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Ms. Nakamura from Honolulu, HI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Making Learning Fun!

Help me give my students math manipulatives, STEM activities, learning resources, and incentives to make learning fun and engaging.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Nakamura's classroom raised $979

This project is fully funded

My Students

Eager, excited, curious, and creative...those are some of the many words that can be used to describe my students. Just like dolphins that are our school mascot, we love to learn new things. Our school is located in the bustling center of Honolulu. The students come from diverse cultures and learn in a variety of ways. We are a Title I school with a large EL population.

I want my students to be scholars, scientists, artists, mathematicians, but most of all successful leaners!

The pandemic has changed so many things for our children, but they have shown that they are resilient and willing to adapt to the challenges and changes to their learning and environment.

My Project

This year as my students return to the classroom, I want them to be able to have meaningful learning opportunities. Often times during distance learning, students did not have the right materials (math manipulative kits, STEM resources) they needed to learn or chances to participate in hands on, problem solving activities.

My students learn best when they are given resources that provide them with authentic, hands on lessons that are fun and engaging.

The math manipulatives (base-10 blocks and cubes) will be put into individual kits for the students to use to explore and problem solve during math lessons. The manipulative kits will help the students gain a better understanding of place value, multi-digit addition and subtraction through the use of the base-10 blocks and the cubes will be used for learning about multiplication, division, and area. The STEM kits will give the students opportunities to investigate real world problems and also make connections to literature. The incentives will be used as part of our classroom economy. The students will earn classroom dollars for exhibiting our core values of being respectful, responsible, caring, and kind and also hard work. Their dollars can be redeemed for the incentives found in our class store. The Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards will be used to find fun and engaging lessons for the students.

Ms. Nakamura Queen Ka'ahumanu Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

Honolulu, HI View local requests

More than half of 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

20 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on Teachers Pay Teachers • Teachers Pay Teachers $100.00 2 $200.00
PP370X - Global Challenges Project-Based STEM Kits • Lakeshore Learning Materials $199.00 1 $199.00
PP380X - Folk Tales Problem Solving STEM Kits • Lakeshore Learning Materials $179.00 1 $179.00
Learning Resources Brights Base Ten Classroom Set, 20-25 Students, 823 Piece Set, Ages 6+ • Amazon Business $102.19 1 $102.19
Learning Resources Giant Magnetic Array Set • Amazon Business $17.10 2 $34.20
Learning Resources Hands-On Soft Color Cubes, Set of 102, Assorted Colors, Ages 3+ • Amazon Business $17.70 1 $17.70
40PCS Carnival Prizes for Kids Birthday Party Favors, Prizes Box Toy Assortment Bundle for Classroom Rewards, Pinata Filler, Treasure Box, Goodie Bag Filler, School Supplies for Students • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
LUDILO 40Pcs Mochi Squishy Toys Mini Squishies Kawaii Animal Squishys Party Favors for Kids Unicorn Cat Panda Miniature Novelty Toys Class Prizes Birthday Gifts Stress Relief Toy for Adults, Random • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99

Materials cost

$765.07

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $24.86

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$831.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$146.72

Total project goal

$978.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $978.13

3 Donors

-$944.31

Donations toward project cost

-$810.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$134.15

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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