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Mr. Phiri from Washington DC is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Tools for Enhancing Instructional Practices

Help me give my students class materials that will enhance their understanding of lesson content as well as supplement their comprehension skills.

  • $263 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

Manipulatives are essential in daily activities in my classroom. Students use them for guided practice and showcase modeled skills by using the stations, Socratic seminars, and groups. The manipulatives help students learn by allowing them to move from concrete experiences to abstract reasoning. Also, they build students' confidence by giving them ways to test and confirm their reason. These tools help solve problems. They make learning exciting and enjoyable. Using manipulatives is excellent, but distraction comes in when students have to wait for others to use them. In addition, I have little access to them as they are used by many teachers within the building. Thus, this is time-consuming. By having manipulatives in our classroom, students will be able to avoid all of these problems and focus on improving their learning, especially my emergent bilingual students who need more time to interact with the manipulative materials. By donating to our project, you will help improve and increase student attention and focus, which will ultimately help increase their academic achievement. Students will be able to simply focus on the task at hand and quickly adapt learning to suit their skills or abilities. For instance, to my emergent bilingual students, manipulatives need less explanation, thus removing language barriers.

Mr. Phiri
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
JBL Flip 5 Waterproof Wireless Portable Bluetooth Speaker - Black • Amazon Business $83.99 1 $83.99
VOCOO Digital Kitchen Timer with 7.8” Extra Large Display, Magnetic LED Timer with 3 Brightness, 4 Alarms and 3 Volume Levels, Battery Powered Countdown Count Up Timer for Cooking Classroom Home Gym • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Boley Magnetic Robot Set - 35 Piece Magnets for Kids with Storage Box - Educational Magnet Stacking Building STEM Toys for Boys and Girls • Amazon Business $25.95 1 $25.95
Coogam Math Cubes, Manipulatives Number Counting Blocks with Activity Snap Linking Cube Math Construction Toy Gift for Preschool Kindergarten Learning • Amazon Business $19.98 1 $19.98
Coogam Wooden Short Vowel Reading Letters Sorting Spelling Games, Sight Words Flashcards Alphabet Puzzle Montessori Educational Toy Gift for Kids 3 4 5 Years Old • Amazon Business $19.98 1 $19.98

Materials cost

$179.89

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$10.79

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$223.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.42

Total project goal

$262.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$262.80

1 Donor

-$262.80

Donations toward project cost

-$223.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.42

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$0.00

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Project Activity

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