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Ms. Castillo from Richmond, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bilingual Books for Biliteracy!

Help me give my students their culture and language represented through books! Along with some literacy resources to get them to make connections with English and Spanish.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Castillo's classroom raised $914

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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

Providing my students with picture books that aid the content they are already learning will help bridge the language gap they are facing in schools. Using visual supports, structured writing and reading activities to scaffold their learning will aid in their ability to make connections between both languages. The books will provide exposure and examples of English vocabulary they need to learn while also using their native language to activate prior knowledge they already have! My kindergarteners deserve to see their native language as a super power that will help them in many other areas of life.

Ms. Castillo G.H. Reid Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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
Achieve It! Dual Language Books Variety Pack, English and Spanish, Grade PreK to K, Set of 10 - Grades PreK-K - Toddler • School Specialty $152.24 1 $152.24
26 Packs LCD Writing Tablet, 8.5INCH Doodle Board for Kids, Erasable Kids Drawing Pad, Electronic Drawing Writing Board for Kids Adults Learning & Education, (Black+White) • Amazon Business $62.99 1 $62.99
Learning Resources El Centro de las Silabas (Spanish Syllables) Pocket Chart (LER2573) • Quill.com $29.59 1 $29.59
PELTEFLU Voice Recording Button, 30 Second Record Button for Dog Pet Interactivity, Gift for Friend, Family,10 Color Have Coffee and White • Amazon Business $25.97 1 $25.97
12 Colorful Spanish Educational Posters For Toddlers Spanish Posters For Classroom - Spanish Preschool Posters In Spanish Classroom Decorations, Classroom Decor Spanish Alphabet For Classroom Wall • Amazon Business $24.49 1 $24.49
Little Folk Visuals Wally the Weather Dog Felt Set • Kaplan Early Learning Company $22.46 1 $22.46
Mantra Lingua The Little Red Hen and the Grains of Wheat, Spanish and English Bilingual Book - Preschool-Early Childhood - Toddler • School Specialty $21.97 1 $21.97
Vámonos: Mexican Folk Art Transport in English and Spanish (First Concepts in Mexican Folk Art) (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
A+ Assets Reading Whisper Phones - Bulk 24-pc Classroom Pack - Reading Aid for Fluency, Phonics, and Speech Therapy • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Scholastic? English-Spanish Photo Word Wall Bulletin Board Set, 43/Set (SC-834487) • Quill.com $18.49 1 $18.49
AZDVZD 8 Inch Table Spinning Wheel,Double-Sided 8/16 Slot Color Prize Wheel,Dry Erase Spin Wheel for Fortune Spinning Game,Trade Show, Holiday Activities,Party Pub,Home Education • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Family Poems for Every Day of the Week: Poemas familiares para cada día de la semana (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $17.12 1 $17.12
Pastel para enemigos (Enemy Pie Spanish language edition): (Spanish Books for Kids, Friendship Book for Children) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
Yefferson, Actually / En realidad, es Yefferson (Lil' Libros) (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.67 1 $15.67
Kid del Toro (Lil' Libros) (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.47 1 $15.47
English-Spanish First Little Readers: Guided Reading Level A (Parent Pack): 25 Bilingual Books That are Just the Right Level for Beginning Readers • Amazon Business $15.39 1 $15.39
Luna oscura (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
My Mind is a Mountain / Mi mente es una montaña (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.25 1 $13.25
El Libro de la Amistad. FRIENDS. A Spanish-English bilingual book: Cómo hacer amigos y ser un buen amigo. How to make friends and be a friend. (Spanish-English dual language books) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Carlota Shares her Secret/Carlota Cuenta su Secreto (Lil' Libros) (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.50 1 $12.50
My Town/Mi Pueblo (Bilingual English-Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.22 1 $12.22
Super Torta! (Lil' Libros) (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Día de Muertos: Números: A Day of the Dead Counting Book • Amazon Business $10.27 1 $10.27
My Colors, My World / Mis colores, mi mundo (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.06 1 $9.06
On Sunday the Wind Came / En domingo vino el viento: Babl Children's Books in Spanish and English • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Just In Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Color Box / La caja de color: Babl Children's Books in Spanish and English • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Wepa: English & Spanish (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.79 1 $7.79
Chica Chica Bum Bum ABC (Chicka Chicka ABC) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.43 1 $7.43
Lejos / Far • Amazon Business $7.43 1 $7.43
La tortuga y la liebre - Libro en espanol (The Tortoise and the Hare - Spanish Edition) (Literary Text) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
Read! Explore! Imagine! Fiction Readers - El raton de la ciudad y el raton del campo - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
El Coleccionista de Palabras (The Word Collector) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.28 1 $6.28
Lugares En Mi Comunidad/ Places in My Community - Un Dia En El Museo Para Ninos (a Day at the Children's Museum) - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.02 1 $6.02
Mr. Pen- Guided Reading Strips, 18 Pack, Yellow, Highlighter Strips, Bookmarks for Kids, Highlight Strips for Books, Reading Trackers for Kids, Highlighter Strips for Reading, Book Highlighter Strips • Amazon Business $5.84 1 $5.84
Storytelling Math - ?Essie! ?Otra vez? / Again, Essie? - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Mango, Abuela, and Me - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Vamos a jugar (Let's Play, Spanish-English Bilingual Edition) - Board Book • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Perro grande... Perro pequeño / Big Dog... Little Dog (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $5.39 1 $5.39
Cerca / Close • Amazon Business $5.24 1 $5.24
Un caso grave de rayas (A Bad Case of Stripes) - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Keepsake Stories - dual language - The Three Little Pigs: Los tres cerditos (Keepsake Stories) - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91

Materials cost

$718.03

Vendor shipping charges

 $17.42

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$776.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$136.98

Total project goal

$913.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $913.20

1 Donor

-$913.20

Donations toward project cost

-$776.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$136.98

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