You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Mrs. Gaiter from Tujunga, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Mrs. Gaiter is requesting

School's Out For Summer! Time to Plan For the Fall!

My students need journals, workbooks, games and manipulatives to start the school year off with a bang!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Gaiter's classroom raised $1,144

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Teaching and learning this digital age is challenging at best! Keeping students engaged by using educational games and other manipulatives is a great way to keep them focused, keep the creative juices flowing and teach literacy, math and science skills in a fun and exciting way.

My students are natural born scientists, and are always asking questions.

I teach at a small Title 1 school that has approximately 325 students, and an amazing and supportive principal. My students are eager to learn and their brains are sponges that absorb any and all information given to them. Everything is a potential investigation/experiment to them so I strive to provide my students with as many learning and project-based opportunities as possible. I enhance the school curriculum and students' intrinsic motivation to learn more by infusing STEM correlations whenever possible. Because of our size, funding levels are not as high as other schools in our area so grants become an integral part of how I obtain additional materials to supplement learning experiences.

My Project

In my classroom, my goal is to provide students with as many learning opportunities as I can to enhance student learning. A major part of the curriculum is learning mathematics and science concepts and, creative and expository writing. To that end, my classroom is buzzing everyday with science, math, and literacy centers. The materials in this proposal will enhance these areas by providing my students with additional learning tools and materials that will reinforce skills they are learning everyday. They will "play" games such as "Pop to Win Math" and "Beat the Clock Multiplication and Division Facts" at the centers to enhance math content, record findings and wonderings and investigations in the Science Journals and reinforce daily skills in the Common Core Math and Reading Comprehension Practice Journals, just to name a few. These along with the other resources in this proposal help my students succeed and grow.

Having these materials and resources will make a big difference in my classroom.

My students will be able to access the curriculum through many different avenues and work at their individual pace and level. Learning centers will be well stocked and provide many fun activities for my students. It would be great for my students if we had these resources at the beginning of the school year.

Mrs. Gaiter Plainview Academic Charter Academy Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Tujunga, CA View local requests

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

24 students impacted 12donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. Gaiter is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
PP263 - Under-The-Ledge Storage Rack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 6 $149.94
PP458 - Daily Comprehension Common Core Practice Journal - Gr. 3-4 - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $37.50 3 $112.50
PP298 - Common Core Daily Math Practice Journal - Gr. 3 - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 3 $104.97
PP473 - Close Reading Journal - Gr. 2-3 - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $32.99 3 $98.97
HH259 - Science Journal - Grades 3-5 - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 3 $89.97
FF359 - The Writing Process Student Folder - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 3 $59.97
PP615 - Beat the Clock! Multiplication Facts • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 2 $49.98
PP616 - Beat the Clock! Division Facts • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 2 $49.98
PP223 - Pop to Win! Math Game - Gr. 3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 2 $39.98
PP663 - Pick-A-Problem Math Warm-Ups - Grade 3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
DD728 - Developing Writing Skills Magnetic Teaching Charts • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
DD932 - Informational Text Magnetic Teaching Charts • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
DD933 - Literature Magnetic Teaching Charts • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99

Materials cost

$851.22

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $77.89

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$971.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$171.51

Total project goal

$1,143.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,143.39

7 Donors

-$597.50

Donations toward project cost

-$519.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.63

Matching donations from our partners

-$531.78

Match offers toward project cost

-$452.01

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$79.77

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.11

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mrs. Gaiter and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"CA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":2,"name":"Elementary School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/schools-out-for-summer-time-to-plan-fo/1593331/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":24,"isEquityFocusV1":true,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. Gaiter","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"-1055864748","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Tujunga","teachersOnPage":[1855982],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":true,"proposalId":1593331,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":7147,"schoolName":"Plainview Academic Charter Academy","authorIds":{"1855982":{"owner":"Mrs. Gaiter","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[1593331],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1855982_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1463606119919","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":295970,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["MTg1NTk4Mg==","MTQ0NzI5Mg==","MzAyMzQ1NA==","MzAzNTQ1NQ==","MTg2OTQ4OA==","MTg4MTQ4OQ==","OTk3OTMy","MzAyMzQ1MA==","Mjk2Nzg4Mg==","MTUyNzY4MQ=="],"teacherId":1855982,"schoolCounty":"Los Angeles","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"CA","name":"California"}}