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Mrs. Ferber from Portland OR is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

But I Really Need That. . . Classroom Economy

Help me give my students enticing things for them to buy with their classroom economy money to help them learn about budgets.

  • $522 goal

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My Students

My classroom of 35 fifth grade students is in a school of high poverty. All of our students receive free lunch and breakfast here at school. Many of my children are homeless, living in shelters or in their cars. I have children who have hard to handle behaviors due to the high stress in their lives. The background knowledge that most of the children have is lacking due to the fact that most of their parents speak another language, are unable to read in their home language, don't speak English, didn't graduate high school, and most of them are working more than one job, leaving many of my kids home alone. Due to the negative outside impact of this world on their lives, the parents and children have other things to focus on.

Many children in the surrounding areas don't have to worry about the daily impacts that my students face, such as witnessing shootings in their apartment complex and having to hide behind a dumpster so they don't get shot.

I try to expose them to various activities that they wouldn't be able to access otherwise.

My Project

My students are participating in a classroom economy. Learning how to save and when to splurge. However, I need high interest activity kits to help my children learn about needs versus wants. Every week I hold an auction for my students to spend their money. This is an opportunity to teach them about what happens if they spend more than they have. Also thinking about the future: "if rent is due every month and I barely make enough to pay rent, can I afford this luxury? Will I need to make more money?" These kits are exciting enough to entice them to ask the hard questions and do the extra things to make more money.

My students need to understand how the economy works and how to use their money responsibly, so they don't end up evicted or without utilities due to money mismanagement.

My students live in very high poverty situations, and my students, like every other child, want things and don't understand why they can't have it.

My ultimate goal is to help my students understand how the "real world" works. Especially before they are out there in it. My students have been in this economy since the start of the year, and they absolutely love it. The prizes I have used so far are nice but haven't been valuable enough to them to work for the extra money.

Mrs. Ferber
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wrebbit 3D - Harry Potter Diagon Alley Collection 3D Jigsaw Puzzles - Ollivander’s Wand Shop, Quality Quidditch Supplies, Madam Malkin’s and Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes -Bundle of 4- Total of 1175 Pieces • Amazon Business $107.99 1 $107.99
Hogwarts Astronomy Tower 3D Jigsaw Puzzle (875 pieces) • Amazon Business $43.97 1 $43.97
WREBBIT 3D - Harry Potter Hogwarts Great Hall 3D Jigsaw Puzzle - 850Piece • Amazon Business $42.48 1 $42.48
WREBBIT 3D - Harry Potter The Burrow Weasley Family Home 3D Jigsaw Puzzle - 415Piece • Amazon Business $30.42 1 $30.42
Melissa & Doug Scratch Art Box of Rainbow Mini Notes • Amazon Business $6.00 5 $30.00
Discovery Kids Mindblown STEM 12-in-1 Solar Robot Creation 190-Piece Kit with Working Solar Powered Motorized Engine and Gears, Construction Engineering Set • Amazon Business $14.79 2 $29.58
WREBBIT 3D Hogwarts Express 3D Jigsaw Puzzle (460 Pieces) • Amazon Business $27.99 1 $27.99
WREBBIT 3D - Harry Potter The Knight Bus 3D Jigsaw Puzzle - 280Piece • Amazon Business $23.99 1 $23.99
Hasbro Guess Who Classic Game • Amazon Business $9.97 2 $19.94
Mastermind Game : The Strategy Game of Codemaker vs. Codebreaker (Packaging May Vary) • Amazon Business $9.50 2 $19.00
Hasbro Connect 4 Game • Amazon Business $7.88 2 $15.76
Trouble Game • Amazon Business $7.88 2 $15.76

Materials cost

$406.88

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$442.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.17

Total project goal

$521.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$521.15

2 Donors

-$236.49

Donations toward project cost

-$221.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Matching donations from our partners

-$260.58

Match offers toward project cost

-$221.49

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.09

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$24.09

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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