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

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Math: Go Figure!

Help me give my students the hands-on manipulatives and fraction circles they need to become successful mathematicians.

  • $691 goal

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This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but while children learn to identify animals from picture books, they still probably don't have a sense about the animals' sizes, skin textures, or sounds. Even videos fall short. There's no substitute for firsthand experience. Along the same lines, manipulatives give students ways to construct physical models of abstract mathematical ideas.

Give students the choice of working on a page of problems or solving a problem with colorful and interestingly shaped blocks, and there's no contest.

Manipulatives intrigue and motivate while helping students learn. My 5th graders are working hard at becoming proficient in place value, fractions, area and decimals. While I want my scholars to become comfortable and proficient with the language of math--everything from the multiplication sign to the early notations of algebra--words and symbols only represent ideas. Ideas exist in children's minds, and manipulatives help them construct an understanding of ideas that they can then connect to mathematical vocabulary and symbols. These manipulative materials will serve as concrete models for my scholars to use to solve problems. I need your support in order for this to happen! Thank you very much!

Ms. S.
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
GG580X - Hands-On Math Teaching Kits - Gr 3-5 - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $499.00 1 $499.00
EE922 - Giant Magnetic Fraction Circles Bars • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99

Materials cost

$548.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.23

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$587.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.63

Total project goal

$690.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $690.85

2 Donors

-$345.42

Donations toward project cost

-$293.61

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.81

match offer

-$345.42

Match offer toward project cost

-$293.61

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.81

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 $0.00

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