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Ms. Fryman from Bronx NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Gather Round for a Meeting of the Minds at PS 130

The cost of the Mahar Thick Activity Table from SchoolOutfitters.com is $234, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

  • $234 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate 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 third graders are excited about sharing their work and their ideas. Currently, students end up talking to me, trying to come up with answers they think will be pleasing to their teacher. Instead, I'd like to create a physical space that students recognize as a "meeting of the minds" where children build off each others' ideas. I realize that a rounded group table would take the focus off of me and remind my third graders how much they can learn from listening to and talking with each other about books, their writing pieces and math problems. I want them to discuss literature with their peers and develop a community of readers and writers. I feel that book clubs, which would meet at this table, would further support the sense of community we've developed and teach my students important communication skills such as listening to their peers, building off each other's ideas and speaking to a group. Book clubs will be an ongoing learning experience in my classroom that I know will benefit all of my students. I realize that this set up would be essential not only for book clubs and guided reading, but for guided writing and math as well. My students enjoy sharing their writing pieces and working on math problems, but they tend to gravitate towards me as their primary resource or work independently. I feel that a rounded table will encourage them to share their thoughts in a community of young readers, writers and mathematicians.

Ms. Fryman
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mahar 1 1/8" Thick Activity Table Kidney 48"W x 72"L - 25-30" Legs • SchoolOutfitters.com $154.99 1 $154.99

Materials cost

$154.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$191.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.08

Total project goal

$233.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$233.76

1 Donor

-$220.43

Donations toward project cost

-$192.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.43

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.72

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$0.00

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