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Spanish Books for K-8th Beginning ELLs

My students need Spanish books and Bilingual Spanish-English books for independent reading

  • $486 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

Have you ever been asked to read a book in a foreign language even though you had limited proficiency? Maybe you can pretend to read for a day or two, but on the third day, you probably will give up. I don't want this to happen to my English learners who have limited English proficiency!

My ESL group consists of students from kindergarten to 8th grade who speak English as a second language.

Every year, there are newcomers, who are fresh off the boat, joining my ESL classroom. Despite their English proficiency, they are always enthusiastic to come to school to learn. Since many of them are literate in their native language and are at grade level in content area subjects, their major obstacle is their language barrier. They want to learn, but the lack of bilingual books or books in foreign languages in my school is hindering them. Because my school has a small ELL (English language learner) population, the selection of books in foreign languages is limited. I always have to advise students to borrow books from the public library.

My Project

This year, I want to start setting up an ESL library with a variety of Spanish books because most of my newcomers are Spanish speaking. My ELLs can pick books from my ESL library and bring them to their classroom or back home for independent reading. When their ELA teachers teach them literacy skills, they can practice the skills with their Spanish reading materials. As to my younger readers (k-2nd), I will let their parents borrow books from the ESL library and read to their child at home. I will also provide them with reading guides and questions that they can ask to help improve their child's literacy skills.

My English learners should have a sense of accomplishment every day when they come to school.

I do not want them to feel ignored and lose interest in learning due to their language barrier. The ESL library can offer them reading materials that they can use in practicing their literacy skills, just like their classmates. Especially for my middle school ELLs, I would like them to maintain their native language while learning English.

Mrs. Breen PS 34 Franklin D Roosevelt Grades 3-5

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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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Diario de Nikki (Dork Diaries) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $15.99 1 $15.99
Cuando los dragones sueñan (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $15.26 1 $15.26
Pinkalicious (Spanish edition) • Amazon $13.83 1 $13.83
In New York • Amazon $13.76 1 $13.76
Cayendo hacia arriba (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $13.59 1 $13.59
Hecho en Mexico (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $13.56 1 $13.56
El árbol generoso • Amazon $13.53 1 $13.53
La princesa Isabella / Princess Pigsty (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $13.46 1 $13.46
Inside and Out: New York • Amazon $13.11 1 $13.11
Diario de Greg (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $11.85 1 $11.85
El nino con el pijama de rayas/ The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Letras De Bolsillo/ Pocket Letters) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $11.69 1 $11.69
Los Tres Cerditos/ Three Little Pigs (Cuentos Clasicos / Classical Stories) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $11.24 1 $11.24
Christmastime in New York City • Amazon $11.21 1 $11.21
Esto es el colmo / The Last Straw (Diario De Greg / Diary of a Wimpy Kid) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $11.19 1 $11.19
Not For Parents New York City: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know (Lonely Planet Not for Parents) • Amazon $11.02 1 $11.02
Me Llamo Bud, No Buddy / Bud, Not Buddy (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $10.39 1 $10.39
Charlie y la fabrica de chocolate (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) (Alfaguara) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $9.86 1 $9.86
El ladron del rayo / The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson Y Los Dioses Del Olimpo/ Percy Jackson and the Olympians) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
Luz, el hada del relampago/ Storm, The Lightning Fairy (La Magia Del Arco Iris: Las Hadas Del Tiempo/ the Magic of the Rainbow: Wheather Fairies) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $8.96 1 $8.96
The Dog Who Loved Tortillas: La perrita que le encantaban las tortillas (Little Diego Book) (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon $8.06 1 $8.06
Rosa Parks y el movimiento por los derechos civiles (En la época de) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $7.59 1 $7.59
¿Quién fue Abraham Lincoln? (Who Was...?) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Quien fue Martin Luther King, Jr.? (Who Was...?) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
¿Quién fue George Washington? (Who Was...?) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Pink y Say (Spanish Version) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
¿Quiénes fueron los Beatles? (Who Was...?) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
La Princesa Vestida con una Bolsa de Papel (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $7.16 1 $7.16
I Love You Through and Through / Te quiero, yo te quiero: (Bilingual) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $7.16 1 $7.16
Las rocas: Duras, blandas, lisas y ásperas (Ciencia asombrosa) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $7.16 1 $7.16
Antes de ser libres (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
El cumpleanos de Moira (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $6.26 1 $6.26
Siempre te querre (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $6.26 1 $6.26
Hello, New York City! (Hello, America!) • Amazon $6.25 1 $6.25
I Like It When . . . /Me gusta cuando . . . • Amazon $5.56 1 $5.56
Ramona la chinche • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Guerra civil en domingo / Civil War on Sunday (La Casa Del Arbol / Magic Tree House) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $4.68 1 $4.68
Rainbow Magic #2: Ámbar, el hada anaranjada: (Spanish language edition of Rainbow Magic #2: Amber the Orange Fairy) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $4.67 1 $4.67
Osos Polares Despues de la Medianoche (Casa del Arbol) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $4.64 1 $4.64
Jack y los Frijoles Magicos: La Novela Grafica (Graphic Spin en Español) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $4.59 1 $4.59
Manolito Gafotas: The 1st Volume of the Great Encyclopedia of My Life (Manolito Four-Eyes) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $4.55 1 $4.55
Rainbow Magic #3: Azafrán, el hada amarilla: (Spanish language edition of Rainbow Magic #3: Sunny the Yellow Fairy) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Hola, Hombre Mosca (Scholastic en Espanol) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $3.99 1 $3.99
OLIVIA la princesa (OLIVIA the Princess) (Olivia TV Tie-in) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59

Materials cost

$376.78

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$412.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.78

Total project goal

$485.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $485.21

4 Donors

-$460.21

Donations toward project cost

-$391.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.03

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

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