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Ms. Sabino from Flushing, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Multilingual Books for ESL Learners

My students need bilingual and native language books to spark their love of reading and make them excited to learn English.

  • $256 goal

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Ms. Sabino has another project! Donate to Wobble Chairs for Focus and Engaging Graphic novels to help her classroom.

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My Students

Could you imagine moving to a new country as a 6th, 7th or 8th grader who doesn't speak English? These are my students, beginner and intermediate ESL students who are faced with the challenge of learning English so that they can succeed in middle school.

My students attend a public Junior High School in Flushing, NY.

They come from diverse backgrounds and countries. Throughout the year I receive new admits who arrived from another country only days before. In my 7th grade class, for example, there are 33 students who speak seven different languages. The students get so excited and feel so validated when they see books in their native languages. It helps them realize that they don't need to abandon their native language and culture, but that they can join what they already know to what they're learning about America and the English language. Native language books are great for beginner ESL students because, after all, it's important to continue working on their reading comprehension skills in their language as they begin to work on English. Bilingual books are a great tool for beginner and intermediate ESL students so they can see their language alongside English words. Thank you for helping my hardworking ESL students!

My Project

We are respectfully hoping for books in Chinese, Korean, Arabic, and Spanish. Chinese and Korean folktales take a peek into the beautiful literature and rich folklore from Asia. Bilingual stories help ESL students by showing them their native language alongside the English version so they can work on vocabulary and English sentence structure. Spanish and Arabic bilingual poetry books will show the students beautiful literature from their own cultural traditions. ESL teaching resource books will open the class up to new activities geared towards the specific needs of an ESL student.

My ESL students are so enthusiastic and eager to learn.

My favorite occurrence is when a beginner ESL student raises his or her hand to participate in English for the first time. For example, Laura arrived from Mexico only a month ago, and she couldn't speak a word of English. She asked me "may I go to the bathroom" in Spanish for a month. Today she timidly raised her hand and answered a question in English for the first time. These wonderful kids really deserve these materials.

Ms. Sabino Junior High School 185 Edward Bleeker Grades 6-8

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Flushing, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Chinese New Year Nancy Dickmann • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Chinese Cinderella • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
The Diary of Ma Yan: The Struggles and Hopes of a Chinese Sc • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
The Chinese Garden • AKJ Books $10.91 1 $10.91
Cat and Rat • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Extreme Readers - Bilingual • AKJ Books $17.30 1 $17.30
Cool Salsa • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Maximilian & The Mystery of the Guardian Angel • AKJ Books $9.45 1 $9.45
Arabic English Bilingual Visual Dictionary • AKJ Books $10.91 1 $10.91
Victims of a Map • AKJ Books $10.91 1 $10.91
The Green Frogs • AKJ Books $5.07 1 $5.07
The Korean Cinderella • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Tales of a Korean Grandmother • AKJ Books $10.91 1 $10.91
The Magic Gem • AKJ Books $11.64 1 $11.64
Chameleon Races • AKJ Books $8.06 1 $8.06
American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun • AKJ Books $8.75 1 $8.75
ESL Beginner • AKJ Books $18.21 1 $18.21
Esl Grammar ( English As a Second Language) • AKJ Books $14.56 1 $14.56
Esl Writing Intermediate & Advanced • AKJ Books $14.56 1 $14.56

Materials cost

$184.76

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$217.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$38.39

Total project goal

$255.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $255.92

2 Donors

-$127.95

Donations toward project cost

-$108.76

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.19

match offer

-$127.96

Match offer toward project cost

-$108.77

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.19

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 $0.00

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