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Ms. Castrillon from Oakland, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Spanish Immersion Program In Oakland Needs Your Help!

My students need rich literature and CD read-alongs in order to attain our goal of Spanish language development and literacy skills.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Castrillon'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 Students

Inspiring children to read can be challenging without the right materials. Our students need rich literature full of language to inspire them to become independent readers.

This is our second year as a Spanish dual language school.

We have a first grade and kindergarten class in the dual language program. We also have a regular middle school program that will eventually be fazed out as the dual immersion program reaches the middle school level. We are an inner city school in Oakland serving students from diverse backgrounds and needs.

My Project

I am asking for books that will be used for read-alouds, guided reading, independent reading, listening centers and literature circles. The listening center will give students an opportunity to hear other models of the Spanish language during independent center time. The read-alouds will be used to teach vocabulary and reading strategies. The emergent reader books will be essential to our program in that students will have books that are at their level for guided and independent reading.

This project is essential to the success of our program.

These books will be used continuously for years to come to teach important literacy skills. They will be used to inspire, cultivate language and teach children the love of literature and reading!

Ms. Castrillon Melrose Leadership Academy - Maxwell Grades PreK-2

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.

Oakland, 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

24 students impacted 38donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
EE328 - Spanish Alphabet Books • Lakeshore Learning $59.95 1 $59.95
JJ934 - Spanish Emergent Readers • Lakeshore Learning $49.95 1 $49.95
RE940X - Spanish Storybook CD Read-Alongs - Set 1 - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $199.00 1 $199.00
RE395X - Spanish Storybook CD Read-Alongs - Set 2 - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $195.00 1 $195.00
Oso pando, oso pando, que ves ah ? (Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?) Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Oso polar, oso polar, qu es ese ruido? (Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?) Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle (Illustrator), Teresa Mlawer (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $13.79 1 $13.79
Oso pardo, oso pardo, que ves ahi (Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?) Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle (Illustrator), Teresa Mlawer (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $6.04 1 $6.04
Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?: El canguro tiene mama? Eric Carle, Eric Carle (Illustrator), Teresa Mlawer (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $14.61 1 $14.61
La ara a muy ocupada (The Very Busy Spider) Eric Carle, Eric Carle (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.86 1 $17.86

Materials cost

$563.03

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$51.52

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$658.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$116.12

Total project goal

$774.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$774.12

33 Donors

-$774.12

Donations toward project cost

-$658.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$116.12

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$0.00

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