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Ms. Schaffner from Pooler, GA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Math is a Story, Too!

Help me give my students read aloud and read alone books that will help reinforce what we are learning in Math Lab.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Schaffner's classroom raised $399

This project is fully funded

My Project

This is the first year our school has a Math Lab that will serve every student in K-5th Grade. It would be great to add a reading component to the activities in the Lab!

These wonderful books about math will give me another way to reach my future mathematicians.

This collection is a mix of picture books that can be read aloud to the whole class as well as books that can be read independently by students as a Math Lab choice. I want to help open up the world of math to all of the students that I teach.

Ms. Schaffner West Chatham Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

850 students impacted 8donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Math Inspectors Books 1-3 • Amazon Business $26.74 1 $26.74
I'm Trying to Love Math • Amazon Business $16.60 1 $16.60
A Place for Zero (Charlesbridge Math Adventures) • Amazon Business $7.95 2 $15.90
Joey Meets the Average Family: A Math Story About Mean, Median, Mode, and Range • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Math Inspectors 5: The Case of the Forgotten Mine • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Math Inspectors 4: The Case of the Hamilton Roller Coaster • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
CATastrophe!: A Story of Patterns (A Catastrophe Tale) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Power of 10 • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Math Allergy • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
A Second, a Minute, a Week with Days in It: A Book about Time (Math Is CATegorical ®) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
A Fraction's Goal ― Parts of a Whole (Math Is CATegorical ®) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
A Dollar, a Penny, How Much and How Many? (Math Is CATegorical ®) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Counting on Fall (Math in Nature, 1) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Shaping Up Summer (Math in Nature) • Amazon Business $8.48 1 $8.48
100 Snowmen • Amazon Business $8.31 1 $8.31
Isobel Adds It Up • Amazon Business $8.27 1 $8.27
Sizing Up Winter (Math in Nature) • Amazon Business $8.23 1 $8.23
How Many? (Talking Math) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Fractions in Disguise: A Math Adventure (Charlesbridge Math Adventures) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Equal Shmequal (Charlesbridge Math Adventures) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Multiplying Menace: The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin (Charlesbridge Math Adventures) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
A Very Improbable Story (Charlesbridge Math Adventures) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
If You Were a Quadrilateral (Math Fun) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Full House: An Invitation to Fractions • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Spaghetti and Meatballs For All! (Scholastic Bookshelf) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Grapes Of Math • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Tally O'Malley (MathStart 2) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Sorting (Math Counts: Updated Editions) (Math Counts, New and Updated) • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Stacks of Trouble: Multiplication (Math Matters ®) • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95

Materials cost

$284.93

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$19.66

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.27

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$338.86

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.80

Total project goal

$398.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$398.66

8 Donors

-$398.66

Donations toward project cost

-$338.86

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.80

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$0.00

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