Literacy Instruction Without Books? Help Me Change That!
My students need a variety of non-fiction and fiction books, in Spanish, for independent reading time, to reinforce the reading comprehension skills they are learning.
$502 goal
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My students are expected to improve their reading skills, however, I do not have a leveled library for my students to choose books from during independent reading time.
My students are part of a dual language program.
They receive instruction in English and Spanish everyday. The program's goal is for every child to be biliterate and bilingual. This model is perfect for this population of students, because 95% of my students are English language learners with Spanish being their dominant language at home. Research shows that for students to develop skills in their second language, they should continue developing these skills in their first language.
My Project
My students need a variety of non-fiction and fiction books, in Spanish, for independent reading time, to reinforce the reading comprehension skills they are learning. My students need to develop their reading comprehension and fluency skills in their dominant language, Spanish, in order to be more successful in their second language, English. These books will allow me to implement a stronger literacy block in my classroom. My students will be able to choose books at their appropriate level for independent reading time to reinforce the skill they learned during group instruction.
These books will give my students the opportunity to become biliterate.
Help close the achievement gap by donating to this grant. All students deserve to have leveled books in their classroom library! Foster reading in my classroom by providing it with leveled books!
Dany, la estrella del futbol Christa Kempter
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Imanes: Atraen y Rechazan Natalie M. Rosinsky, Sheree Boyd (Illustrator), Sol Robledo (Translator)
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$6.79
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$6.79
Los 4 elementos Nuria Roca, Rosa Maria Curto (Illustrator)
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$5.97
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Astronauta: La vida en el espacio (Living in Space) DK Publishing
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$3.41
1
$3.41
SeeMore Readers Planetas Alrededor del Sol: (Planets Around the Sun) Seymour Simon
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$3.37
1
$3.37
Energia solar Tea Benduhn
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$5.08
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$5.08
Quien fue Albert Einstein?/Who Was Albert Einstein? Jess Brallier, Robert Andrew Parker (Illustrator)
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$6.83
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$6.83
Energia del viento Tea Benduhn
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$5.08
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$5.08
Giran En El Espacio: Un Libro Sobre Los Planetas Dana Meachen Rau, Denise Shea (Illustrator)
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$6.79
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Energia del agua Tea Benduhn
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$5.08
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Los volcanes de la Tierra Bobbie Kalman
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$7.64
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$7.64
Que Son Los Seres Vivos? (What Is a Living Thing) Bobbie Kalman
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$5.93
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Usar el Carb n, el Petr leo y el Gas Sharon Katz Cooper
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$5.54
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$5.54
Etanol y otros combustibles nuevos Tea Benduhn
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$5.08
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$5.08
Luis Walter lvarez Tina Randall
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$8.46
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$8.46
El Principito (The Little Prince) Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Bonifacio del Carril (Translator)
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$7.52
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$15.04
The Hare and the Tortoise (La Liebre y la Tortuga) Chronicle Books, Max (Illustrator), Adapted by Maria Eulalia Valeri
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$5.93
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El caballero del alba (The Knight at Dawn: Magic Tree House Series #2) Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator), Marcela Brovelli (Translator)
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$4.22
1
$4.22
The Little Mermaid/la Sirenita Francesc Capdevila (Max) (Illustrator), Max (Illustrator), Adapted by Oriol Izquierdo
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Sleeping Beauty/Bella Durmiente Christoph elizabeth mclellen (Illustrator), Chronicle Books, Miguel Desclot, Christoph Abbrederis (Illustrator), Adapted by Miquel Desclot
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Bellas Hijas de Mufaro (Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters) John Steptoe, John Steptoe (Illustrator), Clarita Kohen (Translator)
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$6.83
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$6.83
Juan Bobo busca trabajo (Juan Bobo Goes to Work) Marisa Montes, Joe Cepeda (Illustrator)
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$5.97
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$5.97
Pulgarcita/Thumbelina Luz Orihuela, Javier Andrada (Illustrator)
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$3.41
1
$3.41
Por Que Zumban los Mosquitos en los Oidos de la Gente: un Cuento de Africa Occidental (Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale) Verna Aardema, Osvaldo Blanco (Translator), Leo Dillon (Artist), Diane Dillon (Artist)
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$15.41
1
$15.41
El Cucuy: A Bogeyman Cuento in English and Spanish Joe Hayes, As Told by Joe Hayes
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$6.79
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$6.79
My Mexico/Mexico Mio Tony Johnston, F. John Sierra (Illustrator), F. John Sierra
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Una ni a llamada Helen Keller (A Girl Named Helen Keller) Lundell, Irene Trivas (Illustrator)
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$3.41
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$3.41
El bosque de los pigmeos Isabel Allende
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$3.79
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$3.79
Los Zapaticos de Rosa (The Pink Shoes) Jose Marti, Lulu Delacre (Illustrator)
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$5.93
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$5.93
Wilma sin limites: Como Wilma Rudolph se convirtio en la mujer mas rapida del mundo Kathleen Krull, David Diaz (Illustrator), Alma Flor Ada (Translator), F. Isabel Campoy (Translator)
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$5.98
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$5.98
Quien fue Harriet Tubman?/ Who was Harriet Tubman? Yona Zeldis McDonough, Nancy Harrison (Illustrator)
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$6.83
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$6.83
Quien fue Amelia Earhart?/ Who Was Amelia Earhart? Kate Boehm Jerome, David Cain (Illustrator)
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$6.83
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$6.83
Federico Garcia Lorca Para Ninos (Serie Poesia No. 3) Federico Garcia Lorca, Eutimio Martin (Illustrator)
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$10.21
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$10.21
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Pionera de los Derechos de las Mujeres Connie Colwell Miller, Cynthia Martin (Illustrator), Keith Tucker (Illustrator)
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$23.93
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$23.93
Squanto y el primer D a de Acci n de Gracias (Squanto and the First Thanksgiving) Joyce K. Kessel, Lisa Donze (Illustrator)
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$5.93
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$5.93
Cinco de Mayo Kate Torpie
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$7.64
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Memorial Day Sheri Dean
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$5.08
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El Dia de los veteranos Mir Tamim Ansary
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El Dia de la bandera Mir Tamim Ansary
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El Dia de la independencia Mir Tamim Ansary
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El dia de Martin Luther King, Jr. (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) Mir Tamim Ansary
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El Dia de los presidentes Mir Tamim Ansary
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La historia de la Pascua (The Story of Easter) Patricia A. Pingry, Lorraine Wells (Illustrator)
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Las Palabras No Son para Lastimar Elizabeth Verdick, Martine Agassi, Marieka Heinlen (Illustrator)
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$6.04
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$6.04
Quienquiera que seas Mem Fox, Leslie Staub (Illustrator), Alma Flor Ada (Translator), F. Isabel Campoy (Translator)
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$5.98
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Adelante, nina... Sigue Sonando (You Go, Girl Keep Dreaming): Un libro especial sobre como creer siempre en una misma Ashley Rice
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$8.50
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$8.50
Somas Un Arco Iris: We Are A Rainbow Nancy Maria Grande Tabor, Elena Dworkin Wright (Editor)
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$6.04
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$6.04
Farmers Market/Dia de mercado Carmen Parks, Edward Martinez (Illustrator), Alma Flor Ada (Translator), F. Isabel Campoy (Translator)
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$3.41
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$3.41
La ciudad de las bestias (City of the Beasts) Isabel Allende
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$7.68
1
$7.68
El ratoncito de la moto (The Mouse and the Motorcycle) Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling (Illustrator), Lydia Permanyer Netto (Translator)
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$5.12
1
$5.12
Henry Huggins Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling (Illustrator), Argentina Palacios (Translator)
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$5.97
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$5.97
Una tarde en el Amazonas (Afternoon on the Amazon) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator), Marcela Brovelli (Translator)
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$4.22
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$4.22
En busca de milagros Julia Alvarez
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$5.55
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$5.55
Piratas despues del mediodia (Pirates Past Noon: Magic Tree House Series #4) Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator), Marcela Brovelli (Translator)
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$4.22
1
$4.22
La noche de las ninjas (Night of the Ninjas: Magic Tree House Series #5) Mary Pope Osborne
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$4.22
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$4.22
Una momia al amanecer (Mummies in the Morning) Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator), Marcela Brovelli (Translator)
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$4.22
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$4.22
Atardecer en el pueblo fantasma (Ghost Town at Sundown: Magic Tree House Series #10 ) Mary Pope Osborne
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$4.22
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$4.22
El Gusto Del Mercado Mexicano (Taste of the Mexican Market) Nancy Maria Grande Tabor
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$6.79
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$6.79
El Maravilloso Mago de Oz / The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz Series #1) L. Frank Baum, W. W. Denslow (Illustrator)
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$5.08
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$5.08
La Colcha de los Recuerdos Patricia Polacco, Teresa Mlawer (Translator)
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$6.83
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$6.83
Cosechando esperanza: La historia de Cesar Chavez Kathleen Krull, Yuyi Morales (Illustrator), Alma Flor Ada (Translator), F. Isabel Campoy (Translator)
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$5.98
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Materials cost
$395.06
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$5.93
Fulfillment labor & materials
$35.00
Total project cost
$435.99
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$65.15
Total project goal
$501.14
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$501.14
17 Donors
-$493.67
Donations toward project cost
-$435.99
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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