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Ms. Cardenas from Los Angeles CA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

A New Spot For Learning

Help me give my students a new classroom carpet to provide a comfortable and functional place for them to learn.

  • $529 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

My wonderful second graders live and attend school in an urban area. They come to school every day with positive attitudes and lots of enthusiasm to learn. My students are energetic, creative, and quite inquisitive. They love to read, write, and express themselves.

My students have a tremendous love for learning and try their best daily.

It is my goal to provide each one of them with the materials and instruction needed in order for them to achieve academic success.

My Project

A classroom carpet is an important and essential area in our second-grade classroom. The carpet is used as an important learning space for my students throughout the day. Many of my lessons begin with and conclude with students coming back together on the carpet to share their ideas, thoughts, and learning.

During language arts, students sit on the carpet for blending, read-alouds, guided reading, and discussions.

During our math block, students sit on the rug while we have number talks, review skills, and problem solve. The carpet is also an important part of our Writers' Workshop because that is where they sit while I teach mini-lessons and where they share their writing with their partners.

Ms. Cardenas
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC697 - Flex-Space A Place for Everyone Carpet for 20 Kids - 8' x 9' • Lakeshore Learning Materials $379.00 1 $379.00

Materials cost

$379.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$34.68

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$449.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.30

Total project goal

$528.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$528.66

7 Donors

-$298.66

Donations toward project cost

-$253.86

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.80

match offer

-$230.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$195.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.50

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$0.00

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