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Mrs. Schaffner from Tampa FL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Manipulatives Making Meaning

My students need Alphamagnets, Wikki Stix, goggly eye finger puppets, and other materials to help make small group learning more interactive.

  • $416 goal

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My Students

Our school serves children who have one or both parents actively serving in the military. Our students are brave, resilient, intelligent, and creative. As the reading coach, I work with all students and teachers in grades K-8.

Our students are active learners.

They come from places all over the world and instantly become at ease in our nurturing and safe environment. They bring their wisdom and experience and we do our best to provide them with the materials and resources to expand their understanding and help them grow as learners and leaders.

My Project

The students I service are struggling readers so they get a lot of extra support from many sources. When they come to me I want to make their learning as fun and interactive as possible. The materials I'm requesting will help make our small group learning environment more engaging.

Items like magnetic letters, wikki stiks, and googly eye finger puppets will give the students something to manipulate while they learn concepts they are struggling with.

Other materials like foam dice, translucent chips, sticky flags will be added to activities that students will utilize. The pencils and stinky stickers will be used as incentives for all the hard work these students put in each week.

Mrs. Schaffner
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Educational Insights AlphaMagnets- Color-Coded Lowercase (42 pieces) • Amazon Business $6.59 14 $92.26
12 Pack Small Digital Kitchen Timer Magnetic Back And ON/OFF Switch,Minute Second Count Up Countdown(White,Blue,Orange) • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99
Adorox ( 640 Pieces, Ruler Included ) Neon Page Marker Index Colored Tab Flags, Florescent Sticky Note • Amazon Business $7.99 5 $39.95
Learning Resources Hands-On Soft Dot Dice Bucket • Amazon Business $30.72 1 $30.72
Kick Bands Bouncy Chair Fidget Bands (10-Pack) - Improves Focus For School Kids and Classroom Students - ADHD ADD SPD Autism Sensory Needs - Bounce & Stretch Foot Band For Chairs by Solace • Amazon Business $27.99 1 $27.99
Wikki Stix Big Count Box • Amazon Business $24.95 1 $24.95
Assorted Colorful Kids Pencils (144 Pack) • Amazon Business $18.69 1 $18.69
Kids' Choice Stinky Stickers Variety Pack • Amazon Business $10.29 1 $10.29
US Toy Assorted Googly Eye Monster Look Finger Puppets (24-Pack) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Pacon Privacy Boards, White, 48" x 16", 4 Boards (3782) • Amazon Business $9.58 1 $9.58
Hibery 12 Pack Magnetic Dry Whiteboard Eraser in Square Shape - Magnetic For Cleaning Dry Erase Pens and Markers Off White Boards for Office, Home, School and Perfect Gift for kids • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Learning Resources LER0131 Transparent Color Counting Chips, Set of 250 • Amazon Business $5.03 1 $5.03

Materials cost

$318.39

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$353.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.32

Total project goal

$415.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$415.49

1 Donor

-$415.49

Donations toward project cost

-$353.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.32

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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