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. Gast from Chicago IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Help Students with Autism Get Educational Games

My students need educational games to help practice social skills, learn new vocabulary terms, and work on turn-taking with each other in a fun and motivating way.

  • $531 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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 Students

My students all have Autism and struggle to learn new information and concepts. They require specialized, visual, and hands-on learning materials in order to be successful. My school cannot afford to help me receive these materials.

I teach students with moderate to severe autism in a low income area.

My students all have reduced receptive, expressive, and pragmatic language skills and need specific materials to target these areas of weakness. Using materials that are highly motivating, visual, hands-on, and interactive helps my students build their language skills. It is expensive to purchase educational games/activities and my school does not have the funding needed to provide the resources necessary to teach our students.

My Project

Building language and social skills is challenging for children with Autism. These games/activities will allow me to utilize motivating materials to target and build these language skills. All the games/activities focus on building vocabulary skills, inferencing skills, and social skills which are very difficult for my students. In addition, playing games helps my students work on turn-taking and interacting with each other.

Many of my students have little or no exposure to games at home.

Games are great resource to help students work on turn-taking and interacting with others in a fun way. These educational games also make it motivating to practice the language skills we are working on in the classroom.

Ms. Gast
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. Gast 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
Clue Junior • Kaplan Early Learning Company $13.72 1 $13.72
20 Questions for Kids • Kaplan Early Learning Company $19.74 1 $19.74
Analogies Quizmo(r) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $13.75 1 $13.75
Marker Boards (Set of 5) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $12.00 1 $12.00
Color & Shape Bingo • Kaplan Early Learning Company $8.56 1 $8.56
Color & Shapes Match-Me Game • Kaplan Early Learning Company $12.86 1 $12.86
FF503 - Grab & Match Leveled Homophones Quickies • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
FF502 - Grab & Match Leveled Multiple Meanings Quickies • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
LL788 - Let's Talk! Vocabulary Box • Lakeshore Learning $14.95 1 $14.95
GG371 - Hazard Mountain: Inference Game • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
HH383 - What’s for Breakfast? Inferencing Game • Lakeshore Learning $19.95 1 $19.95
DD452 - Prefix/Suffix Cosmic Conquest Vocabulary Game • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
AA644 - Synonym & Antonym Safari Adventure Vocabulary Game • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
LL405X - Tricky Words & Phrases Teaching Cards - Set 1 • Lakeshore Learning $49.95 1 $49.95
GG732 - Comparing Sizes Concept Kit • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
JJ680 - Vocabulary Skill-Builder Photo Cards - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $59.95 1 $59.95
FF756 - Word Families Sort & Slide Board • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95

Materials cost

$410.08

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$451.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.63

Total project goal

$530.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$530.86

9 Donors

-$519.48

Donations toward project cost

-$451.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$68.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.38

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":"Chicago","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[495455],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"IL","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":3,"name":"Middle School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":646798,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/help-students-with-autism-get-educationa/646798/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":true,"numStudents":30,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Gast","isEquityFocus":true,"authorIds":{"495455":{"owner":"Ms. Gast","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[646798],"proposalHash":"-2044958749","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-3_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":49455,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["ODMwMzkz","MTE3NDQ3Ng==","NzUzODUz","MTE5OTIzMw==","MTE3NDYyNg==","Mjk1Mzk4","MTE4NTIzNw==","MTE5OTEyNA==","MTE2NzU1MQ=="],"teacherId":495455,"schoolCounty":"Cook","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"IL","name":"Illinois"}}