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Mrs. Hirschmiller from El Cajon, CA is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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More Snacking Up for Math

Help me give my students snacks for counting, sorting, graphing, and enjoying with a friend.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Hirschmiller's classroom raised $406

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

Kindergarteners are curious hands-on learners. They need repetition and lots of practice to master foundational skills like counting and number sense. Telling others what they are thinking gives them this important practice. Math can often seem daunting, but it doesn’t have to be! Most students are still developing a basic understanding of numbers and how they work. The biggest challenge is that numbers are an abstract concept, but kindergarteners are still concrete thinkers. They need lots of hands-on experience to help them gain a strong number sense.

By donating to this project you will help students enjoy a nice treat while also practicing their math skills in a concrete and memorable way.

Students will count pretzels to help develop number sense. Students will sort cereal by color, organize into groups of ten, and then string onto pipe cleaners to make necklaces with 100 yummy beads. They will graph the marshmallows in the Lucky Charms and then use their graphs to compare quantities and explore concepts of greater than and less than. They will use the Skittles and Runts candies to explore concepts of addition and subtraction: I have 3 candies and my teacher gave me 4 more. How many do I have now? They will use the Pringles to explore multiplicative thinking: There are 3 chip cups and each cup has 5 chips in it. How many chips are there altogether? and they will use the gum, and fruit snacks, and fruit candies to explore partitive and equal sharing division: We have 20 pieces of gum, and there are 4 students in this group. How many pieces of gum can each student get? They will then enjoy the treat and use the baby wipes to clean up.

Mrs. Hirschmiller Johnson Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

El Cajon, CA View local requests

Nearly all 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Amazon Elements Baby Wipes, Fragrance Free, White, 810 Count (9 Packs of 90) (Previously 720 Count) • Amazon Business $20.66 2 $41.32
Barnum's Original Animal Crackers, School Lunch Box Snacks, 12 Snack Boxes • Amazon Business $14.93 2 $29.86
Kellogg's Froot Loops Cold Breakfast Cereal, Fruit Flavored, Breakfast Snacks with Vitamin C, Family Size, Original (3 Boxes) • Amazon Business $14.60 2 $29.20
Tootsies frooties assorted 5lb (2.27kg) • Amazon Business $27.67 1 $27.67
Runts Candy Bulk By Wonka 5lb • Amazon Business $27.32 1 $27.32
Honey Maid Graham Crackers, Family Size, 6 - 25.6 oz Boxes • Amazon Business $24.91 1 $24.91
SKITTLES Original Chewy Summer Candy Sharing Size, 15.6oz • Amazon Business $3.99 5 $19.95
Black Forest Juicy Burst Fruit Snacks, School Snacks, Mixed Fruit, 0.8 Ounce Pouches (40 Count) • Amazon Business $6.19 3 $18.57
Pringles Potato Crisps Chips, Lunch Snacks, On-the-Go Snacks, Snack Stacks, Variety Pack, 19.3oz Box (27 Cups)​​ • Amazon Business $14.84 1 $14.84
Amazon Brand - Happy Belly Vanilla Wafers, 12 Ounce • Amazon Business $3.00 4 $12.00
Amazon Brand - Happy Belly Mini Twist Pretzels, 40oz • Amazon Business $8.50 1 $8.50
Lucky Charms Gluten Free Cereal with Marshmallows, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Special Edition, Giant Size, 26.1 OZ • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98
Goldfish Cheddar Cheese Crackers, Baked Snack Crackers, 30 oz Carton • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
ICE BREAKERS Ice Cubes Peppermint Sugar Free Chewing Gum Pouch, 8.11 oz (100 Pieces) • Amazon Business $7.64 1 $7.64
Chex Mix Snack Mix, Traditional, Savory Snack Bag, 8.75 oz • Amazon Business $3.29 2 $6.58

Materials cost

$284.32

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$26.02

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$344.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.81

Total project goal

$405.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$405.41

6 Donors

-$125.62

Donations toward project cost

-$125.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.15

match offer

-$257.80

Match offer toward project cost

-$219.13

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.67

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$21.99

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$0.00

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