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Mrs. Fonseca from Perris, CA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Becoming Mathematical Thinkers

Help me give my students the tools needed to explore what it means to be a mathematical thinker!

  • $743 goal

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My Students

Our students are hard-working and energetic! We are an AVID school and strive for excellence in all our students. However, like most students, ours struggle with math, especially when learning the old-fashioned way. The best learning, we've found, has been through hands-on, interactive activities. But, we've also begun to learn that our kids need movement.

When given the chance to interact and have fun with math our students excel!

While many of them come from families with little to no higher education, the success our students experience when they walk into our classrooms helps them believe that they can be academically successful... they can learn and do great things... they can excel!

My Project

Many students struggle to learn math. "I hate math" and "I'm not good at math" are phrases I hear every day. But all that is about to change! Gone are the days of rote memorization of math facts and procedures. Gone are the days of trying to remember "is it keep-change-flip" or "keep-change-change"?

What we are building now is a classroom of students who are learning to THINK mathematically!

Instead of trying to remember all those procedures and solve pages of endless "naked" math problems for the sake of practicing (or mimicking) the teacher's examples, students will be on their feet, working together on rich, engaging tasks designed to get them thinking about patterns and problem-solving strategies.

Students will learn to solve real world math problems in this class... no, not the "real-world" word problems with the guy buying 38 watermelons, but real math problems the likes of which we, as adults, solve every day. This class will be about learning how to think about math, not just do math.

Mrs. Fonseca
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
EAI Education Jumbo Magnetic X-Y Coordinate Dry-Erase Grid, 26" x 26" • Amazon Business $39.95 8 $319.60
Learning Resources Magnetic Algebra Tiles, Algebraic Math Skills, Magnets for Any Magnetic Surface, 72 Piece Set, Ages 11+ • Amazon Business $12.99 8 $103.92
EXPO Low Odor Dry Erase Markers, Fine Tip, Assorted Colors, 6 Packs of 4 (24 Count) • Amazon Business $21.56 4 $86.24
Open Middle Math: Problems That Unlock Student Thinking, 6-12 • Amazon Business $33.33 1 $33.33

Materials cost

$543.09

Vendor shipping charges

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Sales tax

 $49.69

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$630.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$111.34

Total project goal

$742.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $742.27

5 Donors

-$337.60

Donations toward project cost

-$297.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.39

Matching donations from our partners

-$392.61

Match offers toward project cost

-$333.72

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.89

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.06

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 $0.00

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