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Ms. Knowles from Mobile, AL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Besties Are Keeping Busy

Help me give my students brand new 3rd and 4th quarter learning centers that are engaging for my intelligent busy Besties!

  • $1,197 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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

This year, my 19 besties are thriving in the area of literature! They get excited about characters in book and how they can relate to them. They enjoy learning how a characters' feelings can change throughout a book. Reading to them is a delight and joy everyday. They are at the age where reading will be ingrained in them as one of the best things they can do!

My Project

Centers make the elementary classroom go round. In this project I hope to provide new literacy and math centers for my 19 besties and even future besties!

Without centers, I cannot pull students who need a little extra help, or work with students who are gifted.

Two different times throughout my day, students work independently at centers. Students look forward to centers Every. Single. Day. They think they are getting free play, but in all actually they are learning, but also playing. It is a win/win really. I get to complete my work with students at my small group table, while the others are learning, but also learning how to work with different members of their class family.

Help me give my students to the opportunity to work and play independently.

Ms. Knowles
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Constructive Playthings - CHG-74 Toys Ultra Bright LED Light Panel, Interactive Flat Panel Light Fixture • Amazon Business $167.54 1 $167.54
StoryTales with Storage • LEGO Education $134.95 1 $134.95
GG955 - Word Building Tiles - Class Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $89.99 1 $89.99
TT755X - Snap Build Sight-Words - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $85.00 1 $85.00
LC124 - Simple Words Learning Locks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
PP838 - Snap-Bots • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
LC695X - Light Table Math Trays - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $36.99 1 $36.99
AA528 - Launch Learn Rhyming Sounds Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $32.99 1 $32.99
TT293 - Its a Snap Simple Addition Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
PP929 - Giant Magnetic Visual Models Chart • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LC403 - All-In-One Magnetic Writing Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 2 $29.98
SST33032 - Ceiling Grid Clips - Pack of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 3 $29.97
DD764 - Count Link Activity Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
Puzzle Huddle Space Explorer 42 Pieces • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.95 1 $15.95
PP1111 - All Four Seasons Floor Puzzles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $13.99 1 $13.99
PP1105 - Map of the USA Floor Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning Materials $13.99 1 $13.99
PP1115 - Busy Bugs Floor Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning Materials $13.99 1 $13.99
PP1114 - Transportation Floor Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning Materials $13.99 1 $13.99
LC581 - Translucent Dominoes • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
LC585 - Translucent Pattern Blocks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
FG741 - Mastering Addition Dominoes • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99

Materials cost

$883.24

Vendor shipping charges

 $20.00

Sales tax

 $70.68

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,017.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$179.50

Total project goal

$1,196.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,196.67

8 Donors

-$587.30

Donations toward project cost

-$517.96

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.34

match offer

-$587.31

Match offer toward project cost

-$499.21

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$88.10

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.06

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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