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Mrs. Skaggs from Ketchikan, AK is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Family Standards (Part 1)

My students need foam sheets and pumpkin seeds to create activities, with their families, that support mathematics and reading.

  • $411 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

We are a family school, and what a better way to help our students in the areas of mathematics and reading, than to do it the family way - all together!

My school is a high poverty, school wide Title I school, located in southeast Alaska.

We have a large population (over 50%) of Alaska Native students, and many of our students struggle in the areas of mathematics and reading. Like all students, our students are eager to learn and get excited when they learn something new. We are proud to be known as a family school - our families know that they are their child's first teacher. Unfortunately, some of our families do not have the tools to help their child "attack" today's academic standards and expectations. Many of our families are working at least two jobs to provide for their family, and they need activities that support these standards in a fun and easy way that the family will enjoy. Family Standards will do just that!

My Project

The resources provided will assist my students and their families in creating take-home activities that support the academic standards at their child's grade level. I will host Family Standards nights in which the families will come and learn skills and strategies for mathematics and reading together. The foam sheets will be utilized in creating various manipulatives, such as dominoes, base 10 blocks, tangrams, square tiles, etc. that support mathematics skills. The pumpkin seeds will become an extension activity for the families after listening to From Seed to Plant and learning about sequencing. Families will be able to "make and take" throughout these evenings, so that they will begin to build that toolbox that will help their child succeed. It truly does take a village to raise a child, and our families are a vital part in that process!

Your donation to this project will not only make a difference to each and every one of my students, but to everyone in each of their families.

The activities created through Family Standards will be able to be used by all members of the family, young and old, together!

Mrs. Skaggs
Grades 3-5
    More than a third 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 75 students.

    41 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Chenille Kraft Company - Wonderfoam Sheets 9 X 12 Color: Red • Teachers' School Supply $6.42 8 $51.36
Chenille Kraft Company - Wonderfoam Sheets 9 X 12 Color: Yellow • Teachers' School Supply $6.42 8 $51.36
Chenille Kraft Company - Wonderfoam Sheets 9 X 12 Color: Royal Blue • Teachers' School Supply $6.42 8 $51.36
Chenille Kraft Company - Wonderfoam Sheets 9 X 12 Color: Orange • Teachers' School Supply $6.42 8 $51.36
Chenille Kraft Company - Wonderfoam Sheets 9 X 12 Color: Dark Green • Teachers' School Supply $6.42 8 $51.36
Seed, Pumpkin, 1 lbs. • Carolina Biological Supply Company $26.00 1 $26.00

Materials cost

$282.80

Vendor shipping charges

 $28.25

Sales tax

 $3.85

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$349.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.61

Total project goal

$410.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $410.75

32 Donors

-$372.86

Donations toward project cost

-$349.14

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.72

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$37.89

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