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Ms. Abarca from Chicago, IL is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Solve the Problem

My students need calculators and a calculator storage pocket chart to help them with their math skills

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Abarca's classroom raised $240

This project is fully funded

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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

My students come from various backgrounds and are from low income families. My students all have various levels of proficiency in math. The majority of my students are multi-sensory learners. They learn best when material is presented in different formats and easily accessible.

My students need calculators to help them solve problems that require them to use exponents and multi-step equations.

The calculators will ease their anxiety about solving problems that require multi-digit multiplication. They lack fact fluency skills and the calculators will help them focus on the steps that they need to solve equations and not on the skills they are deficient.

My Project

My students are diverse learners that require aids when completing multi-step equations. It is important that the students have the tools so that they may be successful in the classroom. Along with the tools that they already have in the classroom, they need more tools that will help them succeed.

The calculators will help them now that they are working with exponents, expressions, equations, and inequalities.

The calculator storage pocket chart will help them organize and easily locate the calculators when they need to use them. The calculators will help them focus on the steps to solve the problems and not on their deficient skills.

Ms. Abarca Portage Park Elementary School Grades 6-8

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.

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More than half 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

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Texas Instruments TI-30XII Scientific Calculator • Quill.com $12.74 12 $152.88
Calculator Storage Pocket Chart, Holds 35 Calculators • Quill.com $18.27 1 $18.27

Materials cost

$171.15

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$203.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.95

Total project goal

$239.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$239.67

6 Donors

-$235.26

Donations toward project cost

-$203.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.54

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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$0.00

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