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Ms. Montalvo from Charlottesville, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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¡Sí se puede!- Creating Bilingual and Biliterate Students

My students need books in English and Spanish to help develop their biliteracy skills and help mold them into global citizens.

  • $848 goal

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My Students

"One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way."- Frank Smith

We are a diverse school with 700 wonderful and inquisitive students.

Our school strives to meet the needs of every student by teaching in a way our students best learn. One way is through our dual language program. Our students receive half of their daily instruction in English and the other half their instruction in Spanish. Almost half of our students have Spanish as a first language. Spanish-speaking students get to continue learning in their native language while they continue to build English as their second language. Our English-speaking students continue to reinforce their English skills while simultaneously obtaining a second language. Our goal is to help foster our students' love for learning and to continue to develop our children's ability to become bilingual and biliterate.

My Project

Our students love to read! Each child will benefit from having access to these multicultural books in Spanish and English. By listening to the books being read aloud and through independent reading time, students will learn the same vocabulary in both languages. Being able to have the same titles in English and Spanish will help us bridge the two languages and allow students to build connections in their minds. This will allow students to form a deeper understanding of each language. We are promoting biliteracy in second grade!

These donations will continue to support our biliterate program.

Students will be able to read, write, and speak about all content areas as well as communicate socially in both Spanish and English. These students will gain an invaluable skill; communicating in two languages. We are giving these students an advantageous tool that they will carry with them throughout their lives!

Ms. Montalvo Mountain View Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Charlottesville, VA View local requests

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

30 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Side by Side/Lado a Lado: The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez/La Historia de Dolores Huerta y Cesar Chavez • Amazon Business $16.97 2 $33.94
La selva tropical / Explorer Rainforest (Explorador 3d / 3d Explorer) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.05 2 $30.10
The Bakery Lady/La Senora de La Panaderia (Pinata Bilingual Picture Books) • Amazon Business $15.02 2 $30.04
Vuelo del quetzal (Puertas Al Sol / Gateways to the Sun) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.47 2 $22.94
La Culebra Verde (Green Snake) (Ciclos de Vida) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $22.00 1 $22.00
Yum! ¡MmMm! ¡Qué Rico!: America's Sproutings (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.95 2 $21.90
Chocolate Milk, Por Favor: Celebrating Diversity with Empathy • Amazon Business $10.95 2 $21.90
Pio Peep! Book and CD • Amazon Business $10.82 2 $21.64
Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina • Amazon Business $10.71 2 $21.42
Hora de Dormir en el Zoologico (Xist Kids Spanish Books) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Como Nacio El Arco Iris / How the Rainbow Came to Be (Cuentos Para Todo El Ano / Stories the Year 'round) (Cuentos Para Todo El Año / Stories the Year 'round) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.95 2 $19.90
I Know the River Loves Me / Yo se que el rio me ama • Amazon Business $9.95 2 $19.90
La Pinata Vacia / The Empty Pinata (Cuentos Para Todo El Ano / Stories the Year 'round) (Cuentos Para Todo el Ano (Little Books)) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.78 2 $19.56
Calling the Doves/El canto de las palomas • Amazon Business $9.10 2 $18.20
Me gustaria tener... (Libros Para Contar / Stories for the Telling) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.95 2 $17.90
A Spoon for Every Bite / Cada Bocado con Nueva Cuchara (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.95 2 $17.90
Ladders Science 3: Aventura en el bosque tropical (Tropical Rain Forest Adventure) (on-level; Life Science) • Amazon Business $8.95 2 $17.90
Sea Turtles/Tortugas Marinas (Animals That Live in the Ocean/Animales Que Viven En El Oceano (Paperback)) • Amazon Business $8.15 2 $16.30
Octopuses and Squids/Pulpos y Calamares (Animals That Live in the Ocean/Animales Que Viven En El Oceano (Paperback)) • Amazon Business $8.15 2 $16.30
Caiman O Cocodrilo? (Alligator or Crocodile?) (Similares Pero No Iguales (Animal Look-Alikes)) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.15 2 $16.30
Manatees/Manaties (Animals That Live in the Ocean/Animales Que Viven En El Oceano (Paperback)) • Amazon Business $8.15 2 $16.30
Sea Horses/Caballitos de Mar (Animals That Live in the Ocean/Animales Que Viven En El Oceano (Paperback)) • Amazon Business $8.15 2 $16.30
Radio Man/Don Radio (Trophy Picture Books (Paperback)) • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
The Lizard and the Sun / La Lagartija y el Sol (Picture Yearling Book) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Diego • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Cuckoo/Cuc£: A Mexican Folktale/Un cuento folkl¢rico mexicano • Amazon Business $7.87 2 $15.74
¡El gallo que no se callaba! / The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.82 2 $15.64
Como crece una semilla (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98
La Gallinita Roja: Folk and Fairy Tales (Building Fluency Through Reader's Theater) • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98
El Hombrecito de Jengibre: Folk and Fairy Tales (Building Fluency Through Reader's Theater) • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98
de Quien Es Esta Cola? (Red Rocket Readers) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.68 2 $13.36
Girasoles (Books for Young Learners) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.00 2 $12.00
A Picture Book of Cesar Chavez (Picture Book Biography) • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
La gallinita roja: (Spanish language edition of The Little Red Hen) (Mariposa, Scholastic En Espa Nol) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $4.99 2 $9.98
Madres animales y sus crías (Animal Mothers and Babies) (Spanish Version) (TIME FOR KIDS® Nonfiction Readers) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $4.99 2 $9.98
La vida de una abeja (A Bee's Life) (Spanish Version) (TIME FOR KIDS® Nonfiction Readers) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $4.99 2 $9.98
Buen trabajo: La vida de las plantas (Good Work: Plant Life) (Spanish Version) (TIME FOR KIDS® Nonfiction Readers) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $4.99 2 $9.98
La Semilla de Zanahoria (The Carrot Seed) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98
Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children's Day/Book Day; Celebremos El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros • Amazon Business $3.84 2 $7.68
My Mexico / México Mío (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $3.80 2 $7.60

Materials cost

$680.40

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$720.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$127.17

Total project goal

$847.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$847.78

7 Donors

-$419.48

Donations toward project cost

-$364.06

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$55.42

match offer

-$419.47

Match offer toward project cost

-$356.55

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.92

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

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$0.00

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