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Mrs. McAlhany from Summerville, SC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fun With Fractions, Decimals, & Percents

My students need 26 Fraction Tower Cubes to help them understand equivalences.

  • $690 goal

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Because of the high-need community of my 5th grade classroom, my students benefit from hands-on activities! I currently teach 5th grade, all subjects. Our school has a 42 percent poverty level. I have found that my students excel with visual and tactile materials.

Adding and subtracting fractions are challenging for my students because of the difficulty with the relationship between unequivalent fractions. The students need visual and tactile representation, rather than just seeing the numbers on paper. This class set will also aid us in explaining the relationship with fractions, decimals, and percents.

I need a class set of Fraction Tower Cubes in order to give each child the opportunity to visualize parts of the whole with unequivalent denominators. The students will benefit by having an individual set of manipulatives.

Your help will make it possible for my students to succeed with a difficult concept. While manipulating the fraction cubes is a fun activity, it is a wonderful learning tool!

Mrs. McAlhany
Grades 3-5
    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

    This project will reach 90 students.

    13 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
FRACTION TOWER CUBES FRACTION EQUIV • Teacher's School Supply $17.94 26 $466.44

Materials cost

$466.44

Vendor shipping charges

 $46.64

Sales tax

 $23.32

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$565.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$124.02

Total project goal

$689.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $689.02

12 Donors

-$664.71

Donations toward project cost

-$565.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$99.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$24.31

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