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Mrs. Rojas from Clayton NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bridging the Language Gap One Book at a Time!

My students need books that they can read, understand, and enjoy!

  • $490 goal

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My Students

I have a very special group of diverse students from different backgrounds, and very different reading levels. My students are English Learners in their first through third year in U.S. schools. They come from around the world and encounter a new culture, a new language, and a new set of rules. English learners come with the eagerness to learn, but encounter difficulties when appropriate reading leveled books of high interest are not available for them.

I want to encourage my kids to love reading, but this is only possible with books they can relate with.

I want them to have books that they want to read, and that they can read. I want to promote the love of reading in my students, and I want them to know that reading is the gateway to magical worlds, and infinite knowledge. My students would love to read about people that have made a difference in the world, about different cultures, and about fun adventures. Many of my students don't have books at home, and I want them to have options that are valuable to them.

My Project

English learners at the middle school level often find it difficult to find engaging books at their reading level. Many newcomers arrive at our schools without the knowledge of the English alphabet or without knowing how to read. Often times when they are asked if they like to read, they answer negatively, but when they are given the right book, they enjoy it, and are excited to tell us about it.

I want my kids to love reading!

In order to do that, they need to find a book they are able to read. Having different options, whether they are picture books, graphic novels or low readability books, English learners will be able to engage with books they find relatable, appealing, and reachable.

Having a classroom library with these types of books will give my English learners a confidence boost, because they will have a variety of books to choose from, and they will be capable of interacting with them. They will feel successful and empowered to pick another book and read it!

Mrs. Rojas
Grades 6-8

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Madness • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
Take What You Can Carry • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $14.53 1 $14.53
Crenshaw • Amazon Business $13.74 1 $13.74
The Storm in the Barn • Amazon Business $12.68 1 $12.68
Echo • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $11.76 1 $11.76
Pax • Amazon Business $11.21 1 $11.21
Beautiful: A Girl's Trip Through the Looking Glass • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Girl Who Drank the Moon • Amazon Business $10.54 1 $10.54
The Day It Snowed Tortillas / El Dia Que Nevaron Tortillas, Folktales told in Spanish and English • Amazon Business $10.09 1 $10.09
A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $9.75 1 $9.75
The Man With the Violin • Amazon Business $8.96 1 $8.96
If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom • Amazon Business $7.92 1 $7.92
American Born Chinese • Amazon Business $7.76 1 $7.76
Explorer (The Mystery Boxes #1) • Amazon Business $7.44 1 $7.44
Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja 2: Pirate Invasion • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The War That Saved My Life • Amazon Business $6.84 1 $6.84
The One and Only Ivan • Amazon Business $6.78 1 $6.78
Anya's Ghost • Amazon Business $6.70 1 $6.70
Stories from Mexico/Historias de Mexico (Side by Side Bilingual Books) (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.62 1 $6.62
Awkward • Amazon Business $6.12 1 $6.12
Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Frida Kahlo? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Nelson Mandela? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Cat in the Hat in English and French (Le Chat Au Chapeau) • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
The Story Of Ruby Bridges: Special Anniversary Edition • Amazon Business $5.53 1 $5.53
Where Is the Great Barrier Reef? • Amazon Business $5.39 1 $5.39
Where Is the White House? • Amazon Business $5.05 1 $5.05
Who Was Anne Frank? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Abraham Lincoln? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
What Was the Lewis and Clark Expedition? • Amazon Business $4.70 1 $4.70
Who Was Susan B. Anthony? • Amazon Business $4.62 1 $4.62
Who Is Malala Yousafzai? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.61 1 $4.61
Who Was Rosa Parks? • Amazon Business $4.60 1 $4.60
What Was the Underground Railroad? • Amazon Business $4.57 1 $4.57
What Was the Great Depression? • Amazon Business $4.54 1 $4.54
Who Was Isaac Newton? • Amazon Business $4.39 1 $4.39
Where Is the Great Wall? • Amazon Business $4.27 1 $4.27
Who Was Blackbeard? • Amazon Business $4.21 1 $4.21
Barn Storm (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Was George Washington? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
¿Qué día es hoy?/What Day Is It? (Green Light Readers Level 1) (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $3.95 1 $3.95
Who Was Dr. Seuss? • Amazon Business $3.85 1 $3.85
What Is the Declaration of Independence? (What Was?) • Amazon Business $3.70 1 $3.70
Where Is the Amazon? • Amazon Business $3.56 1 $3.56

Materials cost

$353.05

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $27.54

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$415.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.39

Total project goal

$489.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $489.28

3 Donors

-$215.44

Donations toward project cost

-$207.94

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

match offer

-$244.65

Match offer toward project cost

-$207.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.70

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$29.20

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