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Ms. Sloman from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Play Nice!: Improving Social Emotional Learning

My students need a set of social thinking curriculum, composed of three books with accompanying CDs.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Sloman's classroom raised $302

This project is fully funded

My Students

Social-emotional learning is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve goals, feel and show empathy for others, and establish and maintain positive relationships.

I'm an elementary social worker at an academically rigorous charter school, serving students in grades K-4.

Our population is 100% African-American and Latino, and 98% low-income. While I am present in every classroom, I primarily work with scholars with special needs: emotional disorders, ADHD, and Autism spectrum disorders. Many of them present with difficulties in coping skills, emotional expression, problem solving, and empathy. We successfully equip all of our scholars to be lifelong learners, but we also seek to transform them into excellent citizens. The use of a social-emotional curriculum will help us achieve this end.

My Project

Through the use of the storybooks and comics, worksheets, videos, and hands-on activities included in this curriculum, my students will learn how to become flexible thinkers, self-monitor their behavior, take perspective, understand and communicate their emotions, and solve problems.

Michelle Garcia Winner's social thinking curriculum provides fun and motivating ways to teach my students with Asperger Syndrome, high-functioning autism, ADHD and other social difficulties how to build social thinking skills.

This curriculum can be used not only in my office, but also adopted by teachers to use in their classrooms, which will help all of our scholars become successful members of their community.

Ms. Sloman CICS - Basil 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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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

30 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
You Are a Social Detective! Interactive CD • AKJ Books $89.99 1 $89.99
Think Social! A Social Thinking Curriculum for School Age Students • AKJ Books $84.00 1 $84.00
SuperFlex...A Superhero Social Thinking Curriculum • AKJ Books $49.00 1 $49.00

Materials cost

$222.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.34

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$256.33

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.23

Total project goal

$301.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $301.56

2 Donors

-$301.56

Donations toward project cost

-$256.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.23

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 $0.00

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