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Reading as Writers - Exploring Expository Text

My students need nonfiction texts in Spanish to support their conceptual understanding of Third Grade Science units that focus on plant and animal habitats.

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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

In order to write well, students need access to quality models. My students are clamoring for engaging nonfiction, but I currently have little to offer them.

The Third Grade students in our class are all bilingual, while some are even trilingual.

Since Kindergarten, they have been learning to read and write in both English and Spanish. They are eager learners, motivated to read and acquire new knowledge through the books they read. Most of the books we have available to them in Spanish, though, are fiction.

My Project

My students need nonfiction texts in Spanish to support their conceptual understanding of Third Grade Science units that focusing on plant and animal habitats. Using these books as mentor text, will allow the children to develop fluency and familiarity with content vocabulary and the range of format found within nonfiction text, they need access to quality literature. The books selected list will engage children and support their learning in our Third Grade Science units. Additionally, these books will serve as models of high-quality nonfiction writing as students write their own expository pieces.

The mentor texts listed, as well as the work students will create based on these texts, will serve as resources to support students' learning for years to come.

Students will be able to transfer their learning to their developing English literacy as well as advanced studies in Science.

Ms. Bancroft Rigler Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Portland, OR 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

23 students impacted 17donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Un habitat de bosque Bobbie Kalman • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Arco iris de poes a: Poemas de las Am ricas y Espa a Sergio Andricain, Olga Cuellar (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.98 1 $12.98
Los 4 elementos Nuria Roca, Rosa Maria Curto (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
La vida en el pantano/A Home in the Swamp David C. Lion • Barnes and Noble $15.20 1 $15.20
Cadenas Alimentarias de los Pantanos Bobbie Kalman, Kylie Burns • Barnes and Noble $20.52 1 $20.52
Usar Las Rocas/ Using Rocks (Explorar Los Recuros Del Planeta/ Exploring Earth's Resources) Sharon Katz Cooper • Barnes and Noble $5.54 1 $5.54
Usar Las Plantas/ Using Plants (Explorar Los Recuros Del Planeta/ Exploring Earth's Resources) Sharon Katz Cooper • Barnes and Noble $5.54 1 $5.54
Un habitat de pantano Molly Aloian, Bobbie Kalman • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Lagos y Estanques Cassie Mayer • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Where Is Home?/Donde Esta Mi Casa? Gunter Pauli • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50
Como Crecen Las Plantas? (how Do Plants Grow?) Louise A. Spilsbury, Richard Spilsbury • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
How to Take It Apart?/Como Desbaratarlo? Gunter Pauli • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50
Por Que Las Plantas Tienen Flores? (why Do Plants Have Flowers?) Louise A. Spilsbury, Richard Spilsbury • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Las plantas: Mi primer atlas Parramon • Barnes and Noble $11.36 1 $11.36
Qu Es una Planta? Louise Spilsbury, Richard Spilsbury, DoubleO Publishing Services Staff (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $21.67 1 $21.67
Usar la Tierra Sharon Katz Cooper • Barnes and Noble $18.25 1 $18.25
Qui n depende de las plantas? Lisa Trumbauer, Patrice Morrow • Barnes and Noble $17.65 1 $17.65
Ingeniosos Inventos y Recetas Para Nios John E. Thomas, Danita Thomas • Barnes and Noble $12.81 1 $12.81
Las Cadenas Alimentarias y Tu, Vol. 4 Bobbie Kalman • Barnes and Noble $20.44 1 $20.44
Bosques Templados: Tapetes de Hojas Laura Purdie Salas, Jeff Yesh (Illustrator), Patricia Abello (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $30.19 1 $30.19
El Girasol: Por Dentro y Por Fuera Andrew Hipp, Andrea Ricciardi di Gaudesi (Illustrator), Maria Cristina Brusca (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $18.20 1 $18.20
El maiz: Por dentro y por fuera (Corn: Inside and Out) Andrew Hipp, Andrea Ricciardi di Gaudesi (Illustrator), Thomas Gonzalez (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $18.20 1 $18.20
Un Habitat de Bosque Bobbie Kalman • Barnes and Noble $21.60 1 $21.60

Materials cost

$303.76

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$343.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.59

Total project goal

$403.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $403.91

12 Donors

-$368.08

Donations toward project cost

-$343.32

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.76

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$35.83

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