You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Menu
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Edit classroom photo

Mrs. Coopman’s Classroom Edit display name

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Coopman a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

cancel

Support Mrs. Coopman's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Coopman a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

Give to a project to support this classroom.

Your custom url is https://www.donorschoose.org/katecoopman

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
My students need engaging, hands-on materials, including Wooden Pattern Blocks, Geostix and four Hands-On Sorting Trays, that support preschool math concepts. During our afternoon small group centers, we focus on preschool math concepts, such as shapes, numbers, sorting, and patterns. In preschool special education, along with teaching the actual math skills themselves (i.e. number recognition), many of my students are working on "learn to learn" skills. These "learn to learn" skills include maintaining attention to an activity, sitting in their chairs, taking turns, following directions, etc. The use of engaging materials, such as the math materials included in this project, result in an increased motivation to participate in the activity, maintain attention, and increase their knowledge of the academic concepts we are teaching using the materials, such as sorting items based on color, or using shape blocks to build a robot. Behavior goes hand in hand with a student's ability to learn; engaging materials help not only support academic concepts, but also help in developing "learn to learn" skills for preschoolers. My goal is to provide my students with a strong foundation of math skills and to do this, we need hands on and engaging math materials.

About my class

My students need engaging, hands-on materials, including Wooden Pattern Blocks, Geostix and four Hands-On Sorting Trays, that support preschool math concepts. During our afternoon small group centers, we focus on preschool math concepts, such as shapes, numbers, sorting, and patterns. In preschool special education, along with teaching the actual math skills themselves (i.e. number recognition), many of my students are working on "learn to learn" skills. These "learn to learn" skills include maintaining attention to an activity, sitting in their chairs, taking turns, following directions, etc. The use of engaging materials, such as the math materials included in this project, result in an increased motivation to participate in the activity, maintain attention, and increase their knowledge of the academic concepts we are teaching using the materials, such as sorting items based on color, or using shape blocks to build a robot. Behavior goes hand in hand with a student's ability to learn; engaging materials help not only support academic concepts, but also help in developing "learn to learn" skills for preschoolers. My goal is to provide my students with a strong foundation of math skills and to do this, we need hands on and engaging math materials.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":4299673,"teacherId":4299673,"teacherName":"Mrs. Coopman","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4299673_272x272.png?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1535258146349","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"katecoopman","teacherChallengeId":20910611,"followAbout":"Mrs. Coopman's projects","teacherVerify":-18899447,"teacherNameEncoded":"Mrs. Coopman","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/katecoopman","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=4299673","stats":{"numActiveProjects":1,"numFundedProjects":11,"numSupporters":55},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.