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Ms. C. from Brooklyn NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Erase Away our Math Mistakes!

The cost of this proposal is $159, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

  • $159 goal

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As an eighth grade special education teacher, I am currently trying to bring my students up to grade-level math performance. My nine students need a lot of practice, because they are on all different skill levels (3rd through 6th grade). I can tell they are eager to learn mathematics skills, but are intimidated by making mistakes. I propose to acquire some materials that will make our math lessons more hands-on and fun, so that my students will be able to apply their math skills to practical applications in their lives. I believe that if each student had a small, personal dry-erase board and a set of markers with eraser, they could use these tools to work out practice problems quickly and easily.This would eliminate the frustration that comes along with constant erasing on messy scrap-papers that will only get thrown away. Also, I think that "wiping away" our mistakes will make our classroom feel more confident. "Mistakes Means We're Learning" is one of our classroom mottos, and I know sometimes this is a hard concept for my students to grasp when they are feeling frustrated. I hope the addition of easy dry-erase supplies will make math problems more fun and mistakes less evident!

Ms. C.
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
DOUBLE SIDED DRY ERASE BOARD -- Barker Creek E-Race Away Dry Erase Boards; Double-Sided Dry Erase • Quill Corporation $22.49 2 $44.98
FINE POINT DRY ERASE MARKER-BLACK -- Expo Dry-Erase Markers; Fine Point, Black • Quill Corporation $9.89 3 $29.67
EXPO ERASER -- Sanford Expo Dry-Erase Erasers; Eraser • Quill Corporation $2.51 10 $25.10

Materials cost

$99.75

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$130.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.58

Total project goal

$158.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$158.76

1 Donor

-$149.71

Donations toward project cost

-$131.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.05

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$0.00

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