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Mrs. Serrano from El Cajon, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Becoming Bilingual Readers

Help me give my students a selection of classic stories in their native language.

  • $613 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 Project

No matter what language, reading is important because it helps to expand a student's knowledge and understanding of the world. When students are given opportunities to read, they translate the descriptions of people, places, and things and log them into their brains as mental images. Books can transport students into new worlds and introduce them to amazing people who live exciting lives.

Reading to my students will give them the opportunity to read and be read to in their native language, while at the same time learning vocabulary and sentence structure in the second language.

The books I am looking to get funded will provide just that. "Bridge to Terabithia" is a classic that will never go out of style. A beautiful story of friendship, imagination, and loss that my fifth graders can't leave elementary school without having read this novel. The second book, "Esperanza Rising" is another great novel with a multicultural lens and is beautifully told with many great opportunities to explore sensory details and other aspects of the writer's craft in my student's native language. Soñadores and Loteria are other books I want to add to my classroom library and create interactive lessons around these books and include them at the start of the school year. With these new additions to my classroom, I am hoping my reluctant readers will take to the stories and characters depicted in each book and encourage them to read more as they move on to middle school.

Mrs. Serrano Lexington Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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El Cajon, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

35 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Esperanza Renace (Esperanza Rising) (Scholastic Gold) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.39 35 $223.65
Bridge to Terabithia • AKJ Education $5.83 35 $204.05
Soñadores (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.50 1 $8.50
Playing Loteria /El juego de la loteria (Bilingual) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95

Materials cost

$443.15

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $40.55

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$520.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.83

Total project goal

$612.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $612.18

3 Donors

-$356.88

Donations toward project cost

-$348.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.23

match offer

-$202.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$171.70

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.30

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$53.30

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 $0.00

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