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Ms. Scimeca from Rockaway, NJ is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Scimeca's classroom raised $239

Individualized Math Problem Solving

Help me give my students math manipulative packs for individualized learning and communicating ideas!

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Ms. Scimeca Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Rockaway, NJ Grades 3-5

My Students

My young scholars are problem solvers! Transitioning into 4th grade means a deeper dive into academics to build upon foundational skills. For resource room and other special education students who commonly think outside the box (sometimes WAY beyond the box), discourse includes creative problem solving. My class of resource students is on a mission to communicate their ideas, work out problems, and share solutions they find with everyone!

Math is commonly an anxiety-ridden subject feared by most.

It takes a multitude of skills to work through complex problems. To lessen this burden, neurodivergent students can explore, solve, and express their valuable insight through different means of communication. With your help, we can acquire the tools to research and communicate effectively.

My Project

The use of a Math Toolkit for each student will ensure all students have problem-solving capabilities. Manipulatives allow my students to show and explain their thinking in a different way. As students that often think outside the box, manipulatives come to the rescue to help cue students into the visual side of problem solving. A personal math toolkit will foster independence when it comes to students solving problems! No longer will students sit at their desk trying to map out their ideas on just pencil and paper. Manipulatives provide a great way for me as their teacher to see the creative problem solving in progress.

Donations for these personalized math kits will enable each diverse learner their set of tools to solve any problem!

Students will be able to see and critique their own thinking through the use of visual aids and manipulatives. This reflective learning will help build their confidence in math and support the problem-solvers of the future!

10 students impacted 4 donors
Ms. Scimeca Thomas Jefferson Middle School Grades 3-5 Rockaway, NJ View local requests 10 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
GG584 - Fractions Decimals Hands-On Student Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 10 $69.90
GG582 - Place Value Hands-On Student Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 10 $69.90
AA652 - Building Math Skills Write Wipe Boards - Gr 3-5 - Set of 30 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99

Materials cost

$169.79

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$202.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.71

Total project goal

$238.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $238.05

1 Donor

-$226.84

Donations toward project cost

-$202.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.21

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 $0.00

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