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Ms. Rhoden-Lewis from Houston, TX is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Feeding the Forest: Easy as 1+2+3

My students need math centers, manipulatives, and consumable materials to help create math centers that will provide opportunities for the students to practice skills.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Rhoden-Lewis's classroom raised $1,227

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

Looking at my students, one would never know that they have seen war, death and experienced hunger and poverty, One would never know by looking at these angelic faces that they are refugees taken from a rural broken land and placed in the foreign and modern society of America.

I teach in an urban public school in which our student population mostly serves children from disadvantage and poverty stricken backgrounds.

Most of my students are refugees from Burma. They have escaped poverty and war and each student has a special and unique story. Some of my students have been separated from their parents and families and some have experienced the loss of a parent due to the war. Some of my students never had electricity or knew what it was until coming to the States and some of my students' homes were planted in trees...literally, they lived in tree houses.

My Project

The items that I have requested will go towards building math centers and my small group work for my students. After teaching a lesson, students will have opportunities to complete their work, explore math centers to continue to build math skills or work with me in a small group as I guide students' learning and help progress students forward to the next stage of learning. Because my students also have a language barrier, it is important that these math centers come with visuals and instructions. So, not only will my students be building math skills by working in these centers they will simultaneously build their language skills.

Donations made to this project will turn my water can into a water hose.

You see my classroom is a forest in the making. Each of my students began as little seeds of knowledge and they are sprouting up leaves by the time they get to third grade. It is up to me to water these seeds of knowledge that will one day grow into a vast forest. These centers will help my students master mathematical concepts and skills and also allow them opportunities to build upon their language and social skills.

Ms. Rhoden-Lewis Sneed 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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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

45 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
RA650X - Early Math Manipulative Library - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $289.00 1 $289.00
HH400X - Math Instant Learning Centers - Gr. 2-3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $199.00 1 $199.00
TT670 - Mastering Math Games Library - Gr. 4-5 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $95.00 1 $95.00
FF524 - Small-Group Teaching Easel • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 1 $79.99
JJ439 - Washable Broad-Tip Markers - Class Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 1 $79.99
VX841 - Best-Buy Standard Crayons - 12-Color Box • Lakeshore Learning Materials $74.99 1 $74.99
LL813 - Math Plinko - Gr. 4-5 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
AA758X - Connect & Store Book Bins - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.50 1 $29.50
LC1657 - Size & Color Teddy Counters • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
LC1668 - Vehicle Counters • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
RR292 - Self-Checking Problem Solving Match-Ups • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99
LC1561 - Sentence Strips Storage Box • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 1 $6.99
LL112VT - Heavy-Duty Paper Trays • Lakeshore Learning Materials $5.99 1 $5.99
LL112RD - Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Red • Lakeshore Learning Materials $5.99 1 $5.99
LL112YE - Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Yellow • Lakeshore Learning Materials $5.99 1 $5.99
LL112GR - Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $5.99 1 $5.99
NF9765 - Rainbow Sentence Strips • Lakeshore Learning Materials $4.99 1 $4.99
NF9763 - White Sentence Strips • Lakeshore Learning Materials $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$997.36

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,042.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$183.94

Total project goal

$1,226.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,226.26

1 Donor

-$1,226.26

Donations toward project cost

-$1,042.32

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$183.94

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