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Your support has provided my students with engaging, hands-on materials that make learning challenging math concepts more meaningful and accessible. These resources allow students to organize their thinking, visualize mathematical concepts, and actively participate in their learning.\r\n\r\nBecause of your generosity, my students now have tools that help build confidence, strengthen their math skills, and make math more enjoyable. 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These resources provide engaging, hands-on activities that allow students to use manipulatives, visual models, task-rich activities, and multiple representations to develop a deeper conceptual understanding of mathematics rather than simply memorizing procedures.\r\n\r\nFor many of my students, especially English learners and students who struggle with mathematical concepts, being able to see, touch, build, model, and discuss the mathematics provides an important bridge to understanding. Manipulatives and visual resources help reduce language barriers by giving students another way to make sense of a problem and communicate their mathematical thinking. Students are able to connect academic vocabulary to concrete models and explain their reasoning with greater confidence.\r\n\r\nThese resources also allow instruction to be differentiated so students can receive additional support while still engaging in meaningful, grade-level mathematics. 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These tools help students move beyond memorizing steps to truly understanding why the math works.\r\n\r\nFor my English learners and students who struggle with math, these resources are especially powerful. They reduce language barriers by giving students opportunities to see, touch, model, and explain their mathematical thinking. Students are building stronger vocabulary, deeper conceptual understanding, and greater confidence as problem solvers.\r\n\r\nYour support is helping make mathematics accessible, meaningful, and achievable for every learner. Thank you for giving my students the tools to think deeply, communicate their ideas, and see themselves as capable mathematicians!","fullyFundedDate":1778227177330,"projectUrl":"project/ready-to-use-resources-for-real-math-gro/10270309/","projectTitle":"Ready-to-Use Resources for Real Math Growth","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brackett","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp999767_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627758941404","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/999767"},{"teacherId":1874354,"projectId":10205365,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding my project for treasure chest items and plastic containers for my STEM items. I know my students will enjoy picking out a prize when they earn a reward in my classroom. I have placed my STEM items in the plastic bins. The cardboard boxes that my STEM items were in were already tearing. I am glad we now have these sturdy plastic bins with snap on lids that will keep out Legos, Magnatiles, Knex, and other items from getting lost. Thank you again for contributing to my project for prizes and plastic containers.","fullyFundedDate":1786366867599,"projectUrl":"project/treasure-chest-prizes-and-stem-bins-for/10205365/","projectTitle":"Treasure Chest Prizes and Stem Bins for Third Graders!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Buchanan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1874354_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1457666081688","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sheabuchanan"},{"teacherId":1874354,"projectId":10184693,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding my project for a new bookcase for our classroom. I am going to use it to store my teacher manuals and teacher resource books for reading, language, writing, math, science, and social studies. It will also be used to store the students' privacy partitions that the students use during assessments. I also have a \"sub tub\" on this bookcase filled with activities for the students for when I unexpectedly have to be absent from school. Thanks again for funding this project for a bookcase!","fullyFundedDate":1778028196115,"projectUrl":"project/bookcase-for-third-grade-classroom/10184693/","projectTitle":"Bookcase for Third Grade Classroom!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Buchanan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1874354_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1457666081688","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sheabuchanan"},{"teacherId":1874354,"projectId":10274779,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding a Teachers Pay Teachers gift card that I will use to purchase educational materials for our classroom. My first purchase with this gift card was for foundation reading slides that I will use to teach whole group phonics skills at the beginning of the next school year. The slides include decoding words, reading high-frequency words, spelling practice, etc. These slides were made to align with our Open Court Reading series that we use daily in third grade. I was able to purchase the first unit of slides and plan to use the gift card to purchase the other units as well. Thank you for funding this project for my students!","fullyFundedDate":1778227177527,"projectUrl":"project/educational-resources-for-third-grade-st/10274779/","projectTitle":"Educational Resources for Third Grade Students!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Buchanan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1874354_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1457666081688","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sheabuchanan"},{"teacherId":1874354,"projectId":10186376,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding my project for picture books that I will use to teach important math concepts. I have a professional resource book called Math by the Book. It has activities to teach important third grade math concepts by using these books. I am glad that I will be able to integrate math and reading by using these books. I will be able to use these eighteen picture books for years to come! Thank you for providing my students and me with books for our third grade classroom. Thanks again!","fullyFundedDate":1778020569900,"projectUrl":"project/math-picture-books-for-third-grade-class/10186376/","projectTitle":"Math Picture Books for Third Grade Classroom!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Buchanan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1874354_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1457666081688","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sheabuchanan"},{"teacherId":1874354,"projectId":10129364,"letterContent":"Thank you for providing my future students with math supplies. We will use the dry erase pockets, markers, and erasers throughout the school year for not only math but also for spelling practice. I will use the fraction boards during my fraction unit next school year. They will help my students to have a better understanding of fractions on a number line. This concept is hard for third grade students so I know these boards will help them to be able to practice this skill. My students for years to come will be able to use these boards. Thanks again!","fullyFundedDate":1777995543268,"projectUrl":"project/math-supplies-for-third-graders/10129364/","projectTitle":"Math Supplies for Third Graders!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Buchanan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1874354_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1457666081688","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sheabuchanan"},{"teacherId":1874354,"projectId":10253125,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding my project for a Teachers Pay Teachers gift card. I was able to use a portion of it to purchase some educational Summer-themed activities. Today, my students completed a multiplication sand castle. I have included a couple of pictures of my students with their completed project. I look forward to being able to purchase more resources next year for math, literacy, science, and social studies next school year. I will be able to use these resources for many years. Thank you for providing my students and me with more activities that will benefit my students academically.","fullyFundedDate":1778028197441,"projectUrl":"project/educational-resources-for-third-grade-st/10253125/","projectTitle":"Educational Resources for Third Grade Students!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Buchanan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1874354_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1457666081688","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sheabuchanan"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_15734","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":518,"numTeachers":24,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":1,"percentWhite":53,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":43,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":0,"gradesServed":"3 - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"21.6:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"RURAL","ncesMetroType":"RURAL_DISTANT"},"inStateSupporters":62.7,"schoolId":15734,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Douglas Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Douglas Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/alabama/marshall-county-school-district/douglas-elementary-school/15734"}