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Completed: Math Manipulatives

""WOW! What amazing, resilient, wonderful 3rd-grade students I learn from each day! These children are in a very high-need school, a lot of them facing challenges that would bring some of us to our knees. I gaze out each day, amazed they are sitting in my classroom and draw from their strength and in... " MORE

All of my students are very hands-on learners. The more interactive the learning, the more they learn and retain! These students deserve the best I can give them, and this is not textbook, paper/pencil type learning. Successful educational experiences are key for every student, especially those experiencing negative life situations. Education is key to motivate them to move up and out of their environments, knowing they have nothing but options!

To help empower these wonderful children, we start the day running and we never stop! We keep our whole selves into everything! This alleviates boredom, behavior problems and negative learning! Math manipulatives help make math fun and exciting for these students. They take part in math "games" and exercises before they realize they are doing math. When they realize they have learned a concept and once they know they can, it opens up a whole new realm of possibilities of what they will realize they can do!

Your help will ensure that these wonderful students will achieve important learning strategies and it will also enhance their love for learning! Allowing students a variety of fun and exciting ways to explore will only increase their chances for success!!

My students need 12 math resources, including math journals, a number line activity chart, probability spinners, a Light and Strike Math Game, Math Function Math Machines, a Digitz Multiplication Game, & subtraction, addition, and multiplication math practice boards. The cost of this proposal is $545, which includes shipping for any materials requested and fulfillment ."

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See Mrs. S.'s class participating in this project! (Enlarge photos)

Oct 9, 2009

Dear Elaine and Friends at the Eccles Foundation and Wells Fargo,

These wonderful math items are a hit! They have proved to be an invaluable tool in our classroom!! The children love the different math games and are enjoying learning their multiplication facts.
When we started learning about place value and rounding, I was able to use the magnetic number line with the little frogs and it really helped to reinforce and switch on some light bulbs!
Thank you very much for donating these items to our classroom. We will get a lot of use out of them year after year!!!

With gratitude,
Mrs. S.

Mrs. S. sent this note after the project was fully funded:

Jun 10, 2009

Dear Elaine and Friends at the Eccles Foundation and Wells Fargo,

Wow, this is going to make the students so happy!! I am thrilled beyond words! Thank you doesn't even begin to cover it. These manipulatives are going to enhance our math learning so very much and we are going to have fun doing it, which is so important when it comes to math!

Because of your kindness my students are going to learn that math is fun, exciting and not something to be afraid of!

This will be a wonderful way to start our year! Thank you so very very much!

With gratitude,
Mrs. S.

Mrs. S.'s Classroom: High Poverty School

Region:

Utah

Where is the classroom located?

Submitted:

May 19, 2009 |

Expires:

Oct 25, 2009

Great news -- this project is now a reality! We ordered the materials and they were sent directly to the classroom.

Materials	Vendor	Price	#	Total
RR613 - Subtraction Facts to 12 Practice Board	Lakeshore Learning	$24.95	1	$24.95
RR611 - Addition Facts to 12 Practice Board	Lakeshore Learning	$24.95	1	$24.95
RR615 - Multiplication Facts Practice Board	Lakeshore Learning	$24.95	1	$24.95
RR968 - Math Journal - Gr. 1-3 - Set of 10	Lakeshore Learning	$27.95	3	$83.85
ED8702 - AC Adaptor	Lakeshore Learning	$9.95	1	$9.95
EG871 - Digitz Multiplication Games	Lakeshore Learning	$49.95	1	$49.95
DD105 - Black Write & Wipe Markers - Thin-Line - Set of 4	Lakeshore Learning	$3.99	1	$3.99
DD509 - Magic Function Math Machine - Level 2 - Gr. 3-5	Lakeshore Learning	$24.95	1	$24.95
DD508 - Magic Function Math Machine - Level 1 - Gr. 1-3	Lakeshore Learning	$24.95	1	$24.95
EG808 - Light & Strike Math Game	Lakeshore Learning	$44.95	1	$44.95
LL984 - Probability Spinners	Lakeshore Learning	$24.95	1	$24.95
RR391 - Number Line Math Activity Chart	Lakeshore Learning	$49.95	1	$49.95

Vendor Shipping Charges				$39.28
State Sales Tax				$0.00
3rd Party Payment Processing Fee				$5.89
Postage / Processing for Donor Thank-You Package				$9.00
Project Subtotal				$446.51
Optional Donation Towards Operating Costs				$98.01
TOTAL PROJECT COST				$544.52
Partner Funding Offer				-$269.51
Given				-$277.53
To Go				$0.00