Help me give my students a game for our class switch, cardstock paper, an electric sharpener for all types of pencils, and a wooden shoe to practice tying shoes!
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Pla's classroom raised $165
This project is fully funded
Celebrating 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 Project
My students with intellectual disabilities learn best through a multimodal teaching approach. This means that I am constantly trying to come up with creative and fun strategies to teach different topics. These specific materials would enhance my lessons surrounding life skills, especially financial literacy. Nintendo Switch games like MarioKart serve as a reinforcement for my students after a more traditional lesson covering financial topics. During the game of Mariokart, students are able to collect coins. I feel that this aspect of the game would provide my students with extra practice of learning how to earn and count money. The cardstock paper would also be useful in providing my students with worksheets that are more durable and colorful to practice with various financial topics. I would even use the cardstock to have my students create fake money and practice learning the value and appearance of different dollar bills. The electric sharpener would allow my students to be more efficient in sharpening their pencils during writing assignments or projects. As for the wooden shoe, many of my students with special needs have difficulties with simple tasks such as tying shoes. I feel that this is important considering that they are already in high school and this would be an amazing tool to help teach them how to become more independent. The shoe would also serve as a supplemental activity for teaching my students skills needed when shopping for clothes, or in this case shoes.
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
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Nintendo Switch OLED Model Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch Lite
• Best Buy Education
$59.99
1
$59.99
AFMAT Electric Pencil Sharpener, Pencil Sharpener for Colored Pencils, Auto Stop, Super Sharp & Fast, Electric Pencil Sharpener Plug in for 6-12mm No.2/Colored Pencils/Office/Home-Black
• Amazon Business
$24.99
1
$24.99
NUOBESTY Learn to Tie Shoes Wooden Lacing Shoe Toy Shoelaces Tying Toy Teaching Kit for Kids, Blue
• Amazon Business
$11.99
1
$11.99
Staples 110 lb. Cardstock Paper 8.5 x 11 White 250 Sheets/Ream (49701)
• Staples
$10.99
1
$10.99
Materials cost
$107.96
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$1.62
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$139.58
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$24.63
Total project goal
$164.21
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$164.21
1 Donor
-$25.00
Donations toward project cost
-$25.00
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$0.00
match offer
-$134.80
Match offer toward project cost
-$114.58
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Pla and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.
