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Mrs. Settles from Memphis TN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Financial Literacy

Help me give my students books and hands-on resources to support financial literacy and seeing math in real world contexts.

  • $600 goal

This project expired on March 20, 2022.

This project expired on March 20, 2022.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My students are the epitome of triumph and resilience. With poverty and gun violence plaguing our community, students still enter the building every day eager to learn and willing to make a positive impact on our school. Students ask many questions about math and science and draw real world connections to their life experiences.

I want to continue to foster their inquisitiveness and excitement by allowing them to work collaboratively to solve performance tasks.

Performance tasks increase the rigor of our classroom by allowing students to think critically and creatively, work collaboratively, and communicate effectively.

My Project

Students often have trouble making connections between the content they are learning in their math classes and the world around them. To promote these connections, I am asking for books that allow students to see math's relevance. For example, in the book "One Grain Of Rice" students will see how exponential growth allows a community to eat. Students can then show exponential growth on the graphing boards. We can connect the idea of exponential growth to saving and investing. "The Doorbell Rang" will also help students make connections between division and the real world.

Mrs. Settles
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale • Amazon Business $21.99 6 $131.94
AA651 - Building Math Skills Write Wipe Boards - K-Gr 2 - Set of 30 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 3 $89.97
A Place for Zero (Charlesbridge Math Adventures) • Amazon Business $7.95 6 $47.70
Fraction Action • Amazon Business $7.99 5 $39.95
If You Were a Plus Sign (Math Fun) • Amazon Business $7.89 5 $39.45
If You Were a Minus Sign (Math Fun) • Amazon Business $7.39 5 $36.95
The Doorbell Rang • Amazon Business $6.99 5 $34.95
GT279 - Write Wipe Graphing Boards with X-Y Axis - Set of 30 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Board2by Reusable Dry Erase Pockets 25 Pack, Clear 10" x 14" Write and Wipe Pockets Sleeves Fits Standard Paper, Plastic Dry Erase Sheet Protectors for Classroom, Teacher and Office Supplies, 5 Colors • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99

Materials cost

$472.89

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$509.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.00

Total project goal

$599.98

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