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Mrs. Lizardo from Whittier CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Passions Through Pages

Help me give my students a passion for reading instead of dreading it!

  • $353 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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 7th and 8th grade special education students with varying disabilities. They are outgoing, hard working and they strive to be better.

Their disabilities make them different, but not less, their abilities to make people smile, encouraging others to do their best, and their perseverance to accomplish a task is what sets them apart from the rest.

The community is of Latin descent with most families being 1st generation and speaking primarily Spanish in the household. Most parents have to work two jobs to keep food on the table.

My Project

The majority of my students are reading at a 3rd to 4th grade level, but must be exposed to grade level reading material. When the reading material is dry and lacking real word scenarios I struggle to maintain my students attention. Providing them material that is relatable and truthful is the best way to get them to read at grade level.

Mexican WhiteBoy provides relatability to my Latino students that too often struggle with their identities as students of color.

Code Reader is a good supplement to the U.S. history we cover in 8th grade as the book skims over the sacrifices of Native Americans.

Mrs. Lizardo
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mexican WhiteBoy • Amazon Business $7.19 20 $143.80
Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two • Amazon Business $4.99 20 $99.80

Materials cost

$243.60

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$22.29

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$299.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.86

Total project goal

$352.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$352.40

4 Donors

-$352.40

Donations toward project cost

-$299.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.86

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$0.00

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