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Ms. Martin from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Dynamic Duos: Supporting Super Students With Bilingual Books

My project needs copies of bilingual books--English and Arabic, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese--to help bridge language gaps between home and school.

  • $280 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.

One apple a day will stave off the doctor; a slice of pie while dieting and no one will really care. But, a shoe without its mate? No way! Double it up! You need a pair! Gracias and Tack. Grazie and Arrigato. Two languages at once? Yes, what a dynamic duo! My 30 students come from all over, including Lebanon, Liberia, the Philippines and Mexico. They speak Arabic, Creole, Tagalog and Spanish. If each child could read a book with English and their native tongues, a dynamic duo, We wouldn’t have to worry that skills in their first languages would vanish. Besides, research shows that proficiency in Language 1 helps students fair better in Language 2. So, please help get bilingual books for my 4th graders and they’ll be able to say dank or gracias or hvala AND thank you! Having a classroom library with bilingual books will benefit my students’ parents, as well. I am convinced that by making these books readily available to them, parents will realize that my desire that their children become proficient in English does not mean that I want them to disregard their native languages. Language is an integral part of self-esteem and cultural identity. Demonstrating my understanding of and respect for that may encourage parents to take a more active role in their children’s education because they feel confident that they can. Furthermore, the "pairing and sharing" with bilingual books will present parents as reading role models to their children. I teach 4th grade at William G. Hibbard Elementary School, located on Chicago’s northwest side, which serves a 95% low-income population with a 25% mobility rate. There are over 1,000 students enrolled in grades Pre-K through 6. Students at Hibbard represent countries from all over the world, including Assyria, Bosnia, Laos, Mexico, Somalia and Vietnam.

Ms. Martin Hibbard Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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More than three‑quarters 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 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Your First 100 Words in Arabic : Beginner's Quick and Easy Guide to Demystifying Non-Roman Scripts Jane Wightwick, Mahmoud Gaafar (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $9.85 1 $9.85
Hippocrene Children's Illustrated Arabic Dictionary: English-Arabic/Arabic-English Manufactured by Hippocrene Books, Deborah Dumont (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $10.75 1 $10.75
Celebrating (Arabic-English) Gwenyth Swain, Ahmed Al-Hamdi (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Say Hello Sue Unstead, Angie Sage (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
Little Red Riding Hood/Caperucita Roja: A Bilingual Book Brothers Grimm, Wilhelm K. Grimm, Wilhelm Carl Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Caperucita Roja • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
In My Family (En mi familia) Carmen Lomas Garza, Carmen Lomas Garza (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Arroz Con Leche: Popular Songs and Rhymes from Latin America Lulu Delacre, Lulu Delacre (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Hairs/Pelitos Sandra Cisneros, Terry Ybanez (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Gathering the Sun: An Alphabet In Spanish And English Alma Flor Ada, Rosa Zubizarreta, Simon Silva (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel/Si Lakas at ang Makibaka Hotel (Bilingual edition: English and Tagalog) Anthony D. Robles, Jesus Eloisa D. de, Carl Angel (Illustrator), Eloisa D. de Jesus (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
La Llorona/The Weeping Woman: An Hispanic Legend Told in Spanish and English Joe Hayes, Vicki Trego Hill (Illustrator), Mona Pennypacker (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Spanish Search-A-Word Picture Puzzles Kathy Casey, Deb T. Bunnell • Barnes and Noble $3.55 1 $3.55
De Colores and Other Latin-American Folk Songs for Children Selected by Jose-Luis Orozco, Jose-Luis Orozco, Elisa Kleven (Illustrator), Jose-Luis Orozco (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
The Day It Snowed Tortillas/ El dia que nevaron tortillas Joe Hayes, Antonio Castro L. (Illustrator), Antonio Castro Lopez (Illustrator), Joe Hayes (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
Animales salvajes / Wild Animals DK Publishing, Manufactured by DK Publishing • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
El Cucuy: A Bogeyman Cuento in English and Spanish Joe Hayes, Honorio Robledo (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
A Crazy, Mixed-Up Spanglish Day (Get Ready for Gabi Series #1) Marisa Montes, Joe Cepeda (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Spanish Thesaurus for Children: Libro de Sinonimos y Antonimos Harriet Wittels, Joan Greisman • Barnes and Noble $8.05 1 $8.05
Celebrating (Vietnamese- English) Gwenyth Swain, Manufactured by Milet Limited Publishing & Distributor • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Frog Is Frog (Vietnamese-English) Max Velthujis • Barnes and Noble $12.15 1 $12.15
Vietnamese Children's Dictionary Hippocrene • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
Frog and the Stranger (Vietnamese-English) Max Velthujis, Kim Wood (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $12.15 1 $12.15

Materials cost

$188.24

Vendor shipping charges

 $18.82

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$229.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.27

Total project goal

$279.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $279.27

3 Donors

-$263.50

Donations toward project cost

-$229.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.77

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