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Mrs. Meza from San Jose, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Language is Power

My students need daily grammar, reading, phonics, vocabulary, and spelling activity cards. They also need 30 binders and 200 white board markers (a year's supply).

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Meza's classroom raised $769

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 Students

My students are second language learners. Many of them do not have books at home. They could benefit enormously with these language materials.

My students are from Hispanic backgrounds.

They are the children of immigrants who came to this country in search of a better future. Their parents are very supportive, but they do not have the economic resources to buy school materials. My students believe they could have a better future if they could attend college, and I am doing everything I can to support them.

My Project

With these language materials, my students will be able to practice everything related to the subject of language arts: reading comprehension, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and spelling. These materials include spelling, phonic, vocabulary, grammar, and reading comprehension cards, and language games such as the cause and effect match up activity. They also include writing practice such as daily paragraph editing, magnetic letters to practice spelling, binders to keep students' work organized, and dry erase markers to be used with small white boards. These listed last are almost indispensable since students' engagement is very high when they use their small white boards during different language lessons. We have a readers' workshop every day, and students read books at their level, write, and do independent activities while working cooperatively in small groups. With these materials my students will have the opportunity to engage in meaningful learning.

I truly believe that language is power.

This is the reason I gave this name to my project. My students need to master different language skills because each of these represents one step closer to their dream: college.

Mrs. Meza Galarza Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

San Jose, CA View local requests

More than half 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

28 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
AA853 - Literacy Centers Management Chart • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
FF752 - Wrap-Around Language Games - Gr. 3-4 • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
JJ698 - Write & Publish Activity Center • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
CV207 - Daily Paragraph Editing Practice - Gr. 4 • Lakeshore Learning $21.99 1 $21.99
DD242 - Cause & Effect Match-Up Activity • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 1 $12.95
DG327 - Take It to Your Seat Literacy Centers - Gr. 3-4 • Lakeshore Learning $24.99 1 $24.99
RR895BU - Magnetic Activity Board - Blue • Lakeshore Learning $14.95 1 $14.95
DD292 - Quick-Pick Vocabulary Activity Cards • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 1 $12.95
DD293 - Quick-Pick Reading Comprehension Activity Cards • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 1 $12.95
DD295 - Quick-Pick Grammar & Usage Activity Cards • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 1 $12.95
DD291 - Quick-Pick Phonics Activity Cards • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 1 $12.95
DD294 - Quick-Pick Spelling & Word Study Activity Cards • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 1 $12.95
JJ187 - Binders - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning $19.95 5 $99.75
DD108 - Write & Wipe Markers - Broad-Tip - 8-Color Set • Lakeshore Learning $8.99 25 $224.75

Materials cost

$558.98

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$51.15

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$653.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$115.33

Total project goal

$768.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$768.84

1 Donor

-$768.84

Donations toward project cost

-$653.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$115.33

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$0.00

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