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Mr. Yasukawa from Seattle, WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books On CD For My English Language Learners

My students need audio books to help supplement their literacy efforts as English Language Learners.

  • $403 goal

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My Students

Being read to was probably a big part of your childhood, but it is not the case for many of my students. This project would help me add that essential element to the classroom and at home for non-native English speakers. I want to help all of my students love reading.

This is an urban 1st grade in the pacific northwest.

Our school is Title 1, which means 80% of students receive free or reduced lunch. There is a significant percentage of students who speak languages other than English at home and I work hard to celebrate this. There is no majority language; 30% speak Somali, and 22% speak "other." There are significant populations who speak Tagalog, Vietnamese, Spanish, Mandarin, and East African languages. One of the best parts of the school is that the students do not recognize how diverse the cultural influences are. They take for granted that they speak different languages than their friends and that each person's home is different from everyone else's. With such diversity, learning to read, write, and speak in English is a shared experience. I see my job as making this experience enjoyable and memorable. I make it engaging and challenging. I make it rewarding and rigorous. Above all, however, I make sure they are leaning in a safe space.

My Project

Each student in my class identifies her/himself as a writer and a reader, and this is no accident. Every day I work hard to explicitly teach skills that grown-up authors and readers use. I demonstrate how to engage with text, questions to ask, how to put oneself into the book. Students read independently, with a partner, in small groups, and as a class each day. Despite this direct instruction, being able to sit and simply listen to a story can be an incredible experience. When the author is reading her/his own story, that can be even richer. We all learn so much just by hearing a story and creating an image in our mind's eye. The families in our school community are wonderful, but the fact is that not all of them have time and resources to read to their children at home. Children could check out these books and Cd's from the classroom and listen at home. If this process catches on, I could even use its inspiration to record family members reading in their native language(s).

I include time at our audio station each day during our reading rotations.

I have been using audio-picture books from our public library, but having a core set of books would provide important continuity to the classroom as well as allow me to send some home with students who are not read to in English. Listening to books is essential to developing one's literacy. Many students process information well when it is a mixture of visual and auditory. These books provide both.

Mr. Yasukawa Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

30 students impacted 10donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Feast for 10 • AKJ Books $7.76 1 $7.76
Over in the Meadow Michael Evans (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $4.67 1 $4.67
Set 1: Beginning Readers 1-4 Bobby Lynn Maslen, Designed by • AKJ Books $5.45 1 $5.45
Set 1: Beginning Readrs 5-8 Bobby Lynn Maslen, Designed by B • AKJ Books $5.45 1 $5.45
Bathtime for Biscuit (My First I Can Read Book Series) Alyss • AKJ Books $7.79 1 $7.79
Biscuit Finds a Friend (My First I Can Read Book Series) Aly • AKJ Books $7.79 1 $7.79
Curious George Feeds the Animals Margret Rey, H. A. Rey, Vip • AKJ Books $3.08 1 $3.08
How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? Jane Yolen, Mark Teague • AKJ Books $7.79 1 $7.79
Max Goes to the Doctor/Max Va al Doctor • AKJ Books $7.23 1 $7.23
Jamie Lee Curtis''s Books to Grow By: Treasury Jamie Lee Curt • AKJ Books $19.49 1 $19.49
You''re a Good Dog, Carl • AKJ Books $23.36 1 $23.36
Curious George''s Dinosaur Discovery Margret Rey • AKJ Books $7.76 1 $7.76
No Mirrors in My Nana''s House Ysaye M. Barnwell, Synthia Sai • AKJ Books $6.24 1 $6.24
Trucks / En camiones • AKJ Books $4.49 1 $4.49
Super Fly Guy Tedd Arnold • AKJ Books $14.78 1 $14.78
Jamie Lee Curtis CD Audio Collection: Is There Really a Huma • AKJ Books $11.66 1 $11.66
Wetland Animals • AKJ Books $4.49 1 $4.49
Amelia Bedelia (Audio) • AKJ Books $11.69 1 $11.69
Brown Bear & Friends Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle, Read by Gw • AKJ Books $11.66 1 $11.66
Diary of a Spider Doreen Cronin, Harry Bliss (Illustrator), • AKJ Books $26.96 1 $26.96
Frog&Toad Together (Audio) • AKJ Books $14.00 1 $14.00
Green Eggs and Ham and Other Servings of Dr.Seuss Dr. Seuss, • AKJ Books $15.59 1 $15.59
Horton Hears a Who and Other Sounds of Dr. Seuss • AKJ Books $7.79 1 $7.79
My Mama Had a Dancing Heart Libba Moore Gray, Ra • AKJ Books $17.06 1 $17.06
Rabbit Ears Treasury of World Tales: Volume 3 • AKJ Books $9.32 1 $9.32
Olivia (Audio) • AKJ Books $7.79 1 $7.79
Tikki Tikki Tembo (Audio) • AKJ Books $7.79 1 $7.79

Materials cost

$278.93

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $24.41

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$342.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.44

Total project goal

$402.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $402.96

9 Donors

-$402.96

Donations toward project cost

-$342.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.44

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