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Ms. Gaydowski from Los Angeles, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Real World Money Skills

Help me give my students real life money math materials that are high quality and engaging.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Gaydowski's classroom raised $746

This project is fully funded

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My Project

My project is to support my Alternate Curriculum high school students in strengthening their real world money skills. This is part of our curriculum, and my students really enjoy engaging with high quality money math materials. They have an understanding of and motivation related to money and money math. We are able to use this “real world math” to teach and reinforce the varying levels of mathematical concepts they are learning (number recognition, more/less, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages, fractions).

Help make learning these all important real life skills engaging and reinforcing for our diverse group of students.

We are a Title I school. My students have moderate to extensive support needs, with intellectual disabilities, autism, and/or multiple disabilities. The students work on money skills ranging from coin counting and recognition, to using a calculator, the “dollar up method,” identifying the best currency to pay with, to calculating totals, change, price differences, tax, tip, and discounts. We also emphasize financial literacy skills and concepts such as looking for the best value, checking how much money is needed before making a purchase, and tax, tipping, budgeting, interest, credit cards and saving. Our program uses community based learning activities to reinforce our students practicing these skills in the real world, which brings additional engagement and motivation.

I am inspired to find high quality and motivating materials to stimulate my student’s interest in building this important life skill. I have used the menu math books and find them engaging and straightforward for students, and to cover a great range of money skills. I have found money math games to be uniquely motivating and fun for the students. It is a subject they enjoy and are knowledgeable about, and an activity that allows them to be social in a comfortable, small group setting.

Ms. Gaydowski University High School Charter Grades 9-12

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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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More than three‑quarters of 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Real World Math, Remedia Menu Math for Beginners Book • Quill.com $10.61 20 $212.20
Real World Math, Remedia Menu Math, Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Parlor, Bk 2, Multiplication & Division • Quill.com $10.61 5 $53.05
Learning Resources Buy It Right Money Game • Kaplan Early Learning Company $39.56 1 $39.56
Learning Advantage Money and Budget Game - Elementary-Middle School - Kids • School Specialty $38.02 1 $38.02
Learning Advantage Bank Account Money Game - Grades 5-12 - Adult • School Specialty $38.02 1 $38.02
Learning Advantage Managing My Allowance Money Game - Elementary-Middle School - Kids • School Specialty $38.02 1 $38.02
Lakeshore Making Cents Money Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Teacher Created Resources Real World Math Game, 2 - 6 Player, 8+ Years - Grades 3-5 - Kids • School Specialty $23.99 1 $23.99
Learning ADVANTAGE-4377 Bank Account Money Game • Amazon Business $22.79 1 $22.79
Learning ADVANTAGE-4373 Budget - Budgeting Game for Kids - Teach Money, Math and Critical Thinking • Amazon Business $22.59 1 $22.59
Lakeshore Money Equivalency Puzzles • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99

Materials cost

$531.22

Vendor shipping charges

 $15.95

Sales tax

 $48.61

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$633.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$111.84

Total project goal

$745.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $745.59

1 Donor

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Donations toward project cost

-$0.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

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 $745.59

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