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Mr. Esparza from Huntington Park, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Esparza's classroom raised $976

Mathematical Mission to Mastery

My students need math games, math activity stations, dice, and match it money activities which will stimulate their interest in math as well as increase their mathematical capabilities.

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Mr. Esparza Aspire Titan Academy
Huntington Park, CA Grades PreK-2

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Many educators have shifted their teaching practices towards test prep and drilling mathematical knowledge on rote memorization. Empirical research has shown that such methods are not effective methods and are not creating critical thinkers; more importantly they are not in any way fun for kids.

My Second grade students come from an urban low SES Hispanic community in South LA.

92% of our students receive free and reduced lunch. My students range in reading levels from beginning K to being on grade level. The majority of our students families speak Spanish at home, therefore as educators we have to be very strategic and innovative with our pedagogical practices. Our school is focused on creating inquiry based experiences for students to add to their funds of knowledge,(student centered) and equip them with more visuals/reference tools so that they can find the answers and investigate for themselves versus drilling and teaching to the test. For many of our students school is the only consistent thing in their lives, some come from single family households or have never met their fathers'. At times their situations can be most depressing, but they count on us to ensure that they will attend college someday, and we are here to fulfill that promise to them.

My Project

With these math resources my students will become the investigators in the process of doing math, learning via social interaction. As the educator I can step back and become the facilitator of learning; where students are empowered to investigate and are immersed in a learning environment that reveals learning rather than just answers, they will be able to transcend knowledge with these resources. I plan to use them during our math workstation time so that learning becomes based on participatory knowledge and therefore the focus can become a process of inquiry in which students are learning by doing as well as learning about learning.

Being English Language learners, these tools are invaluable resources which will enable them to develop their academic language skills.

ELL case studies have shown that instructional methods/practices can have a significant impact on student achievement. Increasing comprehensible input enables students to turn receptive knowledge into expressive knowledge. That is the goal of our mission to mastery, and we believe our students can achieve above and any expectations, please we need your support

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

44 students impacted 27 donors
Mr. Esparza Aspire Titan Academy Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Huntington Park, CA 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

44 students impacted 27donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT400 - Mastering Math Games Library -Gr. 1-3 • Lakeshore Learning $95.00 1 $95.00
FF800X - Math Activity Stations - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $279.00 2 $558.00
GS304 - Giant Soft Dice - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning $16.99 1 $16.99
MATCH IT MONEY- - --*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $10.89 2 $21.78
MATCH IT MONEY- - --*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $10.89 2 $21.78

Materials cost

$713.55

Vendor shipping charges

 $4.79

Sales tax

 $65.29

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$829.33

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$146.35

Total project goal

$975.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $975.68

23 Donors

-$975.68

Donations toward project cost

-$829.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$146.35

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