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

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Help Us Read!

My students need Spanish books that they can use to take AR tests and use in a listening center for all levels of reading proficiency.

  • $1,007 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

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." Dr. Seuss hit the nail on the head! Help us go to more places with books in Spanish for our dual immersion classroom!

We are a knowledge thirsty 1/2 dual immersion classroom!

We all love to read, but we need help getting the materials to keep us going. Our first graders are a mixed bag of kiddos - some are ready for second grade reading and some are just starting first grade reading books. And the same goes for our second graders! But the one thing we all have in common is we all love to read! We have a cool little reading nook in the corner of our room with a giant Truffula tree coming out of the corner (Dr. Seuss is a class and teacher favorite!).

My Project

We desperately need more Spanish books for us to read. We just recently started the Accelerated Reader program and unfortunately we have very, very few books that can be found on Accelerated Reader. We are very excited to hit our goals for words read and number of tests passed, but we are lacking the materials to get there. Having books at different levels (emergent and not) will allow those kids who need to master basic reading skills the opportunity to do so, and those children who are ready to go to the next grade level do that. Instilling in my students a love of reading will positively set them up for the rest of their academic careers and their lives. Reading opens doors and the more doors you open, the farther you'll go.

This project is very important to me and to my kids because we live in a literate world.

The basis of everything we do is in reading, writing, listening and speaking. These books will make a big difference for us to be able to achieve these goals. Many of my students love to read in both English and Spanish. Not having the materials in Spanish to allow them to participate in reading can shut the door to reading in that language, or any other, forever. Please, help us open more doors!

Mrs. Williams
Grades PreK-2
    More than a third 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

    This project will reach 24 students.

    21 donors have given to this project.

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
JJ934 - Spanish Emergent Readers • Lakeshore Learning $49.95 1 $49.95
RE940X - Spanish Storybook Read-Alongs - Set 1 • Lakeshore Learning $199.00 1 $199.00
RE870X - Spanish Storybook Read-Alongs - Set 4 • Lakeshore Learning $199.00 1 $199.00
RE535X - Spanish Storybook Read-Alongs - Set 3 • Lakeshore Learning $199.00 1 $199.00
RA770 - Spanish Paperback Classics Library • Lakeshore Learning $99.50 1 $99.50

Materials cost

$746.45

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $68.30

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$855.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$151.05

Total project goal

$1,007.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,007.00

15 Donors

-$843.47

Donations toward project cost

-$719.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$123.52

match offer

-$160.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$136.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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