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Teacher Billings from Sacramento, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Productive Partners Learning Centers

My students need supplies to start our learning centers. Learning centers provide students with an opportunity to further their learning while having fun in small learning communities. With these supplies I will create and maintain centers.

FULLY FUNDED! Teacher Billings's classroom raised $587

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students walk into our classroom every day full of life, ready to learn, and excited for what is in store for them that day. I teach at a Title I school in Sacramento, California where the majority of our students receive free breakfast and lunch. Many of my students come from single family homes, and have difficulties getting their basic needs meet. Despite so many hardships, my students are eager to learn and do their best. They want to be in school because they want to learn all they can so they can be successful one day. Everyday we I will say, "Hard word.." and they responds with "Pays off! From the minute they enter our classroom I focus on their potential and growth. A teacher may not be able to control their home lives, however, I can certainly control their experience during the school day. By doing this in a creative and positive way, I am hopeful to inspire even our earliest learners to continue on a path of academic excellence.

My Project

Five and six-year-olds are natural, enthusiastic learners. Their impulse to ask questions, to investigate, and to explore, examine, and experiment, comes from a burning curiosity about the world and a desire to understand things. They learn, grow, and internalize through interactive experiences with each other, with adults, and with real materials that require all of their senses.

For this reason, I spend careful time planning diverse learning centers, with open-ended activities and hands-on materials, to use throughout the year.

The clipboards, stamp and ink pads, and white board crayons will give my students the opportunity to get out of their desks and collaborate with their peers while they learn through hands-on activities. The clipboards give the students the ability to write anywhere, they don't have to be confined to a desk. Learning centers add fun to the classroom and help the children enjoy learning.

Kindergarten was created as a place to emphasize the development of the whole child. Now, however, emphasis has shifted so much to academic development, at the expense of emotional, social, and physical development, that we often forget how important these are. Learning centers, can be a perfect place to promote these areas of growth in young children. The card stock, laminate, and Velcro with be used to create learning centers that can be used and loved over and over again.

Teacher Billings Hagginwood 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.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sargent Art 35-0523 4-Count Regular Wipe-Off White Board Crayons, Peggable Clam • Amazon Business $9.80 8 $78.40
Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches, 8.9 x 11.4-Inches, 3 mil thick, 100-Pack (TP3854-100) • Amazon Business $8.77 5 $43.85
AmazonBasics Ruled Index Cards - 3x5 Inches (10 Packs of 100) • Amazon Business $9.49 4 $37.96
Trade Quest Letter Size Clipboards Low Profile Clip, Hardboard (Pack of 12) • Amazon Business $16.95 2 $33.90
Mead Spiral Notebook, 1 Subject, 70 Wide Ruled Sheets, Assorted Colors, 12 Pack • Amazon Business $16.63 2 $33.26
Center Enterprise CE5506 Jumbo Washable Stamp Pad, Black • Amazon Business $15.00 2 $30.00
Center Enterprise CE6827 READY2LEARN Combo Visual Closure Alpha and Numbers Stamps, 1" (Pack of 83) • Amazon Business $27.35 1 $27.35
Sargent Art 66-2012 12-Count White Dustless Chalk • Amazon Business $4.76 5 $23.80
Center Enterprise CE5509 Jumbo Washable Stamp Pad, Hot Pink • Amazon Business $15.89 1 $15.89
Center Enterprise CE5507 Jumbo Washable Stamp Pad, Purple • Amazon Business $15.83 1 $15.83
Sargent Art 66-2010 12-Count Colored Dustless Chalk • Amazon Business $5.07 3 $15.21
Neenah Exact Index Card Stock, 8.5 x 11 Inch, 90 lb, White, 250 Sheets (40311) • Amazon Business $7.48 2 $14.96
Value Acme 1000pcs (500 Pair Sets) 20mm Diameter Sticky Back Coins Hook & Loop Self Adhesive Dots Tapes White-Delivery By FBA • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Center Enterprise CE5504 Jumbo Washable Stamp Pad, Blue • Amazon Business $10.11 1 $10.11
Center Enterprise CE5505 Jumbo Washable Stamp Pad, Red • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Center Enterprise CE5503 Jumbo Washable Stamp Pad, Green • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Oxford Twin Pocket Folders, Letter Size, Black, 25 per Box (57506EE) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
AmazonBasics Twin Pocket Letter size Folders (25 Pack) • Amazon Business $5.35 1 $5.35

Materials cost

$423.79

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $38.78

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$498.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.05

Total project goal

$586.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $586.98

5 Donors

-$529.92

Donations toward project cost

-$456.43

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.49

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.06

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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