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Mrs. Somma from Las Vegas, NV is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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CSI: Creating Scientific Inquiry

Help me give my students the materials needed for construction, mystery and detective themed classroom transformations!

  • $491 goal

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Mrs. Somma has another project! Donate to Loving the Library to help her classroom.

$323 - complete this project and be a hero

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My third graders are eager to become global citizens and learn about the world around them. These thoughtful, curious, inquisitive young scholars and scientists are hungry for learning. They enjoy creative brain breaks, challenging real-world math problems, and critical thinking. Above all, they value being kind and being fair. I have never been prouder of a group of students.

We are a Title I public school in eastern Las Vegas full of kind, thoughtful, inquisitive young learners.

Our inclusion classroom welcomes a plethora of different types of learners and embraces all.

My Project

I am requesting materials for classroom transformations. Our first will be a construction themed math unit on area and perimeter. By providing a real-world connection, I hope to demystify this math concept with concrete, hands-on practice and math games! Our next transformation will be spies, crime scenes, and detectives where we will embed science, social studies, critical thinking, math, and reading into a multi-day event where students are transformed into mini-detectives and posed with challenging team tasks. Activities such as the "digit detective" helps us practice place value in our new "top secret" notebooks while keeping to the theme of our day. By creating a novel environment (detectives) while still reviewing content, I am transforming an ordinary day in the classroom into a unique and memorable experience. In doing so, students are actively engaged and having fun while learning! I am also requesting a variety of math puzzles, dice, and games to differentiate for my small literacy and math groups. We utilize station teaching with four groups of six, so my students need new ways to practice math skills. Playing war with flash cards and strategy dice games definitely beats the "drill and kill" worksheets! Our requested mental math game helps with number sense and strategy while the PET ME multiplication and division game combines my students' love for animals with our math content.

Mrs. Somma Mervin Iverson Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Top Secret Notebooks and Pencils 12 Pack • Amazon Business $10.55 3 $31.65
Learning Advantage Mental Math Board Game, Digit Detective - Whole Number and Decimal Place Value, Grade 2 and up • Amazon Business $27.99 1 $27.99
STEM game PET ME for Multiplication and Division math board game- Easy start educational game Perfect learning gift for girls and boys 7 and up Pet wonderland adventure game for family • Amazon Business $23.91 1 $23.91
Ravensburger Science X CSI Crime Scene Investigation Activity Kit • Amazon Business $21.54 1 $21.54
Math Builder Number Scrabble Junior Board Game With Equations and Arithmetic Skills Stem Toy Math Manipulative • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Rhode Island Novelty Child Construction Hats - 24 Pack - Yellow • Amazon Business $9.97 2 $19.94
SAY CHEESE – Math Board Game for Kids to master Multiplication Tables, best Summer STEM Gift for boys and girls • Amazon Business $17.65 1 $17.65
We Don't Eat Our Classmates • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
My Teacher Is a Monster! (No, I Am Not.) • Amazon Business $14.28 1 $14.28
Scientific Explorer Crime Catchers Spy Science Kit • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
TREND enterprises, Inc. T-76304 Zoom! Learning Game • Amazon Business $13.68 1 $13.68
Edupress (EP-3396) Mathological Liar Game, Grade 3 • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Crime Scene Kit • Amazon Business $11.44 1 $11.44
Learning Advantage 4612 Fence It In: Exploring Area and Perimeter game, Grade: 2, 20.3" Height, 8.85" Width, 13.3" Length • Amazon Business $11.25 1 $11.25
4M Fingerprint Kit • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage To Be Who You Are • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Cypher: Innovative Math Learning Card Game • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
What If Everybody Did That? • Amazon Business $9.74 1 $9.74
ETA hand2mind Dodecahedra 12-Sided Decahedra 0-12 Dice (Set of 5) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
TOP SECRET Self Inking Rubber Stamp - Red Ink (ExcelMark A1539) • Amazon Business $8.29 1 $8.29
Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #5) • Amazon Business $7.04 1 $7.04
ThinkFun Math Dice Chase - The Fun Game of Mathematical Hot Potato, Invented by a Math Teacher • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Swanson BT30CAU2 3-Inch by 300-Feet 2-MIL Barricade Tape Caution with Yellow/Black Print • Amazon Business $6.93 1 $6.93
Crazy Like a Fox: A Simile Story • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Koplow Games Operators Dice Classroom Accessories • Amazon Business $5.65 1 $5.65
Koplow Games Fraction Dice Set Fractions & Decimals • Amazon Business $5.56 1 $5.56
School Zone - Multiplication War Game Cards - Ages 8-Up, Math Games, Multiplication Tables, Third Grade Math • Amazon Business $2.99 1 $2.99

Materials cost

$353.55

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$27.75

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$416.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.52

Total project goal

$490.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$490.12

5 Donors

-$372.36

Donations toward project cost

-$320.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.10

match offer

-$113.34

Match offer toward project cost

-$96.34

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.42

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$0.00

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