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Ms. Smith from Waukesha WI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Making Math Magical

Help me give my students essential math tools to explore with during math.

  • $223 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

My students are sweet, funny, wonderful kiddos! They come from many different backgrounds, although the majority of my students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. Our school serves both of our city's homeless shelters, so for many of my students, school is the place they feel the safest. Yet, even with so much adversity, my students consistently surprise me with what they can accomplish despite the challenges that may be in their way.

Our school is a warm and caring place for our students to come to every day, with staff that works​ extremely hard to help each child learn and grow.

I am blessed to be their teacher, and I will do everything I can to help them reach their full potential.

My Project

So many of my students tell me that they love math and think it's really fun, which totally warms my heart!

I think part of the reason they love math so much is that we get to be hands on and explore mathematical concepts through math tools.

Rekenreks really help solidify that 5 and 10 are important numbers that we can "anchor to" when solving problems. The way the red and white beads are grouped by 5s helps them to visualize numbers 6-9 as "5 and ___ more" or teen numbers as "10 and ___ more". This connects to financial literacy because counting out money or figuring out change requires students to be flexible with numbers. If something costs 8 dollars, they will know that a $5 bill and three $1 bills is enough to cover it.

The unifix cubes, dice, and transparent spinners will also get daily use, as we LOVE learning through games and those items are used with many of them. So much so, that some items are in need of replacement or are in short supply!

Finally, the number path pocket chart will be very useful in small group, as we are always working on counting forwards, counting backwards, and finding what comes before or after a number. The pocket chart will let me differentiate for different kids' needs (by using different sets of cards), and it will give each number a defined space to help kids organize the number sequence in their minds.

Thank you so much for supporting my students!

Ms. Smith
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Unifix Cubes, Ten Assorted Colors, Set of 500 • Amazon Business $34.79 1 $34.79
Gejoy 10 Pack Transparent Spinners Dry Erase Math Game Spinner with Rotating Arrow • Amazon Business $10.58 3 $31.74
Yellow Mountain Imports Ultimate Rounded 6-Sided White Dice Set, 100 Dice - 16 mm • Amazon Business $9.14 3 $27.42
hand2mind 86991 120-Bead Magnetic Demo Rekenrek Line, Grade: Kindergarten to 4 • Amazon Business $24.50 1 $24.50
hand2mind 20-Bead Mini Wood Rekenrek, Math Counting Frames (Pack of 4) • Amazon Business $10.95 2 $21.90
hand2mind 90556 Number Path Pocket Chart • Amazon Business $16.07 1 $16.07

Materials cost

$156.42

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$188.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.31

Total project goal

$222.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $222.08

4 Donors

-$111.00

Donations toward project cost

-$95.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.15

match offer

-$109.32

Match offer toward project cost

-$92.92

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.40

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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