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Teacher Leibovic from Philadelphia, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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¿Hablas Español?

My students need workbooks and activities to practice Spanish grammar and vocabulary!

  • $466 goal

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My Students

"Señor! Buenas tardes." These were the words that an excited 6th grader said, or at least tried very hard to say after our second week of Spanish class. She had just bought her Spanish-English dictionary and was excitedly looking up words to jot down in her notebook. "My stepdad was surprised when I spoke Spanish to him," said a 7th-grade boy with a reputation for hyperactive outbursts. "He's Dominican. But I have to remember to put the adjective after the noun: I said un negro sombrero, but it should have been un sombrero negro."

I'm so excited to offer a twice-weekly Spanish enrichment class at my school for the first time.

My middle school students have been asking me to teach Spanish ever since I started teaching in North Philadelphia, where 99% of our students are African-American and 100% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Many of them are familiar with "papi stores" in the neighborhood where they hear Spanish-language music and conversations, or have family members or friends who are hispanohablantes. It's the only foreign language class offered at my school, and a wonderful opportunity for these curious young people to travel far outside their comfort zones.

My Project

Students love learning Spanish because it's fun, fresh, and challenging! It doesn't feel like "school" because Spanish is an elective that they genuinely want to learn. However, on a limited budget and with no prior Spanish teaching experience, I'm struggling to find materials and activities that form a consistent curriculum. The students themselves have handwritten Spanish notebooks where they write vocabulary and take notes, but these are no substitute for high-quality teaching materials like these workbooks.

These Spanish workbooks will allow students to have an easily-organized "external memory" where they will learn sentence structures, verb conjugations, adjective-noun agreement, and of course plenty of thematic vocabulary.

The flashcards and "Bingo" game will be used at a "game station" where our City Year corps member will help our students build confidence, fluency, and pronunciation skills. And the audio supplement will help our students remember unfamiliar words and phrases by tapping into their multiple intelligences. Research demonstrates that rhythm and rhyme help us learn all kinds of information, especially languages.

Teacher Leibovic William D Kelley Elementary School Grades 6-8

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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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.

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Nearly all 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Teach Them Spanish! Resource Book, Grade 5 • Staples Advantage $13.19 16 $211.04
Carson Dellosa - Skill Builders Spanish Level 1 Gr 6-8 • Teachers' School Supply $4.99 16 $79.84
Rock 'N Learn Spanish Volume I -Audio CD and Book • Staples Advantage $16.39 1 $16.39
Edupress - Spanish In A Flash Set 1 • Teachers' School Supply $10.99 1 $10.99
Edupress - Spanish In A Flash Set 2 • Teachers' School Supply $10.99 1 $10.99
Edupress - Spanish In A Flash Bingo Set 1 • Teachers' School Supply $9.99 1 $9.99
Trend Enterprises Inc. - Verbos Spanish Action Words • Teachers' School Supply $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$347.23

Vendor shipping charges

 $13.18

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$395.62

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.82

Total project goal

$465.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $465.44

1 Donor

-$465.44

Donations toward project cost

-$395.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.82

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