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
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.

Mrs. Riker from New Philadelphia OH is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

We Can't Always be in the Woods

My students need a big rug so they can all fit on it during rug time when I read to them or introduce a new concept.

  • $441 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I will start next year with 30 students--23 boys and 7 girls. I will need to change activities often to give them a chance to move around and wiggle. One great opportunity for movement is to move to the rug. This will be a beautiful and educational rug.

Our students are mostly kids from the country.

They love to come to school because it's a chance to be with their friends whom they maybe didn't see all summer. Our school is also a small school with an enrollment of about 150 students. It's hard for our parent/ teacher group to raise large amounts of money to fund extras for the classroom with so few students to do the fundraising. In addition to being a small school, it is also a low income school with approximately 35% of students receiving free or reduced lunches. York students appreciate the extras and are always polite and gracious for anything extra they may receive.

My Project

This rug of the world will be used at least two times every day as I will use it as a space for children to move to when I read aloud to them. I will also move them to the rug for new material or if we need to have a class meeting or discussion. Students in second grade start to make connections between themselves and others in the world. This rug will be an ideal match to assist with those connections. Children will also find the rug to be a cozy place to lay and read during "read to myself" time. I love how the rug has the continents, oceans, and animals on it. Once I explain the meaning of continents, oceans, and other map features, I envision my students using their free time to investigate these things on the rug. Next, they'll make a connection to the globe that sits in my room, and finally, students will really have a picture of the world and how we are all connected .

The kids coming into my room are a lively group and I will need to make allowances for much movement throughout the day.

This rug will be a great space for learning and it provides an excellent chance to say, "Move to the rug!", which will allow my 30 students (remember 23 boys and 7 girls) a nice chance to stretch, and switch gears for a different activity or a different kind of learning. The world map on the rug is a bonus and will help to learn how we fit in the world.

Mrs. Riker
Grades PreK-2

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. Riker is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

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

Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Maps That Teach Rug Rug Dimensions: 7' 6" W x 12' L, Shape: Rectangle • Teachers' School Supply $306.12 1 $306.12

Materials cost

$306.12

Vendor shipping charges

$33.67

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$374.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.07

Total project goal

$440.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$440.45

10 Donors

-$315.45

Donations toward project cost

-$268.13

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.32

match offer

-$125.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$106.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.75

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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

View complete list Show less

Support your local school!

Donate directly to any school in the US. Your donation will go towards directly purchasing urgent supplies.

Find a local school

Project Activity

{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"New Philadelphia","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[2950178],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"OH","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":1,"name":"Early Education"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":1578449,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/we-cant-always-be-in-the-woods/1578449/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":30,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. Riker","isEquityFocus":false,"authorIds":{"2950178":{"owner":"Mrs. Riker","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[1578449],"proposalHash":"-312501043","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-5_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":20591501,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["MTgyNzEyMA==","MjUzOTcyMw==","NjM2NTY=","Mjk1NTE5Ng==","Mjk1NTMwMg==","Mjk1MDE3OA==","Mjk1NTA5MQ==","Mjk1NTI5NQ==","Mjk1NDk3NA==","Mjk1NTA0OQ==","Mjk1NTI1OA=="],"teacherId":2950178,"schoolCounty":"Tuscarawas","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"OH","name":"Ohio"}}