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Mrs. Jimenez, Arlene from San Diego, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Culturally Responsive Books

Help me give my students authentic books in Spanish! We are looking for rich, culturally responsive books that were originally written in Spanish.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Jimenez, Arlene's classroom raised $890

This project is fully funded

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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 Students

I teach a group of very active fifth graders. They love to dance, play video games, listen to music, and engage in math and reading games online. I love that my students have grown to respect each other and feel compassion as a class. I encourage my students to be life-long learners and avid readers.

My classroom is a dual language immersion class with a 50/50 model in English and Spanish.

My classroom will have to include both an English and a Spanish library. My students will be reading in both languages equally, but we struggle to find authentic books in Spanish.

My Project

My students are all second language learners, some learning English, some learning Spanish as a second language. They need culturally responsive books in our classroom library. This set provides authentic books in Spanish from all over the world. These are not translations! The set of books will provide my students with a wide variety of views from all over the world in which Spanish is the first language. We really need culturally rich books to spark their love for Spanish and their love for reading. We will use these books in the classroom as well as for home reading. We are currently in "hybrid" model, where students have access to school and will also work remotely from home. This will be a great opportunity to share culturally diverse books with families and our community.

Mrs. Jimenez, Arlene Golden Hill K-8 School Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

58 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Classroom Library 5th Grade • BOOKSDELSUR $619.80 1 $619.80

Materials cost

$619.80

Vendor shipping charges

$40.00

Sales tax

$56.71

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$755.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$133.38

Total project goal

$889.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$889.19

7 Donors

-$781.19

Donations toward project cost

-$664.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$117.18

Matching donations from our partners

-$108.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$91.80

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.20

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$0.00

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