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Mrs. Barajas from Chicago, IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Embracing Educational Independence With Centers

My students need mathematics centers, mathematics machines, and magnetic letters for literacy centers.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Barajas's classroom raised $274

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

On a typical day in my classroom, you will notice my students using their hands, turning to talk to collaborate with their partners, and repeating what I say a lot because of Whole Brain Teaching! Not only do I want my students to collaborate but I also want them to be successful independently.

My students live in the heart of Chicago.

They have tremendous hearts and an incredible desire to learn and be on the road to college and career readiness! They come from low-income households and attend a school that enrolls 97.4% low-income families. Funding is extremely limited within our district. With that said, I will do everything I can to give my students' the education they deserve!

My Project

As stated above, my students are given amazing opportunities to collaborate with their table partners and groups. I would love to give my students just as many opportunities to learn independently through the use of literacy and mathematics centers. The magnetic classroom letters set is the perfect option for students to work independently building words as well as sentences, which are key skills in their education. The addition and subtraction machine will also be used independently during mathematics centers. I will be beginning mathematics centers this year which will be implemented for 30 minutes each day. The Meet the Common Core Standards Learning Center for Grade 1 will also be implemented during mathematics centers for 30 minutes each day. Students will be able to choose what they would like to work on based on Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Numbers and Operations in Base Ten, Geometry, and Measurement and Data with the hands-on kit.

For many, mathematics is not a favorite subject.

I hope to open my students' horizons to mathematics allowing them to embrace it in first grade and on. My classroom will be improved because I will be implementing mathematics and literacy centers in a systematic and organized approach. Also, our school must see improvement in mathematics instruction and I know that the implementation of centers will be the very best for my kiddies success!

Mrs. Barajas Eberhart Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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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Nearly all 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
HH901 - Meet the Common Core Math Standards Learning Center - Grade 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $119.50 1 $119.50
JJ518 - Classroom Magnetic Letters Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
LC1167 - Subtraction Machine • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
LC1166 - Addition Machine • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99

Materials cost

$199.47

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$232.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.02

Total project goal

$273.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $273.48

7 Donors

-$184.24

Donations toward project cost

-$156.61

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.63

match offer

-$89.24

Match offer toward project cost

-$75.85

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.39

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