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Ms. Maestra Lara from Sonoma, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Motivation to Read

Help me give my students books at a lower reading level to help them access good books in Spanish. With good reading material, students will be more motivated to read and thus improve in their reading levels.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Maestra Lara's classroom raised $775

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 Project

My students this year have lower reading levels in Spanish than previous years. They don't all have a love of reading and in order to improve their reading skills, they need books that they are excited to read. My students are very capable and just need practice. This group had both COVID to deal with as well as a difficult learning year in 4th grade. I want to help them get excited with new titles and books that will be exciting for them at a 2nd and 3rd grade reading level. These books will help my students build their reading levels in Spanish.

Ms. Maestra Lara Flowery 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.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Felice y La Llorona / Felice and the Wailing Woman (LOS MONSTRUOS) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.95 4 $51.80
Leñadoras. Todas a una / Lumberjanes Band Together (LUMBERJANES GRAPHIC NOVELS) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $21.95 2 $43.90
Stink y el ataque del moho limoso / Stink and the Attack of the Slime Mold (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.95 4 $43.80
Stink superhéroe del sistema solar/ Stink: Solar System Superhero (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.95 4 $43.80
Mercy Watson al rescate (Mercy Watson, 1) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.99 4 $39.96
Mercy Watson contra el delito (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.99 4 $39.96
El único e incomparable Iván (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.29 3 $39.87
Manos que bailan (Dancing Hands): Cómo Teresa Carreño tocó el piano para el presidente Lincoln (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.54 4 $34.16
La maravillosa medicina de Jorge / George's Marvelous Medicine (Colección Roald Dahl) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.95 3 $32.85
El único e incomparable Bob (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.79 3 $32.37
Yo, Naomi Leon (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 4 $27.96
Dragones y malvaviscos: Zoé y Sasafrás #1 (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 4 $27.96
Monstruos y moho: Zoé y Sasafrás #2 (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.57 4 $26.28
Yasmin la exploradora (Yasmin en español) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.95 4 $23.80
Mi héroe del fútbol: Cristiano Ronaldo: Aprenda todo sobre su estrella de fútbol favorita (My Football Hero - Football Biographies for Kids) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.78 3 $23.34
Sobreviví el naufragio del Titanic, 1912 (I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912) (1) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 3 $17.97
Sobreviví la gran inundación de melaza, 1919 (I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 3 $17.97

Materials cost

$567.75

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$51.95

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$658.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$116.16

Total project goal

$774.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$774.38

1 Donor

-$774.38

Donations toward project cost

-$658.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$116.16

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$0.00

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