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Mrs. Pierresaint from Waterbury, CT is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Highly in Need of Hot Dots!

My students need 3 Hot Dot pens and various reading, math and science Hot Dot question cards to enhance their knowledge of these concepts.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Pierresaint's classroom raised $175

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

When you were a student, didn't you wish there was a buzzer that went off every time you got an answer correct? Hot Dots pens and materials will help with that! Sometimes students just need to know right then and there if what they're learning is accurate or inaccurate.

My classroom consists of 18 to 25 vibrant and diverse reading class and math class students.

The majority of them come from lower economic financial backgrounds with single or working parents. Their academic abilities range from a first grade level to a fourth grade level in reading, writing and math. Due to such a vast range of abilities, lower leveled students sometimes struggle to catch up and higher leveled students don't get challenged enough. The school they attend focuses heavily on school and classroom community by having a morning meeting with the entire school every morning and working in small instructional groups. My students strive to learn, but lack some of the basic skills they need in order to perform well on formal and informal tests. They enjoy working in small groups and the Hot Dots materials will be a great addition to their small group instruction. It will help my lower leveled students as well as encourage my on grade leveled students to push further.

My Project

With the help of Hot Dots pens and question cards, my students that are struggling will be able to review and reinforce skills of reading, math and science. Also, grade leveled students will be able to challenge themselves on concepts that are on grade level and beyond. The talking electronic Hot Dots pens will give instant gratification to whether the question was answered correctly or not making learning fun and engaging. Students of various levels will be able to work in small instructional groups while using the Hot Dots question sets of different subject matters. Students will learn, review, and reinforce various vocabulary words and skills pertaining to reading such as context clues, science such as force and motion, and math problem solving skills. These materials will be beneficial for test taking reinforcement, helping to close the achievement gap within my classroom, and making learning more student based.

This project will definitely bring a sense of community to our classroom by allowing all students to come together and learn.

The Hot Dots pen and question cards will make students more involved in the learning process as they self check their answers. As the pen flashes and gives positive reinforcement such as "awesome job," my students will become more confident in their learning. The ultimate goal of this donation is to create more active learners, involve all students, and reinforce skills.

Mrs. Pierresaint Walsh Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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Nearly all 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
PEN HOT DOTS • School Specialty Inc. $10.44 3 $31.32
HOT DOTS SCIENCE SET FORCE AND MOTION • School Specialty Inc. $14.24 1 $14.24
CARDS HOT DOTS ACADEMIC VOCAB CARDS GRADES 4-6 • School Specialty Inc. $15.19 1 $15.19
CARDS HOT DOTS ACADEMIC VOCAB CARDS GRADES 1-3 • School Specialty Inc. $15.19 1 $15.19
CARDS HOT DOTS VOCABULARY DVLPMNT CONTEXT CLUES • School Specialty Inc. $9.49 1 $9.49
ELECTRONIC HOT DOTS LEARN TO SOLVE WORD PROBLEM SET GRADES 1-3 • School Specialty Inc. $20.89 1 $20.89

Materials cost

$106.32

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.63

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$148.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.21

Total project goal

$174.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $174.75

2 Donors

-$157.11

Donations toward project cost

-$148.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.57

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.64

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