You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Ms. Onorati from Des Moines WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Games Teach Financial Literacy

My students need strategy games such as Monopoly, Ticket to Ride, and Puerto Rico to learn about everyday finance.

  • $765 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

We have adopted school-wide positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS). PBIS emphasizes the establishment of organizational supports and systems that give our personnel the capacity to use effective interventions accurately and successfully.

Our students are a wonderful group of seventh and eighth graders from diverse backgrounds, with over 60% receiving services for free and reduced lunches.

Our students are bright, funny, clever, curious, and show a world of potential, but need your support to be able to reach their full potential.

My Project

Many of my middle school students struggle with the concept of economics and financial literacy. Lectures and worksheets about economics are boring. In an effort to make financial literacy more exciting, I began researching board games that teach financial literacy skills. These games are also quality strategy board games.

Our students love to play board games and games such as Ticket To Ride and Puerto Rico will be perfect to teach financial literacy in a fun and exciting way.

Strategic board games promote learning, unlock thinking skills, and stimulate brain development in children. With the Board Games, I've seen a big improvement in student social interaction and critical thinking. These board games teach economics and financial literacy. I have picked the board games Catan, Power Grid, Ticket to Ride, and Monopoly just to mention a few. Each of these games have a strong economic theme where players are learning economic principles such as buying low and selling high, making efficient use of resources to earn money, and balancing their budgets.

Playing board games allows for students to spend more time interacting and less time in front of electronics.

Ms. Onorati
Grades 6-8

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. Onorati is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ticket To Ride • Amazon Business $39.71 3 $119.13
Catan • Amazon Business $34.99 3 $104.97
Power Grid • Amazon Business $34.73 3 $104.19
Puerto Rico Game • Amazon Business $32.95 3 $98.85
Unstable Unicorns Base Game • Amazon Business $20.00 3 $60.00
Exploding Kittens Card Game • Amazon Business $19.99 3 $59.97
Monopoly Deal Card Game • Amazon Business $4.99 3 $14.97

Materials cost

$562.08

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$49.18

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$649.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$114.65

Total project goal

$764.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$764.34

1 Donor

-$152.87

Donations toward project cost

-$129.94

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.93

match offer

-$611.47

Match offer toward project cost

-$519.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$91.72

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Support your local school!

Donate directly to any school in the US. Your donation will go towards directly purchasing urgent supplies.

Find a local school

Project Activity

{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"Des Moines","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[1063397],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"WA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":3,"name":"Middle School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":3143771,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":4,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/games-teach-financial-literacy/3143771/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":true,"numStudents":600,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Onorati","isEquityFocus":true,"authorIds":{"1063397":{"owner":"Ms. Onorati","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[3143771],"proposalHash":"-1555591215","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-4_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":195782,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":{"completingDonationAmount":156,"proposalURL":"project/help-pencils-needed/8272036/","proposalTitle":"Help! Pencils Needed","proposalId":8272036},"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["MTA2MzM5Nw==","NTI0MjEyMg=="],"teacherId":1063397,"schoolCounty":"King","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"WA","name":"Washington"}}