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Math + Manipulatives = Magic

My students need hands on materials to help them understand a variety of math concepts. Specifically, 1 Hands On Place Value Cubes set, 2 Hands On Place Value Cards, 2 Place Value Activity Kits and 1 Upper Grades Math Manipulative Library.

  • $413 goal

This project expired on February 22, 2010.

This project expired on February 22, 2010.

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Ms. Colby Washington Elementary School
Waterbury, CT Grades 3-5

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Have you ever heard the saying “a picture is worth a thousand words?" Well if that is the case, then a hands-on math manipulative is worth a million!!! That’s right, a million words. That’s why Math + Manipulatives = Magic! I know this from experience. I am a third grade classroom teacher in the great state of Oklahoma. I have been working for the last two years at a Title One school with a lot of hard working, medium to low-income families; and they want to learn!

Except, I have a problem right now. I have a class full of kinesthetic learners. They learn better when they have something to hold, arrange, manipulate, or investigate; and I don’t have enough of those types of manipulatives in my classroom. From time to time, we have created our own manipulatives, but it takes time away from students’ learning and they usually are not heavy duty enough to reuse. So the next year we jump through the same hoops.

Here’s where your help comes into play! With your donation, I can get a variety of math manipulatives for my students. Remember how I said, “a math manipulative is worth a million words?" Well, I can give lesson over lesson on place value, talk about how ten ones are the same thing as one ten and a student may still struggle with the concept. However, if I give that same student place value cards, cubes or some of the manipulatives in the Math Manipulative Library, they will be able to explore the relationships and come to a conclusion on their own; the manipulatives did the “talking” and the student did the learning. These manipulatives would be a magnificent teaching resource to have in my classroom for my hands-on learners!

Your donation will ensure a little bit of magic in the lives of my students; gifting the hands-on learning materials that some students need in order to be successful. Not only will they help a student grasp math concepts, it will also build their self-confidence! With more confidence comes more success and hopefully a lifelong desire to learn. To see a glimmer in a struggling student’s eyes, when he finally gets it, now that is magic!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

25 students impacted
Ms. Colby Washington Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Waterbury, CT View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

25 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LL982 - Place Value Cards • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 2 $49.90
LC165 - Place Value Activity Kit • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 2 $59.90
EE639 - Hands-On Place Value Cubes • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
LL980X - Upper Grades Math Manipulative Library - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $149.00 1 $149.00

Materials cost

$283.75

Vendor shipping charges

 $28.38

Sales tax

 $12.77

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$338.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.23

Total project goal

$412.39

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