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Ms. Portillo from Washington, OK is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Increase Spanish Fluency with Spanish Level 1 Novels

Help me give my students Spanish Level 1 novels to read during their independent reading time and place to store the books in the Literature Display Rack.

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My Students

I teach a group of students who are self motivated to succeed at high levels. These students push themselves and those around them to be the best that they can be. They are very eager to learn Spanish and continue to take chances in the language in order to get more practice communicating. I recently started a new project with my level 1 students where they began reading two days a week in Spanish. After just three weeks, many of my students have finished reading their first leveled novel and are eager to read more.

It is so much fun teaching these students because they want to be successful.

They do not through their hands up and quit when the content is difficult. They find ways to learn the new material and to apply it to what they already know.

Our school is a place where students win and achieve greatness in most every sport and extra-curricular activity. The students have taken these same standards from their athletic and arts programs and applied them to the classroom. These are some of the best students I've taught across the world.

My Project

Reading is one of the top ways to increase students' comprehension and proficiency levels when learning a new language. As such, my students spend two days a week reading a novel of their choice in Spanish. I have been doing this with my students for several years and have seen some incredible growth in my students in the past. This technique helps every level of student because the novels are written at many different levels. My students who have lower reading levels in English tend to excel when reading in Spanish because the process is slowed down for them and the brain has time to connect the new words to meaning. I've had their English teachers come back and tell me that they are comprehending reading in English even better because they are reading in Spanish.

My goal is to help the next generation of Americans to be biliterate.

That is why reading is so important to me as a teacher. However, I have very few materials. The books that I do have, I've purchased myself over the years. I used to have many novels, but I changed schools and could not take the majority of books with me, so I am having to start a over by creating a new reading library. The variety of titles I'm requesting is so that my students have many different types of stories and reading levels to choose from. This project helps each student grow where he or she is currently at in the language. I am also asking for a literature rack so I can display these new books for my students.

Ms. Portillo Washington High School Grades 9-12

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Washington, OK View local requests 65 students impacted 6donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Displays2go Wire Countertop Literature Rack, 6-Tier Brochure Organizer, Open Shelf, White (WRC6T29WHT) • Amazon Business $57.28 1 $57.28
Robo en la Noche • Amazon Business $22.78 1 $22.78
Pobre Ana: Una Novela Breve y Facil Totalmente en Espanol (Nivel 1 - Libro A) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $19.13 1 $19.13
Patricia va a California (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $19.00 1 $19.00
Vida o muerte en el Cusco (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $16.80 1 $16.80
El viaje perdido (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $16.78 1 $16.78
El Silbxf3n de Venezuela (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
EL CAMINO DEL CAFxc9 (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.50 1 $8.50
El escape cubano (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.50 1 $8.50
La Vampirata (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.50 1 $8.50
Rival • Amazon Business $8.50 1 $8.50
Bajo el Agua • Amazon Business $8.00 1 $8.00
Las sombras: Corre y no mires atras (Las apariencias enga?an) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.00 1 $8.00
Quince (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
La chica nueva (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
La mochila (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
El Armario (Las apariencias engaxf1an) (Volume 1) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
El mensaje (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Las Apariencias Engaxf1an: Todos tenemos secretos (Volume 1) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
El xdaltimo Viaje: A Comprehensible Input Novella (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.50 1 $7.50
Gritos en Granada (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00
La isla mxe1s peligrosa (Lo m?s peligroso) (Volume 1) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00
Juliana (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
La Novia Perfecta (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.00 1 $6.00
Ataques de Hambre (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$299.90

Vendor shipping charges

 $7.98

Sales tax

 $24.44

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$366.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.73

Total project goal

$431.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $431.55

4 Donors

-$291.00

Donations toward project cost

-$247.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.65

match offer

-$140.55

Match offer toward project cost

-$119.47

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.08

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