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Mrs. Spore from Chicago IL is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Students Prefer Markers over Chalkdust!

My project needs a 4x8 whiteboard for whole group instruction and student practice.

  • $400 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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.

I am a first year teacher, teaching third grade bilingual at a Chicago Public School. The difference in working with bilingual students as opposed to monolingual students, is that my students will need more reinforcement of concepts taught in English. Right now the classroom has a chalkboard. The problem with chalkboards for an instructional purpose is chalk dust covers everything (and with the students having white shirts as uniforms, chalk will attract to that), students have allergies to it, the board is hard to clean, and most of all the chalk is hard to see, especially colored chalk. I would love to have a whiteboard to teach on. The reasons for a whiteboard vs. chalkboard are simple. It's easier to write with a marker than chalk, cleaner for students to come up and use it, easier to clean and use again, and no chalk on me! I think by having a whiteboard students will be more excited to come up and participate on the board and their writing will be more readable, because many students don't have experience working with chalk. You can help create more student involvement, and a more stimulating teaching environment.

Mrs. Spore
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
4x8 Premium Magnetic Markerboard / Dry Erase White Board • Teacher's School Supply $276.31 1 $276.31

Materials cost

$276.31

Vendor shipping charges

 $27.63

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$328.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.00

Total project goal

$400.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $400.00

1 Donor

-$385.88

Donations toward project cost

-$328.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.88

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.12

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 $0.00

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