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Ms. Vazquez from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Embracing Young Readers

Help me give my students a variety of books to become better readers.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Vazquez's classroom raised $377

This project is fully funded

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

My students are great readers and looking for better ways to improve their reading skills. They are in need of more graphic novel books and book they can connect to.

Providing them with a variety of reading books will help them grow in their reading skills and engage in such a way they can succeed in their future.

My goal is for all the students to engage in all types of books and the one ones they enjoy reading. We are in need of more Spanish book for our newcomers or bilingual students, but also books students will enjoy reading and compare with other texts.

Ms. Vazquez Dawes Elementary School Grades 6-8

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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.

Chicago, IL 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

33 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Different: A Story of the Spanish Civil War (Stories from Latin America (SLA)) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
En Busca de la Entrada Secreta 2: Segunda parte del divertido libro de misterio y aventuras para niños de 7 a 12 años (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
Secret Agent 6th Grader: 3 Book Collection (Books 1-3) • Amazon Business $16.65 1 $16.65
Iveliz lo explica todo / Iveliz Explains It All (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
Ellen Outside the Lines • Amazon Business $14.19 1 $14.19
Adelante: Intermediate Spanish Stories for Middle School Students • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Las aventuras de Katana en Super Hero High / Katana at Super Hero High (DC Super Hero Girls) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
¡Esto es el colmo! / The Last Straw (Diario Del Wimpy Kid) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.51 1 $13.51
Un renacuajo / Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diario Del Wimpy Kid) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.42 1 $13.42
Take Back the Block • Amazon Business $12.83 1 $12.83
The Dare: Friends, Family, and Other Eerie Mysteries • Amazon Business $12.68 1 $12.68
Bridge to Terabithia • Quill.com $12.59 1 $12.59
The Eye of Ra • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Hannah Saves the World: Book 1: Middle Grade Mystery Fiction • Amazon Business $10.69 1 $10.69
Kid Youtuber 3: The Struggle is Real: From the Creator of Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
La periodista (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.00 1 $9.00
QUIJOTE Y YO: Somos Amigas (Novice Low "Aventuras" Septology) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Shadow Jumper: A mystery adventure book for children and teens aged 10-14 (A Shadow Jumper Mystery Adventure) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
QUIJOTE Y YO: Queremos Muchas Cosas (Novice Low "Aventuras" Septology) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Roger Tarkington and the Magic Calendar: Quest for Middle School Greatness • Amazon Business $7.61 1 $7.61
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One: The Lightning Thief • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Los tipos malos en el conejillo contraataca (The Bad Guys in the Furball Strikes Back) (3) (tipos malos, Los) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Map Skills for Today: Grade 6 • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $4.95 1 $4.95
Los Ping�inos (Penguins) • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64

Materials cost

$279.96

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.50

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$319.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.41

Total project goal

$376.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $376.07

3 Donors

-$300.06

Donations toward project cost

-$289.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.15

Matching donations from our partners

-$35.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$29.75

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$41.01

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 $0.00

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