business
$11.72
2
$23.44
All Better Now
• Amazon Business
$11.62
2
$23.24
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
• Amazon Business
$11.32
2
$22.64
Dara Palmer's Major Drama
• Amazon Business
$11.25
2
$22.50
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books)
• Amazon Business
$10.93
2
$21.86
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards))
• Amazon Business
$10.90
2
$21.80
Lost Girl Found
• Amazon Business
$10.72
2
$21.44
One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
• Amazon Business
$10.72
2
$21.44
Flying Lessons & Other Stories
• Amazon Business
$10.70
2
$21.40
The Secret Life of Lincoln Jones
• Amazon Business
$10.61
2
$21.22
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook
• Amazon Business
$10.55
2
$21.10
Felix Yz
• Amazon Business
$10.48
2
$20.96
The First Rule of Punk
• Amazon Business
$10.33
2
$20.66
Catching a Storyfish
• Amazon Business
$10.30
2
$20.60
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
• Amazon Business
$10.15
2
$20.30
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora
• Amazon Business
$9.65
2
$19.30
Amina's Voice
• Amazon Business
$9.34
2
$18.68
Awkward
• Amazon Business
$9.22
2
$18.44
The Only Road
• Amazon Business
$8.99
2
$17.98
The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones
• Amazon Business
$8.82
2
$17.64
Up From the Sea
• Amazon Business
$8.79
2
$17.58
Masterminds
• Amazon Business
$7.55
2
$15.10
It Ain't So Awful, Falafel
• Amazon Business
$7.22
2
$14.44
I Am Princess X
• Amazon Business
$7.13
2
$14.26
Hour of the Bees
• Amazon Business
$6.81
2
$13.62
Beneath
• Amazon Business
$6.29
2
$12.58
Soar
• Amazon Business
$5.42
2
$10.84
Book Scavenger (The Book Scavenger series)
• Amazon Business
$4.83
2
$9.66
What Elephants Know
• Amazon Business
$4.51
2
$9.02
Fuzzy Mud
• Amazon Business
$3.38
2
$6.76
Materials cost
$1,027.86
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$15.42
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$1,073.28
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$189.40
Total project goal
$1,262.68
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$1,262.68
2 Donors
-$631.34
Donations toward project cost
-$536.64
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$94.70
match offer
-$631.34
Match offer toward project cost
-$536.64
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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