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Ms. Quinones from Englewood, NJ is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Engaging Dual Language Learners

My students need CDs, big books, Talk Blocks, an Easi Speak Recorder and sound station, games and Hot Dots Pens and cards so that they can engage in independent learning.

  • $950 goal

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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

Do you remember what it felt like to be sent to work independently and not remembering the directions that your teacher gave you? Or, do you remember seeing your teacher shuffle around looking for materials?

I am a Pre-K dual language teacher teaching 19 kids.

My classroom is divided in half. Half of my classroom is setup in English and the other half is setup in Spanish. I teach one week in English and one week in Spanish. My students spend an equal amount of time immersing themselves in both languages. Throughout the day they are partnered with a native Spanish speaker working to become proficient in both languages. Through this program they are able to learn about different cultures from their peers, and they are able to appreciate first hand the diversity within our community. We are a very diverse community in New Jersey serving low-income families. My students come to school each day looking forward to engaging themselves in activities and working with materials that are not always available to them at home.

My Project

Your donations to this project are important because they will ensure that my students will be working independently and that we have the appropriate materials in both English and Spanish. In a classroom so large with 19 four year olds, I often find myself repeating myself and struggling to get around to all 19 kids while they are in groups. The talk blocks, Easi Speak Recorder and the Assessment Recorder will ensure that I do not miss a thing. I will be able to record a set of directions for a group ahead of time so that is at any point they are unsure of what I said, they can always go back and and press the blocks and hear me without having to call me back. The Easi Speak Recorder will also help our students develop their oral skills. The Assessment Recorder will be a great asset to my classroom because I can leave it with a group and go back and listen to it later so that it will be just as if I were sitting with them. I did not miss a thing.

Being that I am teaching Spanish this year in addition to English, I feel that my classroom is lacking certain materials such as cds, games and big books in Spanish.

These materials will ensure that my students are engaging themselves equally in both languages with the appropriate materials. Spanish materials are very difficult to come by, and we often do not find them in the catalogs that we are given. I want to make sure that I am prepared to offer my students the best Dual Language experience.

Ms. Quinones
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Talk Block (Set of 5) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $69.95 1 $69.95
Latin Playground (CD) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $14.95 1 $14.95
Number Big Book - Bilingual Flip-Style Book • Kaplan Early Learning Company $19.95 1 $19.95
La Musica CD Set • Kaplan Early Learning Company $31.95 1 $31.95
Bilingual Bingo Game • Kaplan Early Learning Company $9.99 1 $9.99
Colors Big Book - Bilingual Flip-Style Book • Kaplan Early Learning Company $19.95 1 $19.95
Hot Dots(r) Jr. Pen • Kaplan Early Learning Company $12.95 4 $51.80
Easi-Speaktm USB Recorder • Kaplan Early Learning Company $69.95 1 $69.95
De Colores (CD) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $15.95 1 $15.95
Hot Dots(r) Jr. Beginning Phonics Cards • Kaplan Early Learning Company $14.95 1 $14.95
Talk Pointtm (Set of 5) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $34.95 1 $34.95
HearALLtm Assessment Recorder • Kaplan Early Learning Company $99.95 1 $99.95
Hot Dots(r) Jr. Patterns and Sequencing Cards • Kaplan Early Learning Company $14.95 1 $14.95
Easi-Speaktm Sound Station • Kaplan Early Learning Company $79.95 1 $79.95
The Bilingual Book Of Rhymes, Songs, Stories And Fingerplays • Kaplan Early Learning Company $29.95 1 $29.95
Basic Skills Learning Games • Kaplan Early Learning Company $37.95 1 $37.95
Spanish ABC Blocks • Kaplan Early Learning Company $36.95 1 $36.95
Talk Boardtm (Set of 3) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $23.99 1 $23.99
Hot Dots(r) Jr. Alphabet Cards • Kaplan Early Learning Company $14.95 1 $14.95
Talking Cube - English and Spanish • Kaplan Early Learning Company $41.95 1 $41.95
Alpha-roni Soup Flannelboard Activity Kit • Kaplan Early Learning Company $30.95 1 $30.95

Materials cost

$765.88

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$807.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$142.48

Total project goal

$949.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$949.85

1 Donor

-$949.85

Donations toward project cost

-$807.37

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$142.48

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$0.00

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