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

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Mrs. Medrano's classroom raised $496

Building Language and Literacy for Multilingual Learners

Help me give my students engaging, language-rich books that build vocabulary, strengthen comprehension, and develop confidence in speaking and understanding English.

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Mrs. Medrano Elmhurst Elementary School
Greenville, NC Grades 3-5

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

As an EML teacher, I have the privilege of watching my multilingual learners find their voices in a new language. My students come to me with a wide range of English language abilities. Some are beginning to understand their first words and phrases, while others are learning to express increasingly complex ideas. I love watching a student make a connection between a picture and a new word, take a chance using an unfamiliar phrase, or light up when they realize they understood a story in English. Every new word gives them another way to understand, participate, and share what they know.

I want my students to discover that books can be a place where new words make sense, conversations begin, and their own voices grow stronger and these books will help me create engaging read-aloud experiences where students can learn new vocabulary naturally through stories, illustrations, conversation, and repeated exposure.

As we read together, my students will have opportunities to predict, retell, ask questions, make connections, discuss characters, and practice using new language with their classmates.

Because my students range from kindergarten through fifth grade, they need books that welcome them into learning at many different levels. A thoughtfully selected collection of picture books, wordless books, and language-rich stories will allow me to meet students where they are while continually helping them grow.

My goal is to build more than a collection of books. I want to create a space filled with language, conversation, curiosity, and the joy of reading together. Most of all, I want my multilingual learners to know their ideas are worth sharing and to develop the language and confidence to share them.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

100 students impacted 9 donors
Mrs. Medrano Elmhurst Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Greenville, NC View local requests

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

100 students impacted 9donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pete the Cat®: I Love My White Shoes Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $18.99 1 $18.99
Last Stop on Market Street (hardcover picture book); Award Winning Caldecott Honor Book • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
The Relatives Came • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Those Shoes (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $15.04 1 $15.04
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
Wemberly Worried - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
The Most Magnificent Thing - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Caldecott Medal Book - Tuesday - Reinforced Book • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Pancakes for Breakfast - Reinforced Book • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs - Reinforced Book • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
BCCB Blue Ribbon Picture Book Awards (Awards) - Dreamers - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
An I Can Read Book - Frog and Toad Together - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Word Collector - Reinforced Book • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $12.76 1 $12.76
The Very Impatient Caterpillar (A Very Impatient Caterpillar Book) • Amazon Business $12.39 1 $12.39
Flotsam • Amazon Business $12.01 1 $12.01
A Bad Case of Stripes • Amazon Business $11.47 1 $11.47
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble • Amazon Business $11.17 1 $11.17
Too Many Tamales • Amazon Business $10.51 1 $10.51
After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) • Amazon Business $9.56 1 $9.56
Owl Moon • Amazon Business $8.65 1 $8.65
Alma and How She Got Her Name: (A Heartwarming Story About Family History and the Meaning of Names - For Kids Ages 3-8) • Amazon Business $8.50 1 $8.50
The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
A Spoon for Every Bite / Una cuchara para cada bocado (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.96 1 $7.96
The Gruffalo • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Strega Nona • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Mitten • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Mango, Abuela, and Me - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog - A Boy, a Dog, a Frog, and a Friend - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10

Materials cost

$357.84

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $27.91

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$421.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.32

Total project goal

$495.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $495.44

6 Donors

-$227.06

Donations toward project cost

-$214.31

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.75

Matching donations from our partners

-$243.31

Match offers toward project cost

-$206.81

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$25.07

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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