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Ms. Kiefer from Shelby, MT is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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First Grade Reading and Math Center Fun!

Help me give my students literacy and math center manipulatives! Math and Reading centers!

  • $428 goal

This project expired on January 10, 2025.

This project expired on January 10, 2025.

My Project

My little group of busy first graders are ready for some hands on reading and math centers! Centers are a huge part of our day in first grade and collaborative and hands on learning along with our reading and math curriculum will round out some wonderful days of learning in our classroom. My little ones will use the math and phonics manipulatives at small group teacher led centers, individual learning centers, and with partners to work on the reading and math skills that they are learning in class. Word work, phonics, and number sense are a big part of our centers at this grade level. This project will give them more manipulatives to work with during whole group instruction and also give them the opportunity to branch out and work on their own. Thank you for considering this project for my first grade students!

Ms. Kiefer Shelby 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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More than half 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

20 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dowling Magnets Giant Magnetic Calendar Set, Ages 3-12 (DO-735025) • Quill.com $46.74 1 $46.74
Lakeshore Jumbo Magnetic Letters - Uppercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $32.99 1 $32.99
Lakeshore Jumbo Magnetic Letters - Lowercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $32.99 1 $32.99
Ready2Learn Jumbo Washable Stamp Pad, 6-11/16 x 4-7/8 x 3/4 Inches, 4-in-1 Electric • School Specialty $10.12 3 $30.36
Red and Yellow Counters Set of 200 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $9.81 3 $29.43
Learning Letters by Four Dublee - 109 Phonics Letter Tiles with Magnetic Spelling Board and Sound Boxes. Includes Letter Tiles Organizer Bags and Storage Box • Amazon Business $24.50 1 $24.50
hand2mind Plastic Lowercase Alphabet Letter Tiles, Plastic Letters for Kids, Phonics Manipulatives, Science of Reading Alphabet Letters, Letter Tiles for Phonics and Spelling, Letters for Classroom • Amazon Business $21.53 1 $21.53
131+4 PCS Jumbo Blue Magnetic Base Ten Blocks for Math + Headings - Math Manipulatives, Base 10 Blocks, Place Value Manipulatives Magnets, Counters for Kids, Classroom Must Haves - Simply Magic • Amazon Business $19.47 1 $19.47
Educational Insights Regular Stamps, Lowercase Letters, 30/Pack (1471) • Quill.com $19.20 1 $19.20
Lakeshore Sight-Words Hands-On Student Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 2 $17.98
Key Education Sentence Building Learning Game, Grades K-2 (KE-846026) • Quill.com $16.65 1 $16.65
LEARNING ADVANTAGE Giant Magnetic Foam Ten Frames - In Home Learning Manipulative for Early Math - 2 Frames with 20 Disks - Teach Number Concepts, Addition and Subtraction • Amazon Business $10.44 1 $10.44
MaxGear Whiteboard Magnets, 36 Pack Strong Refrigerator Magnets, Dry Erase Board Magnets Set, Magnets for Whiteboard, 3 cm Round Colored Magnets for Classroom, Refrigerator, Office, Home (5 Colors) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99

Materials cost

$311.27

Vendor shipping charges

$17.19

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$363.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.08

Total project goal

$427.21

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