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Ms. Ribbens from Anchorage AK is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Laminating Machine

Help me give my students sturdy, reusable resources to aide their learning with a laminator!

  • 2 donors
  • $218 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

This tool will help my class and students very much! It's always nice to be able to reuse resources, so having this in my classroom for easy access would be super helpful!

For example, I love to have my students do hands-on learning as much as possible.

At the 3rd grade level, this can include a lot of sorting and organizing. For example, sorting words according to the spelling patterns. This process really helps students to see patterns. Laminated resources are also helpful in other ways such as putting parts of a story in a sequence, or organizing sentences to show proper parts-of-speech. In math, it's fun to have resources which students can use multiple times with markers, and I love to use math games to increase engagement.

Thanks for helping my students!

Ms. Ribbens
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Scotch Thermal Laminator Value Pack • Teachers' School Supply $106.22 1 $106.22
Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches Letter Size 3 Mil 200/Pack (TP3854-200) • Staples $26.59 1 $26.59

Materials cost

$132.81

Vendor shipping charges

 $18.33

Sales tax

 $1.99

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$185.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.67

Total project goal

$217.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $217.79

1 Donor

-$108.89

Donations toward project cost

-$92.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.33

match offer

-$108.89

Match offer toward project cost

-$92.56

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.33

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 $0.00

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