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Ms. Rodriguez from Oklahoma City OK is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Resources for Our Spanish Speaking Students/Families

Help me give my students a printer, bilingual books and resources to allow them to be active participants in class and also reflect their culture and language.

  • $1,046 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! 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

I teach hardworking, resilient, English Language Learner students in a Title I-funded, low-income community in Oklahoma City. We are a diverse community with many different educational needs.

The students come to school eager to learn new things.

My students work on four key WIDA domains of listening, speaking, reading, and writing during their time in the program. To help facilitate better learning opportunities and more intentional language acquisition, I try to provide an environment where they can have fun learning, take chances, and see themselves progressing with the English language. In my classroom, we celebrate each other's achievements (big and small)!

My Project

When children first come to school they come with a lot of knowledge from home. Sometimes that is coming to school only speaking their home language. Our students' diversity is very important to us. We love celebrating each other and our differences. Our classroom library is packed with English books, but we lack books in Spanish. I want to also bring books into my library that represent their home language and culture. Many parents in our school community are eager to read with their children, but are unable to because of the lack of books in both English and in Spanish.

When building a classroom library, you always want to make sure that the children in your class see themselves in books.

My goal is to provide my students with books that they can read in their home language. Many of my newcomer students struggle in reading in their homeroom class because they are given a book in English and are expected to know what is happening in the story. Giving them a copy of "The Tale of Despereaux”, "Smile!", or other books in Spanish will allow them to be more successful in completing assignments that go with the book.

Virtual school and COVID has took a huge toll on my ELL students. They’re the silent ones in their class and the invisible ones online. Most of them are further behind their classmates. My newcomers are struggling trying to learn what they missed last year and what they have to learn this year. That’s why I am requesting a colored printer so that I can print off resources for them in color and bilingual books so that they can read by themselves and/or with their family.

Ms. Rodriguez
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
HP Officejet Pro 9015e All-in-One - multifunction printer - color - HP Instant Ink eligible • Best Buy Education $220.74 1 $220.74
Hammermill Printer Paper, 20 Lb Copy Paper, 8.5 x 11 - 8 Ream (4,000 Sheets) - 92 Bright, Made in the USA • Amazon Business $33.19 1 $33.19
Lucero (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $16.89 1 $16.89
Hermanas (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $16.07 1 $16.07
Nelson Mandela (Spanish Edition) • AKJ Education $16.05 1 $16.05
Wpxmer 120 Pcs Kraft Paper Blank Cardstock Bookmarks, Paper Bookmarks with 100 Pieces Colorful Tassels for DIY Classroom Projects and Gifts Tags • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Are You My Mother?/¿Eres tú mi mamá? (Bilingual Edition) (The Cat in the Hat Beginner Books / Yo Puedo Leerlo Solo) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.98 1 $13.98
Sonia Sotomayor A Judge Grows in the Bronx (La juez que creció en el Bronx) • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Isabel and her Colores Go to School (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.58 1 $13.58
El día en que descubres quién eres (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Hombre Perro: Cumbres maternales (Dog Man: Mothering Heights) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Hombre Perro: Por quién rueda la pelota (Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls ) (7) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
El Club de Cómics de Supergatito (Cat Kid Comic Club) (Captain Underpants) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Agallas (Guts) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
The Cat in the Hat/El Gato Ensombrerado (The Cat in the Hat Spanish Edition): Bilingual Edition (Classic Seuss) • Amazon Business $12.60 1 $12.60
Hombre Perro: Churre y castigo (Dog Man: Grime and Punishment) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
La luz de Lucía (Lucy's Light) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Hombre Perro: Atrapa 22 (8) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
¡Sonríe! (Smile!) • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
Wonder: La lección de August / Wonder (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
Milo imagina el mundo (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.60 1 $10.60
Rudas: Niño's Horrendous Hermanitas • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Huevos verdes con jamón (Green Eggs and Ham Spanish Edition) (Beginner Books(R)) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Hombre Perro (Dog Man) (1) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Wonder: La historia de Julián / The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Julián Is a Mermaid • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Gracias a Winn-Dixie (Because Of Winn-Dixie) • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Dragones y tacos 2: La continuación (Dragones y Tacos / Dragons Love Tacos) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Ladder to the Moon • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Despereaux (The Tale Of Despereaux) • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Charlie y la fábrica de chocolate (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) • AKJ Education $8.72 1 $8.72
James y el melocotón gigante (James And The Giant Peach) • AKJ Education $8.72 1 $8.72
¿Quién fue Franklin Roosevelt? (Who Was Franklin Roosevelt?) • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
¿Quién fue Rosa Parks? (Who Was Rosa Parks?) • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Stela Luna (Stellaluna) • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Fantasmas (Dreams) • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
¿Quién es Malala Yousafzai? (Who Is Malala Yousafzai?) • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Matilda (Colección Roald Dahl) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Mi diario de aquí hasta allá (My Diary From Here To There) • AKJ Education $7.99 1 $7.99
Little Night/Nochecita • 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
Dragones y tacos (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.57 1 $7.57
David va a la escuela (David Goes to School) (David Books) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Hombre Perro: Historia de dos gatitos (Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties) (3) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Abuela (Grandmother) • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Hombre Perro y Supergatito (Dog Man and Cat Kid) (4) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.96 1 $5.96
Sílbale a Willie (Whistle For Willie) • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
¿Ha visto a mi gata? (Have You Seen My Cat?) • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Judy Moody va a la universidad (Judy Moody Goes To College) • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
Medianoche en la Luna (Midnight On The Moon) • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
La noche de los ninjas (Night Of The Ninjas) • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
¡Corre, perro, corre! (Go Dog, Go) • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Dinosaurios al atardecer (Dinosaurs Before Dark) • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
El Capitán Calzoncillos y la asquerosa venganza de los Robocalzones Radioactivos (Spanish Edition) • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
El Capitán Calzoncillos y el diabólico desquite del Inodoro Turbotrón 2000 (Spanish Edition) • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Hola, Hombre Mosca (Hi, Fly Guy) • AKJ Education $3.59 1 $3.59
El príncipe Hombre Mosca (Prince Fly Guy) • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
Hay un Hombre Mosca en mi sopa (Hombre Mosca #12) • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
Hombre Mosca y Frankenmosca (Fly Guy and the Frankenfly) • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
Hombre Mosca presenta: Dinosaurios (Lector de Scholastic, Nivel 2) (Spanish Edition) • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91

Materials cost

$777.33

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $63.35

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$888.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$156.77

Total project goal

$1,045.11

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,045.11

1 Donor

-$522.56

Donations toward project cost

-$444.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$78.38

match offer

-$522.54

Match offer toward project cost

-$444.16

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$78.38

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