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
Donate
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
Menu
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.

Edit classroom photo

Ms. Olson's Classroom Edit display name

  • Rise Academy
  • Saint Paul, MN
  • Nearly all 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

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Ms. Olson a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

cancel

Support Ms. Olson's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Ms. Olson a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

Make a donation Ms. Olson can use on her next classroom project.

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/4377591 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
My students need manipulatives to help them get a handle on 1st Grade Math concepts. My students need fewer worksheets and more time spent connecting concepts to concrete items that are both fun and open ended so we can mess around with all kinds of math learning. We are about to start geometry and having access to concrete 2 and 3 dimensional shapes will help them master things like sides, angles, vertices and faces. When learning non-standard measurement it would be invaluable to have enough links to let them each measure and explore on their own- no time lost waiting for another student to finish using the materials. Currently my classroom has access to linking cubes, plastic money, and a small amount of pattern blocks. All items are shared between 2 large first grade classrooms. I want to have a permanent math area in this classroom to allow for the students to access pattern blocks, counter, geometric shapes and more during independent work periods during the day as well as during math instruction.

About my class

My students need manipulatives to help them get a handle on 1st Grade Math concepts. My students need fewer worksheets and more time spent connecting concepts to concrete items that are both fun and open ended so we can mess around with all kinds of math learning. We are about to start geometry and having access to concrete 2 and 3 dimensional shapes will help them master things like sides, angles, vertices and faces. When learning non-standard measurement it would be invaluable to have enough links to let them each measure and explore on their own- no time lost waiting for another student to finish using the materials. Currently my classroom has access to linking cubes, plastic money, and a small amount of pattern blocks. All items are shared between 2 large first grade classrooms. I want to have a permanent math area in this classroom to allow for the students to access pattern blocks, counter, geometric shapes and more during independent work periods during the day as well as during math instruction.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":4377591,"teacherId":4377591,"teacherName":"Ms. Olson","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4377591_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1491147527707","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":20921465,"followAbout":"Ms. Olson's projects","teacherVerify":2036936248,"teacherNameEncoded":"Ms. Olson","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/4377591","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=4377591","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":2,"numSupporters":12},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.