You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Ms. Footman from Rancho Cordova CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Colorful Language Acquisition

My students need dictionaries and colored pencils to enhance their daily acquisition of English!

  • $618 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I have a class with Spanish and Farsi ELL. My students are from Afghanistan! Many of them have never had an opportunity to go to school because of the wars and turmoil of the country.

They have arrived knowing nothing about the English language, and at 3rd grade; approaching the closure of phonics development.

They enjoy learning about cultural things (like leprechaun traps) and strange American idiomatic expressions!

They ask questions and are absorbing English sounds and letters rapidly! Listening to them giggle as they engage with their peers on this journey of language acquisition makes the day enjoyable!

My Project

My students are curious and eager to learn English! They work hard to pronounce words and sounds that are foreign to their ears. They are eager to speak correctly and giggle alot when trying to share their language and culture with their peers. Having content resources in the natives language of my students would enhance the academic experience for everyone!

Building their Academic Content Language using Oxford Content Dictionaries and English Farsi/Spanish dictionaries will allow my students to engage easier with their peers and teacher; accessing the daily vocabulary that is used in the school.

Students use Crayola colored pencils to code English grammar parts for easier identification; they draw and label using colored pencils during Guided Language Acquisition Development activities.

Ms. Footman
Grades 3-5

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. Footman is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Children English/Farsi Dictionary A to Z • Amazon Business $36.83 4 $147.32
Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas English/Spanish • AKJ Education $23.57 4 $94.28
Oxford Picture Dictionary Content Area for Kids English Dictionary (Oxford Picture Dictionary Content Areas for Kids) • Amazon Business $23.29 4 $93.16
Crayola 688462 Ct Colored Pencil Classpack ,14 Assorted Colors (68-8462) • Amazon Business $55.32 1 $55.32
Oxford Picture Dictionary English-Farsi: Bilingual Dictionary for Farsi speaking teenage and adult students of English (Oxford Picture Dictionary 2E) • Amazon Business $19.95 2 $39.90
Oxford Picture Dictionary Content Area for Kids Workbook (Oxford Picture Dictionary Content Areas for Kids) • Amazon Business $17.00 1 $17.00

Materials cost

$446.98

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$40.90

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$524.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$92.57

Total project goal

$617.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$617.15

8 Donors

-$582.45

Donations toward project cost

-$503.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$79.12

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.70

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Support your local school!

Donate directly to any school in the US. Your donation will go towards directly purchasing urgent supplies.

Find a local school

Project Activity

{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"Rancho Cordova","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[5273498],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"CA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":2,"name":"Elementary School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":3314384,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/colorful-language-acquisition/3314384/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":true,"numStudents":30,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Footman","isEquityFocus":true,"authorIds":{"5273498":{"owner":"Ms. Footman","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[3314384],"proposalHash":"1258878274","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-5_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":21159758,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["NDUyMTA1OA==","NTQzNDA1MA==","MjkyNzg2NQ==","NDQ3ODkyMw==","NTAyOTY4NA==","MzE1ODEyOA==","NDI5MzA1Mw==","NTI3NDg4Nw==","NTQyMDEyNg=="],"teacherId":5273498,"schoolCounty":"Sacramento","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"CA","name":"California"}}