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Mrs. Rodriguez from Chicago, IL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Provocations That Spark Inquiry

Help me give my students meaningful hands-on materials like building blocks, Magnatiles, and a lightbox to explore during math and science stations.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Rodriguez's classroom raised $766

This project is fully funded

My Students

I have the privilege of working with 20-25 creative, thoughtful, and imaginative second graders every year. We spend our days exploring and learning about everything from addition and subtraction to Chicago long ago, and everything in between. Each day my students enter my classroom excited to have a safe space where they can continue to grow.

The students in my classroom come from all over the world with varying experiences and backgrounds.

We use this diversity to learn from each other and engage in meaningful discussions about our world. Chicago is a wonderfully diverse city that allows my students to experience cultures from around the world right in their own classroom.

My Project

Children learn best by exploring the world around them and imagining all that it can be. When a child is engaged in a provocation station they are provoked by new ideas, thoughts, wonderings, interests, and creativity. During this exploration time, they can bring their new thoughts and ideas into our classroom learning with an open mind.

Hands-on learning stations with the blocks and magnatiles will allow children to discover and explore materials before we begin a larger project, giving them the chance to expand their own curiosity.

In much of our science learning, we take a project-based approach to learning. While the concepts we cover as a class are the same, each child has their own way to express their learning about that topic. These figurines and games will help provoke the children's ideas about the plants and animals around them, during one of our first units of study on relationships in ecosystems.

During math workshop, students have the opportunity to explore varies hands-on materials to extend their learning. All children learn differently. Some excel at numbers on paper, while others learn best with hands-on manipulatives. The materials in this project will help the children in my room gain an understanding of numbers, geometry, volume, and mass.

All of these materials will greatly expand the inquiring minds of the children in my room for many years to come. Their thoughts, ideas, and questions will shape our learning.

Mrs. Rodriguez Nettelhorst Elementary School Grades PreK-2 Chicago, IL View local requests 22 students impacted 7donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
AmazonBasics Over-Sized Hollow Wooden Building Block Set for Kids, Natural, 20-Piece Set • Amazon Business $84.15 1 $84.15
Huion L4S LED Light Box A4 Ultra-Thin USB Powered Adjustable Light Pad for Tracing • Amazon Business $35.99 2 $71.98
Tree Blocks Amazing Wooden Building Blocks Set 36 Pieces • Amazon Business $64.29 1 $64.29
SWIFT Kids' SW50 40X-400X Magnification, Beginner Monocular Compound Microscope with Glass Optics, Coarse Focusing, Includes 31 Piece Accessories Kit with Prepared Slides (Starter Kit Edition) • Amazon Business $59.99 1 $59.99
Constructive Playthings Tree Blocks, Set of 36 Hand-Cut Wood Pieces, Various Shapes and Shades, STEM Approved • Amazon Business $54.99 1 $54.99
Magna-Tiles 32-Piece Clear Colors Set, The Original, Award-Winning Magnetic Building Tiles for Kids, Creativity and Educational Building Toys for Children, STEM Approved • Amazon Business $49.99 1 $49.99
11 Piece Tumi Ishi Wood Rocks, Building Block Set, 100% organic jojoba oil and beeswax finish, natural wood blocks, wood toy, wood rocks, Montessori toy, sensory toy • Amazon Business $41.29 1 $41.29
Agirlgle Wood Building Blocks Set for Kids 24 Pcs Rainbow Stacker Stacking Game Construction Building Toys Set Preschool Colorful Learning Educational Toys - Geometry Wooden Blocks for Boys & Girls • Amazon Business $28.96 1 $28.96
YiGooood Montessori Wooden Balance Beam Math toys Weighing Scale Sensorial Early Childhood Training Wood Toy • Amazon Business $27.99 1 $27.99
iPlay, iLearn Kids Wooden Building Block Set, 72 PCS Wood Castle Blocks Kit, Natural Wooden Stacking Cubes, Educational Montessori Toy for Age 3, 4, 5 Year Olds Up, Children, Preschoolers, Boys, Girls • Amazon Business $27.99 1 $27.99
Constructive Playthings Toys Translucent Pattern Blocks, Set of 147 Pieces, Various Shapes and Colors • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Ericoo Animal Toys Set Educational Resource Reallistic High Simulation North American Animals Figures with CPC Approval and ASTM Test -Anim006 • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Roylco R5910 Animal X-Ray Set, 8" x 10" Size • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Amberetech Wooden Toys Hundred Board Montessori 1-100 Consecutive Numbers Wooden Educational Game for Kids with Storage Bag,Size 8.268.26inches • Amazon Business $13.20 1 $13.20
None Agate Light Table Slices (set of 12) • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
TOYMANY 10PCS Mini Forest Animal Figures, Realistic Wildlife Animal Figurines Toy Set Includes Beavers Foxes Badgers, Easter Eggs Education Birthday Gift Christmas Toy for Kids Children Toddlers • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Alytimes Children Counting Stick Calculation Math Educational Toy Wooden Number Cards and Counting Rods with Box • Amazon Business $8.48 1 $8.48

Materials cost

$611.55

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$650.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$114.83

Total project goal

$765.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $765.55

6 Donors

-$674.38

Donations toward project cost

-$591.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$83.16

match offer

-$70.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$59.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$21.17

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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