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Ms. Barker from Calumet Park IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Barker-nomics

My students need books, math games, play money, and office supplies including duct tape and folders in order to complete activities to improves their financial literacy.

  • $456 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My students come to school with smiling faces, excited to learn something new. They are active, energetic learners. Therefore, we complete a lot of hands-on activities to get them up and moving around.

95%.

This number represents the students living below the poverty line in my school. These students want to learn. They come to school hungry with the desire to learn. My job, my passion, is to feed that desire so that learning continues at home and throughout the lives of each child.

My Project

Most of my students know more about food stamps than they do about budgeting. The requested resources will allow our class to complete a unit on economics. Students will learn about budgeting, including both savings and expenses. The students will complete jobs to earn their "paychecks." They will complete hands-on activities such as making a duct tape wallet, creating a budget, finding coupons and sales, running a "store," and paying their bills. My students need financial literacy books, math games, play money, and office supplies, including duct tape and folders, in order to complete activities to improves their financial literacy.

My students will develop a sense of community as they work together to create their own economy.

As the project continues, my students will learn valuable financial literacy life skills including budgeting and savings. This will be the start of incredible things for my students.

Ms. Barker
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
30 Rolls Duct Tape 20yd x 2" Bright Solid Colors DIY Crafts Blue Green Pink Teal • Amazon $45.00 2 $90.00
HH633CP - Making Cents Money Game - Class License CD-ROM • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
PP943 - Money Folder Game Library - Gr. 2-3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 1 $34.99
RR982 - Reading for Dollars! Challenge Game - Gr. 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
RR983 - Reading for Dollars! Challenge Game - Gr. 3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Wilson Jones Ring Ledger Sheets, 5 x 8.5 Inches, 24 Pound Paper, White, 100 Sheets per Pack (W758-50A) • Amazon $5.62 5 $28.10
TT674 - ATM Action! Money Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
LC1279 - The Allowance Game® • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
LC1308 - Extra 500 Coin Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
BD524 - Money Power Pen Quiz Cards • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99
Smead Manila File Folder, 1/3-Cut Tab, Letter Size, Manila, 100 per Box (10330) • Amazon $8.89 1 $8.89
Avery Two-Pocket Portfolios, Embossed Paper, 30-Sheet Capacity, Assorted, Box of 25 (47993) • Amazon $7.99 1 $7.99
One Cent, Two Cents, Old Cent, New Cent: All About Money (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) • Amazon $7.93 1 $7.93
The Coin Counting Book • Amazon $7.47 1 $7.47

Materials cost

$352.30

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.28

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$387.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.40

Total project goal

$455.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$455.98

3 Donors

-$85.00

Donations toward project cost

-$72.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.75

Matching donations from our partners

-$370.98

Match offers toward project cost

-$315.33

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$55.65

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$0.00

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