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Ms. Taylor from San Francisco, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Home Language Books

My students need a variety of age appropriate, relevant, exciting books to be able to read in their home languages.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Taylor's classroom raised $895

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 have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." Jorge Luis Borges

I am a teacher librarian at a vibrant and wonderful middle school.

The school is considered "low performing" with students "at-risk" according to standardized test scores and city housing data. If one was to look beyond the data, he/she would see a great school filled with kids that meditate twice a day, bird watch, golf, and love to play music. It is a joyous place despite a horrible reputation. The school has a very large (the largest in any middle school in the district) newcomer pathway. This pathway consists mainly of students from a variety of Central American countries, Mexico, China and Vietnam. They trickle in all everyday throughout the year. The students love the library and come in at lunch to play board games, participate in the clubs and want to read.

My Project

Studies have shown that students who maintain literacy in their home language will have an easier time with being fluent in English. It is important to have a collection in the library that focuses on English Language Development and a collection in the students' home languages. This way they can read books in English at their level and learn vocabulary and the structure of English while continuing to learn about plot, voice, narration, and ideas when reading in their home language. Currently the students come in every other Wednesday to check out books. I only have a few books in their languages and they want to read the Hunger Games in Spanish or Diary of a Wimpy Kid in Chinese. I hope to increase the collections so all students can check out books twice a month.

A collection of interesting and relevant books in a variety of languages will help students to become literate in both English and their native language.

The newcomers will learn to use the school library to not only check out books but will feel welcome to come back to do homework and research. If they can be readers, no matter the language, it will be a skill and a joy for the rest of their lives. I do not want their reading to end with their coming to the USA but a new chapter.

Ms. Taylor Visitacion Valley Middle School Grades 6-8

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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

180 students impacted 12donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Me llamo María Isabel • Amazon $4.49 6 $26.94
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (in Simplified Chinese) • Amazon $22.45 1 $22.45
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Simplified Chinese Text) (Chinese Edition) • Amazon $17.96 1 $17.96
Journal D'Un Degonfle T2. Rodrick Fait Sa Loi (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) (French Edition) • Amazon $31.46 1 $31.46
Journal D'Un Degonfle T4. Ca Fait Suer! (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) (French Edition) • Amazon $29.66 1 $29.66
The Hunger Games (Chinese Edition) • Amazon $26.90 1 $26.90
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Simplified Chinese Characters) • Amazon $12.56 1 $12.56
Add Insult to Injury - Diary of a Wimpy Kid - 12 (Chinese Edition) • Amazon $9.89 1 $9.89
La maldicion del Titan / The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson y Los Dioses del Olimpo) (Spanish Edition) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
Hush, Hush (Sin Limites) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $16.86 1 $16.86
Crescendo (Hush, Hush 2a parte) (Hush, Hush Saga) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $16.79 1 $16.79
Y las montañas hablaron (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $16.55 1 $16.55
Finale. Hush Hush 4 (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $16.53 1 $16.53
En llamas / Catching Fire (Hunger Games) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $15.43 1 $15.43
Maravilloso desastre (Beautiful Disaster) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $15.11 1 $15.11
Bajo La Misma Estrella (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $14.52 1 $14.52
Cometas en el cielo / The Kite Runner (Letras de Bolsillo) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $14.32 1 $14.32
Divergente (Divergent Trilogy) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $13.90 1 $13.90
Los juegos del hambre / The Hunger Games (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $13.33 1 $13.33
Sinsajo / Mockingjay (Hunger Games) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $13.19 1 $13.19
Century of the Wind: Memory of Fire, Volume 3 • Amazon $13.00 1 $13.00
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Simplified Chinese Characters) • Amazon $12.87 1 $12.87
Mil soles esplendidos • Amazon $12.49 1 $12.49
La Leccion De August (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $11.70 1 $11.70
Faces and Masks: Memory of Fire, Volume 2 (Memory of Fire Trilogy) • Amazon $11.54 1 $11.54
Diario de Greg (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $11.41 1 $11.41
Esto es el colmo / The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $11.33 1 $11.33
The Hunger Games (Chinese Edition) • Amazon $11.32 1 $11.32
Diario de Greg 5. La Horrible Realidad (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $11.20 1 $11.20
La Ley de Rodrick (Diario de Greg 2) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $11.19 1 $11.19
Nate el grande ataca de nuevo / Big Nate Strikes Again (Big Nate (Spanish)) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $11.19 1 $11.19
Nate El Grande: Unico en su clase / Big Nate: In A Class By Himself (Big Nate (Spanish)) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $11.19 1 $11.19
Nante el grande sobre ruedas 3 (Spanish Edition) (Nate El Grande/ Big Nate) • Amazon $11.19 1 $11.19
El nino con el pijama de rayas/ The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Letras De Bolsillo/ Pocket Letters) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $10.85 1 $10.85
Twilight: Eclipse (Chinese Edition) • Amazon $10.76 1 $10.76
Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) (Chinese Edition) • Amazon $10.47 1 $10.47
Genesis: Memory of Fire, Volume 1 • Amazon $10.01 1 $10.01
Interesting Things in Grade Two - Wimpy Kid (Chinese Edition) • Amazon $9.89 1 $9.89
Diary of A Wimpy Kid 3-Good Boys Don't Lie (Chinese Edition) • Amazon $9.64 1 $9.64
Diary of A Wimpy Kid 9-Mom is not Home (Chinese Edition) • Amazon $9.60 1 $9.60
La ladrona de libros (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $9.50 1 $9.50
Charlie y la fabrica de chocolate (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) (Alfaguara) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $9.35 1 $9.35
El Mar De Los Monstruos / The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson y Los Dioses del Olimpo) (Spanish Edition) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
El ultimo heroe del Olimpo / The last hero of Olympus (Percy Jackson Y Los Dioses Del Olimpo) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
El ladron del rayo / The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson Y Los Dioses Del Olimpo/ Percy Jackson and the Olympians) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
La batalla del laberinto / The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
Twilight (Simplified Chinese Edition) • Amazon $8.96 1 $8.96
Diary of A Wimpy Kid 6-Scary Artillery School (Chinese Edition) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
The Fault in Our Stars • Amazon $7.00 1 $7.00
Looking for Alaska • Amazon $5.62 1 $5.62

Materials cost

$659.76

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $60.37

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$760.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$134.12

Total project goal

$894.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $894.15

7 Donors

-$894.15

Donations toward project cost

-$760.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$134.12

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