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Ms. Nieves from Bronx, NY is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Listening to Learn

My students need a CD player and 2 sets of CD read-alongs.

  • $516 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.

My Students

Imagine first graders following along with the rhythm of the story. It grabs their attention and what fun it is for them to learn the structure of the language. Listening to stories is a large part of their motivation to read independently.

My students are first grade English Language learners in a New York City public school.

The parents are recent immigrants and are hard working people. However, they speak Spanish only and their children are very motivated to learn the second language. My students have acquired a love for reading and actually ask to listen to our read alouds over and over again. I must say every teacher's dream. You will often find them with a book in their hands reading the pictures and sharing the stories with their classmates.

My Project

My students work in literacy centers while I work with small groups. The instruction is targeted to meet the individual needs of the children. The listening center is very popular. It has strengthened their listening and speaking vocabulary, and their comprehension skills. They have a task when they finish listening to the book. The task is draw their favorite part and the choice to write the text about their favorite part. Then at share time they share what they have learned, enjoyed, and a quick retell using their illustrations as a support. My students learn that their is a forum to talk about books and share their excitement for reading. This excitement trickles down to the other children.

I am asking for a listening center with read-along books.

This will continue to develop my students' second language acquisition. The listening is a large part of their motivation to learn to read independently. They learn phrases that increase their understanding of English and they begin to use phrases to communicate and develops the use of complete and coherent sentences. Your support for this project will continue to encourage and motivate my students to communicate freely.

Ms. Nieves PS 54 Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Ms. Nieves

Bronx, NY View local requests

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

20 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
RE250X - Fairy Tales CD Read-Alongs - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $149.00 1 $149.00
RE625X - Chant & Rhyme CD Read-Alongs - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $149.00 1 $149.00
FF280X - Best-Buy Listening Center • Lakeshore Learning $99.00 1 $99.00

Materials cost

$397.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$437.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.29

Total project goal

$515.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$515.25

1 Donor

-$91.76

Donations toward project cost

-$80.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.01

match offer

-$420.25

Match offer toward project cost

-$357.21

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$63.04

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.24

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$0.00

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