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Ms. Shackelford from Lewisville, TX is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Flexible Furniture For Student Engagement!

My students need four chair cubes and four balance balls to arrange flexible work spaces around the room.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Shackelford's classroom raised $443

This project is fully funded

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My Students

flex-i-ble : easily changed : able to change or to do different things : willing to change or to try different things I LOVE this definition! I think this is a KEY to success in life, whether you are in kindergarten or a seasoned kindergarten teacher.

Be kinder than necessary, everyone is fighting some sort of battle.

Many of my students face many unseen battles, from poverty to family issues to parental illiteracy. I want to provide the kind, safe place for them to become all they can be. My school is an AWESOME Title 1 school, making great strides in public education despite a challenging population. Most of my students are on free/reduced lunch and families are supported by our Communities in Schools social worker and services. We also have a very large refugee population from Myanmar (formerly Burma) This year, over half of my class are second language learners. My students are a JOY to teach every day, eager to learn and discover all that public school in the United States has to offer.

My Project

Kindergarten students are bundles of energy just waiting for an outlet. Each day, my students work individually and in small groups reading, writing and sharing their ideas and creations. These balance balls will allow those students with lots of 'wiggles' to concentrate those wiggles into the balance ball while allowing for their creative ideas to be shared on paper, with a partner or in a group. These 'chair/tables' will allow students to work independently or in a small group, ANYWHERE they can take the furniture. It can also become a house for a stuffed animal, a display area for a project or Lego creation, a podium for speaking and sharing...the options are ENDLESS.

Having this flexible furniture in my classroom will allow for student decision making as to how and where their learning will take place, learning that is as much about what I need to share as it is about what they need to discover.

They will be able to take even more ownership in their educational setting by helping to create the environment in which they will be learning.

Ms. Shackelford Lakeland Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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

20 students impacted 11donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT871 - Chair Cubes - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $199.00 1 $199.00
BALL SPORTIME SUPER PRO 65CM GREEN • School Specialty $32.29 4 $129.16

Materials cost

$328.16

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.92

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$376.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.35

Total project goal

$442.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $442.35

9 Donors

-$215.00

Donations toward project cost

-$188.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.00

match offer

-$221.18

Match offer toward project cost

-$188.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.18

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.18

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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