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Ms. Carther from Chicago, IL is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Enhancing Our Curriculum

Help me give my students new, up-to-date, and exciting digital resources that will enhance our current curriculum.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Carther's classroom raised $633

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

My students are fun loving 9 and 10-year-olds who always have a story to tell, a joke to share, or a smile that will brighten your day. My students love school. They like trying new things all the time. They are truly kind, inquisitive, and fun. The students from our school come from many diverse backgrounds (racial and socioeconomic) as well as many academic levels which makes for wonderful discussions but also has allowed the students to become more empathetic through their interactions. They love hands-on experiments, games, and learning about our planet.

The students in our school live in a very large city but most have very limited experiences outside of our neighborhood.

That is why it is so important for me to expose the students to as many new and exciting ways to learn as possible. My goal for them is to be proud of their achievements but also to realize everyone has different talents that are equally as important in life. It is important to me that I show them that social skills and character education work hand in hand with academics.

My Project

Having a Teachers Pay Teachers gift card will give me access to so many original resources that I could use in my classroom. This year with digital instruction, I learned that technology really can enhance our curriculum. I want to continue to add resources into my lesson plans that allow the students to experience learning in a variety of ways. Resources created by other teachers are a great way to stay up to date with new approaches to teaching our core subject areas.

Each new resource purchased gives my students new opportunities to learn in another way besides our textbooks.

I have utilized the website Teachers Pay Teachers to find lessons and projects to help put a new spin on what I am teaching to my students. The reason this website is so great is that teachers understand what students respond to and what works for students to learn. So many other resources are made by companies that have people that have not been in the classroom for years creating their content.

Ms. Carther Mark Twain Elementary 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.

Equity Focus

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on Teachers Pay Teachers • Teachers Pay Teachers $100.00 5 $500.00

Materials cost

$500.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$537.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.85

Total project goal

$632.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $632.35

3 Donors

-$325.00

Donations toward project cost

-$276.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.75

match offer

-$307.35

Match offer toward project cost

-$261.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.10

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 $0.00

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