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Mrs. Lira from Easton, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning Spanish Through Reading & Writing

Help me give my students the opportunity to enrich the Spanish language. My students are at varying levels in terms of literacy. Providing books for free-reading at varying levels is an amazing way to reach each of them.

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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 Project

I teach a Spanish class for native and heritage speakers of Spanish. Creating a classroom library will be huge for helping Spanish-speaking students strengthen their literacy skills in their first language which has now been pushed aside due to their high use of English. While Spanish was once their dominant language, it has been replaced with English and they are losing some of their bilingualism, especially when it comes to literacy. In our school district, Latino students take all their academic classes in English, except for my class. Many times students adapt to the English environment at our school, and therefore don’t practice their first language. By encouraging literacy in Spanish-speaking students, we will continue to nurture a large part of their identity. Many Latino Americans lament losing their Spanish abilities, but these books will help Latino youth strengthen and maintain their Spanish skills. Additionally, strengthening their literacy skills in their mother tongue sets them up for success with their English literacy as well because of skill transfer.

Mrs. Lira Easton Area High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Easton, PA View local requests

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

100 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Word-for-Word English-Spanish Spanish-English Dictionary • AKJ Education $6.56 30 $196.80
Brandon Brown quiere un perro • Amazon Business $21.00 1 $21.00
Brandon Brown dice la verdad • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
El vendedor de sueños / Bodega Dreams (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.95 1 $15.95
Quién es Don Quijote de la Mancha (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Cuando Era Puertorriqueña (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.51 1 $13.51
En el tiempo de las mariposas • AKJ Education $13.14 1 $13.14
La marimba de mi abuelo (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.00 1 $10.00
Quién es Lionel Messi (Meet Lionel Messi): Superestrella de la Copa Mundial de Fútbol (World Cup Soccer Superstar) (Personalidades del deporte (Sports ... ™ Sports en español)) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Secretos (Spanish Edition) [Paperback] Degenhardt, Jennifer and Digital, Voces [Paperback] Degenhardt, Jennifer and Digital, Voces • Amazon Business $9.50 1 $9.50
La ofrenda de Sofía (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.50 1 $9.50
Juana, la Avanzadora (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.50 1 $9.50
Es posible soñar (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.00 1 $9.00
Las sombras: Corre y no mires atras (Las Apariencias Engañan) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.00 1 $9.00
Un nuevo amanecer (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.00 1 $9.00
Guaitipán La Líder Guerrera (REVOLUCIONARIAS) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.00 1 $9.00
María Cano La Flor del Trabajo (REVOLUCIONARIAS) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.00 1 $9.00
EL CAMINO DEL CAFÉ (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.00 1 $9.00
Las Apariencias Engañan: Todos tenemos secretos (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.50 1 $8.50
El Último Viaje: A Comprehensible Input Novella (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.50 1 $8.50
El Armario (Las Apariencias Engañan) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.50 1 $8.50
Bajo el Agua • Amazon Business $8.00 1 $8.00
El Color de mis Palabras (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.82 1 $7.82
¿Quién es Sonia Sotomayor? (¿Quién fue?) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
¿Quién es Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? (¿Quién fue?) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.27 1 $5.27

Materials cost

$467.45

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$504.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.02

Total project goal

$593.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $593.48

1 Donor

-$504.46

Donations toward project cost

-$504.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$89.02

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 $0.00

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