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Preventing the Summer Slide!

Help me give my students materials to keep their learning going over the summer. This will help to prevent the "summer slide."

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

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

My third graders are eager to learn in my class. They do their best work in my class all the time. As we know over the summer many students have what is called the “Summer Slide.” Where they often forget what they have learned over the year.

Let’s prevent the "summer slide."

You can help my students by donating to this project. In order to keep up with their reading the students will each get an age appropriate book to read. To help improve their spelling, they will receive materials to play Scrabble. They will also get multiplication facts cards to keep up with their multiplication facts. To help keep up their social emotional learning they will each receive an Uno Dare game to help foster group game time with their family. Last but not least, a "Koosh Ball" to help them remember the importance of keeping focus and working together.

Mrs. Polk
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Super Awful Superheroes of Classroom 13 (Classroom 13, 4) • Amazon Business $5.99 33 $197.67
Mattel Games UNO Dare Card Game for Family Night Featuring Challenging and Silly Dares from 3 Different Categories • Amazon Business $5.44 33 $179.52
School Zone - Multiplication 0-12 Flash Cards - Ages 8+, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, Elementary Math, Multiplication Facts, Common Core, and More • Amazon Business $3.49 33 $115.17
MFDSJ 400 PCS Scrabble Letters for Crafts, Wood Scrabble Tiles, DIY Wood Gift Decoration, Making Alphabet Coasters and Scrabble Crossword Game • Amazon Business $7.99 9 $71.91
HYMONA 20 Packs Monkey Stringy Balls 2.8Inches Fidget Ball, Stress Balls Stringy Bouncy Sensory Ball • Amazon Business $26.00 2 $52.00

Materials cost

$616.27

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$655.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$115.68

Total project goal

$771.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

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