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Building a Spanish Class Library: Free Reading for All Students!

Help me give my students a Spanish class library with a large variety of TPRS readers.

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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

My students are mostly middle and lower class and Caucasian. There are also a few students who are recent immigrants, and speak a language other than English at home. In my Spanish class, I have the privilege of teaching students who are enthusiastic, caring and thoughtful.

The students here enjoy listening to the stories that I write for them and learning about Hispanic culture as well as my personal experiences as a language learner.

My students are incredibly hardworking kids, and they have proved every day that they're eager to learn and read more about the Spanish language and Hispanic culture.

My Project

When I started teaching a year ago, I knew that I wanted to have a Spanish class library for my students. As an English Language Learner, I know how much pleasure reading in the target language has personally helped me to build my proficiency and I want to give my students that same opportunity.

I believe that we should provide access to different genres of books in our classes with the same differentiated approach that we bring to any other lesson.

My students have shown great interest in reading Spanish novels, but unfortunately they only have access to three books/stories in Spanish. They have, in many occasions, asked is we could read more books. I’m sure that some additional book options will help them grow even more as language learners. I know that some students enjoy reading fiction and non-fiction books, but some others are very interested in reading about Hispanic culture, traditions, and celebrations. Therefore, I’ve kept my students in mind when choosing a variety of stories that I know will impact their lives. All these TPRS books can fit into any curriculum that values reading. Students will enjoy reading and learning about the characters from each story. I'm certain that my students will also improve and expand their Spanish vocabulary. Additionally, students will low-level reading skills and heritage-speaking students of Spanish will be benefited from this wide variety of stories. The reason is that most of these books are very simple books and their content is designed for adolescents.

I’m a firm believer that students will read when given the choices. If given more choices, students will enjoy learning even more. In addition to this, they will appreciate and understand the importance of literacy when learning a foreign language.

Mrs. Hernandez Greene County High School Grades 9-12

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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

104 students impacted 2donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Viva el toro (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Casi se muere (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
El Viaje de Su Vida (Nivel 1 / Libro D) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Patricia va a California (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
La Calaca Alegre • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Vida o muerte en el Cusco (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Robo en la Noche • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Hija Del Sastre • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Felipe Alou Desde Los Valles a Las Montanas • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Piratas -del Caribe y el mapa Secreto • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
El viaje perdido (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.26 1 $15.26
La familia de Federico Rico (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Papacito (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.00 1 $9.00
Don Quijote (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Carl no quiere ir a Mexico (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
La mochila (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00
La chica nueva (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Fiesta fatal • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50
La Vampirata (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50
Tumba (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50
El escape cubano (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50

Materials cost

$267.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.99

Sales tax

 $18.29

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$323.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.05

Total project goal

$380.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $380.33

1 Donor

-$200.00

Donations toward project cost

-$170.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.00

match offer

-$180.33

Match offer toward project cost

-$153.28

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.05

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