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Ms. Birk from Beloit, WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Good Books, Strong Readers!

Help me give my students exciting Spanish books for them to enjoy and learn.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Birk's classroom raised $648

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students walk into my classroom excited and ready to learn. I teach PreK and Kindergarten Dual Language Immersion (DLI) Spanish. They are learning a new language whether it is English or Spanish. This is a new program that is half in Spanish and half in English. The students are a diverse group who are learning two languages.

I want my DLK students to have a great experience while learning Spanish language and culture.

My job is to help them achieve and be successful in school. I see them getting excited and more confident everyday.

My school is in a small city in Wisconsin. The students come from poverty-stricken, high absenteeism homes. Our school meets expectations according to the state and we have received 8 years of Wisconsin School of Recognition.

My Project

This is my first year teaching Dual Language Spanish so I need to build a strong Spanish library to encourage my students to use their new language. This exposure will expand their vocabulary and their excitement about learning Spanish.

Exciting, great books make students want to read more.

These books will help their social emotional learning by telling them how to react to different feelings. The fairy tales and nursery rhymes are subjects they hear at home and can relate to in school. Newer stories and old classics will expand their enjoyment of learning.

Ms. Birk Converse Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
GA329 - Learning to Get Along<sup>&reg;</sup> Bilingual Book Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $74.50 1 $74.50
RA258 - Spanish Board Book Collection • Lakeshore Learning Materials $64.50 1 $64.50
RA314 - Best Behavior<sup>&reg;</sup> Bilingual Board Book Collection • Lakeshore Learning Materials $53.50 1 $53.50
JJ934 - Spanish Emergent Readers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
JJ931 - Spanish Nonfiction Emergent Readers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
Constructive Playthings Bilingual Classic Children's Story Book Set, English and Spanish • Amazon Business $45.94 1 $45.94
Amor de pelo (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $16.35 1 $16.35
El día en que descubres quién eres (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
Señorita Mariposa • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
What Can You Do With a Paleta? / ¿Qué puedes hacer con una paleta? (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
La luz de Lucía (Lucy's Light) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
¿Puede Pedro el Puercoespín controlar su mal genio? (Zac y sus amigos) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
La amabilidad es mi Superpoder: un libro para niños sobre la empatía, el cariño y la solidaridad (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
El sueño de Chocolate (Chocolate's Dream) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
¡El Sr. Brown hace Muuu! ¿Podrías hacerlo tú? (Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? Spanish Edition) (Bright & Early Books(R)) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Está BIEN ser diferente: Un libro infantil ilustrado sobre la diversidad y la empatía (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
¡Diez manzanas en la cabeza! (Ten Apples Up on Top! Spanish Edition) (Beginner Books(R)) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Comiendo el Arcoíris - Eating the Rainbow: A Bilingual Spanish English Book for Learning Food and Colors (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
¡No dejes que la Paloma conduzca el autobus! (Pigeon) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Un Pez Dos Peces Pez Rojo Pez Azul (One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish Spanish Edition) (Beginner Books(R)) • Amazon Business $7.68 1 $7.68
Qué cosas dice mi abuela (The Things My Grandmother Says) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Mother Goose Rhymes | Las Rimas de Mamá Oca (Keepsake Stories, Bilingual) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Color & Learn Easy Spanish Phrases for Kids (Dover Little Activity Books) • Amazon Business $2.50 1 $2.50

Materials cost

$512.30

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$549.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$97.06

Total project goal

$647.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$647.04

2 Donors

-$323.52

Donations toward project cost

-$274.99

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.53

Matching donations from our partners

-$323.52

Match offers toward project cost

-$274.99

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.53

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$0.00

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