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Ms. Powers from Portland, ME is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Active Engagement With Mini Whiteboards!

Help me give my students the dry erase markers to share their thinking with their peers in an engaging and non-threatening way.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Powers's classroom raised $178

This project is fully funded

My Students

At my school, we work with Pre-K to fifth grade students including immigrants and refugees from countries all over the world.

In this class, we build a community around what we have in common and our shared experiences.

This is a 4th grade writing class where we use Columbia University's research-based Teacher College Reading and Writing Project. This is a dynamic and rigorous approach to teaching reading and writing.

Our school is one of most diverse schools in the district which makes it a great place to learn about math, literacy, science... and each other!

My Project

My students will be immediately able to respond to vocabulary reviews and formative assessments on their individual whiteboards using whiteboard markers. This will help keep students actively engaged in classroom discussion and better prepare students to share their thoughts with the class. When calling on a single student, that one student may be the only student thinking about the answer. However, when asking the entire class to write down their answers on their own boards, you are greatly increasing the amount of students who are processing the question and as a result engagement increases.

My students will be actively engaged throughout the entire class period and will be willing to verbalize their answers because they have had time to write and prepare for class discussion.

My students will have more fun in class because whiteboards will fight the monotony of common ways to respond in class. Most importantly, these white boards will help them learn more content faster because the amount of responses to the text will increase.

Ms. Powers Gerald E Talbot Community School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Portland, ME View local requests

More than half of 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

84 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
EXPO 86001 Low Odor Dry Erase Marker, Fine Point, Black (Pack of 12) • Amazon Business $8.13 10 $81.30
EXPO 86001 Low Odor Dry Erase Marker, Fine Point, Black (Pack of 12) • Amazon Business $8.13 4 $32.52

Materials cost

$113.82

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $5.69

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$151.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.69

Total project goal

$177.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $177.91

3 Donors

-$177.91

Donations toward project cost

-$151.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.69

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 $0.00

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