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Mrs. Dennis from Pittsburgh PA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Build and Roll to Strengthen Math Skills

Help me give my students a fun, hands on way to work in small groups to strengthen their math skills with roll and solve games along with the building blocks.

  • $420 goal

This project expired on May 24, 2020.

This project expired on May 24, 2020.

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

My students are 1st graders in a high poverty, inner-city primary school. All students in our school receive free breakfast and lunch. Our students are provided with uniforms to wear to school, pencils to complete their homework, backpacks to carry their schoolwork home in, and coats to keep them warm.

There are about 99% of my students always come to school eager to learn, happy and smiling.

They are kind, caring and curious and always ready to lend a helping hand to other students and myself. The other 1% may tell stories of incarceration, drugs, homelessness, death and sometimes abuse. I try to comfort, console, encourage and just listen to their stories they share. It is amazing that even through all of these challenges they are all still eager and ready to learn. They are constantly asking questions and soaking up the knowledge like they are a sponge. Our district wants our students to promise to always dream BIG!

My Project

My students work on a variety of levels, so these games will provide each of them an opportunity to work at their individual levels. The students need a variety of options to practice with so the activities don’t become boring as well and these activities will help enhance their learning experiences. These activities are easily adaptable for the students’ individual learning levels. Some of these activities can be used some or with a partner to practice their math skills. All of these games/activities are skills we work on through the school year. So if a student has difficulty on a particular skill these can be added into our small groups to continue working on the skill.

Mrs. Dennis
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
EE485X - Roll & Solve Math Games - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $75.00 1 $75.00
DD710X - Building Bricks Problem Solving Kits - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
EE475X - Flip & Solve Math Boards - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
PP969 - Build-A-Number Houses • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
LC133 - Addition Learning Locks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $36.99 1 $36.99
DD571 - Addition & Subtraction Instant Learning Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99

Materials cost

$321.95

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$356.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.96

Total project goal

$419.74

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