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Mrs. Smith from Kansas City MO is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Messy Manipulatives Need a Makeover!

My students need 20 containers with lids to store all of our classroom manipulatives and a cubby storage unit to store all 20 manipulative containers.

  • $626 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students use manipulatives to help them solve daily math problems. However, all the different types of manipulatives are currently stored together in a large container. Students are not able to find the correct manipulative needed to help solve their problems.

My students consist of a diverse group of learners with very different backgrounds.

Many of my students come from low income families. It is their diversity that makes them so unique. My students thrive on positive adult and peer interactions and the feeling of success in school.

My Project

When my students are solving math problems they lean to manipulatives to help them answer the question. Currently students have to dig through a container to find similar objects before answering a question. They are wasting valuable learning time trying to find the correct objects. The cubby storage system will allow us to have all the manipulatives separated and stored giving students quick and easy access to the tools they need.

Please help us get our math manipulatives organized!

With your donation, we will get organized giving students more time to work on math then sorting tools and wasting time. Students will be able to quickly get the appropriate tools needed to help them solve the problem at hand.

Mrs. Smith
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
JJ166 - Classic Birch 20-Cubby Storage Unit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $349.00 1 $349.00
YB10BU - Lakeshore Storage Boxes - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $4.99 20 $99.80
YB11BU - Lakeshore Storage Box Lids - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $2.29 20 $45.80

Materials cost

$494.60

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$532.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$93.89

Total project goal

$625.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$625.91

5 Donors

-$474.02

Donations toward project cost

-$447.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.00

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$51.89

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$0.00

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