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Ms. Keitt from Candler, NC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Keitt's classroom raised $300

My Math Brain

My students need math materials in order to practice new learning concepts.

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Ms. Keitt Enka Middle School
Candler, NC Grades 6-8

My Students

Different math concepts can be a challenge for many kids to understand. Math games and manipulatives for kids can help take the frustration out of learning math.

My students are a wonderful group of energetic middle school sixth graders.

I teach math to an ever growing group of kids. We have anywhere from 25-30 kids in our class. I try to teach the students daily how to stay focused and listen to each other. I will always make the lessons interesting and hopefully, relative. Sometimes it is difficult to do this with all the new technology in the students' hands. Students develop positive attitudes toward mathematics when they perceive mathematics as useful and interesting. Similarly, students develop negative attitudes towards mathematics when they do not do well or view mathematics as uninteresting. I want my math class to be relative and interesting.

My Project

These resources will allow my students to experience real world math with the Checkbook game, Shopping game, and Mall Math game. Schools do not teach financial literacy. It is almost expected that parents teach their kids these important daily math concepts. Place value is extremely significant in mathematical learning, yet students tend to neither acquire an adequate understanding of place value nor apply their understanding of place value when working with computational algorithms. A major reason for place value lapses is the linguistic complexity of our place value system in English. Students’ conceptual misunderstandings of decimals lead to the adoption of rote rules and computational procedures that often are incorrect. This adoption occurs despite a natural connection of decimals to whole number, both in notation and computational procedures. I am hoping some of the materials I am requesting will reinforce these math concepts.

The middle grades are the most critical time period in the development of student attitudes toward mathematics.

Extremely positive or negative attitudes tend to predict mathematics achievement better than more neutral attitudes. Please help me with our math project.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

85 students impacted 5 donors
Ms. Keitt Enka Middle School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Candler, NC View local requests

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

85 students impacted 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LETS GO SHOPPING GAME AGES 9 AND UP----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $31.21 1 $31.21
SPECTRUM TEST PREP GR. 6----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $12.42 1 $12.42
PLACE VALUE DICE----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $6.23 4 $24.92
MATH AROUND THE HOME----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $23.65 1 $23.65
CHECKBOOK MATH----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $8.74 1 $8.74
Shopping Bag Game - Grades 3 - 8----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $29.88 1 $29.88
JUST-A-MINUTE MATH- - --*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $29.92 1 $29.92
FRACTION DICE SET OF 6----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $5.26 1 $5.26
PRE-ALGEBRA WORKSHEETS----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $16.24 1 $16.24

Materials cost

$182.24

Vendor shipping charges

 $20.05

Sales tax

 $14.21

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$254.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.86

Total project goal

$299.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $299.09

3 Donors

-$146.90

Donations toward project cost

-$127.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.78

match offer

-$149.54

Match offer toward project cost

-$127.11

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.43

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.65

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