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Mrs. Geraci from East Orange, NJ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Connecting Math to the Real World

My students need a variety of Math Literature Books to connect Math with things that happen in Literature and the real World.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Geraci's classroom raised $792

This project is fully funded

I am a third grade teacher at an Urban Charter School. Many of our children are considered to be "Title One" and come from homes where they have limited opportunities to use math in everyday life.

Students do not see that the math they are learning about in lessons is so important without us showing them. Math Literature is a key part of a successful math program because it does just that: it connects math to real life!

In order to have a successful math program, we need a variety of math literature books and teacher activity books to accompany them. Our students love it when we do activities in math with literature, and we need quite a bit more to make our students successful!

With your donation, my students will be able to connect a lot of the math they are learning about to real life context. They will see how relevant the lessons they are learning are, and take a stronger interest in their learning.

Mrs. Geraci East Orange Community Charter School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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

26 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Tall-Tale Math: Data and Measurement • Nasco $11.50 1 $11.50
Measurement Literature Book Set • Nasco $61.95 1 $61.95
Greg Tang Book Set • Nasco $111.50 1 $111.50
Marilyn Burns Math Literature Book Set • Nasco $64.60 1 $64.60
Math Literature Collection #2 • Nasco $97.60 1 $97.60
Math Matters Level One • Nasco $84.95 1 $84.95
The I Hate Mathematics! Book • Nasco $12.25 1 $12.25
The Monster Money Book • Nasco $5.75 1 $5.75
Mummy Math: An Adventure in Geometry • Nasco $14.95 1 $14.95
Loreen Leedy Math Book Set • Nasco $63.95 1 $63.95
Place Value Activities Book • Nasco $7.00 1 $7.00
Lesson Quest: Number Sense & Operations Student Activity Book • Nasco $10.30 1 $10.30
Lesson Quest: Data Analysis & Discrete Math Student Activity Book • Nasco $3.85 1 $3.85
Reteaching Math Geometry & Measurement • Nasco $11.65 1 $11.65

Materials cost

$561.80

Vendor shipping charges

$56.18

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$649.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$142.46

Total project goal

$791.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$791.46

3 Donors

-$693.80

Donations toward project cost

-$649.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.80

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$97.66

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$0.00

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