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Ms. Croghan from Silverdale, WA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Engaging Students With Literacy and Math Learning Centers!

My students need fun and exciting, hands-on math and literacy centers which include various games and tools to enhance fluency, cooperation, and engagement!

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My Students

Our school is located adjacent to a military base. Approximately 90% of the students in my classroom come from military families. We are a high poverty school with 47% of the students on free/reduced lunch. This provides our classroom with a wonderful mix of cultures, experiences and learning needs. Students in our school often stay for 1-3 years before moving. Our high transiency rate requires teachers to be creative and ensure that we are providing the best education to our students to continue helping students grow and learn transferable skills.

As a 1st grade teacher, I strive to ensure my classroom is a safe, welcoming and developmentally appropriate space for my students to grow, and I work to provide the materials and structure necessary to make that happen.

My Project

My classroom utilizes a guided learning approach to mathematics and reading. While I am meeting individually or in small groups, I want to ensure that the remaining students are equally engaged in learning, application and practice.

Having engaging centers ensures that my students are working on authentic and meaningful learning and practice while I am meeting with small groups in order to best differentiate learning for our diverse learners.

Math and Literacy Centers provide my students with hands-on, spiral review with skills that have been introduced and taught during our Guided Math and Reading groups. Students will be able to practice sentence creation by utilizing Reading Rods and Sentence Building Dominoes as well as develop further understanding of sentence structure with the Silly Sentences game. Games like Pop, Splat and Super Genius help students practice reading sight words in order to better develop fluency. Each game and tool can be differentiated for the various levels of need in my classroom. Math games including Mobi, Sequence, and Math for Love Prime Club help my students engage in math talk with their peers while practicing fluency. Engaging centers that include manipulative tools and games provide students with the opportunity to work with peers to talk about their thinking, apply vocabulary and skills, and learn from others.

Ms. Croghan Clear Creek Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Reading Rods - Sentence Construction Linking Word Cubes • Amazon Business $34.82 1 $34.82
Math for Love Prime Climb • Amazon Business $29.45 1 $29.45
Educational Insights Phonics Dominoes - Long Vowels • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
Mobi - The Numerical Tile Game in a Whale Pouch • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Wiz Dice Series II 100+ Pack of Random Polyhedral Dice - 15 Guaranteed Sets of Random Colors • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Learning Resources LER6644 Giant Magnetic Ten-Frame Set, Set of 4 • Amazon Business $19.45 1 $19.45
Sequence Numbers • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Educational Insights Phonics Dominoes - Blends & Digraphs • Amazon Business $18.59 1 $18.59
Educational Insights Phonics Dominoes - Short Vowels • Amazon Business $18.59 1 $18.59
Learning Resources Pop for Sight Words Bundle • Amazon Business $15.89 1 $15.89
Educational Insights Sentence Building Dominoes • Amazon Business $14.75 1 $14.75
Tiny Polka Dot • Amazon Business $14.65 1 $14.65
Check the Fridge! - Math Game • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Ideal 4-Way CountDown Game • Amazon Business $12.88 1 $12.88
Edupress EP3758 Splat Card Game, Grades 1 to 2, 1.3" Height, 3.6" Width, 7" Length • Amazon Business $11.85 1 $11.85
Learning Resources LER3799 Write & Wipe Fact Family Boards • Amazon Business $11.66 1 $11.66
Learning Advantage 7698 Student Math Balance, Grade: 1 to 6 • Amazon Business $11.62 1 $11.62
Super Genius Compound Words Cards • Amazon Business $11.50 1 $11.50
Super Genius - First Words • Amazon Business $11.01 1 $11.01
Learning Resources Snap It Up! Math: Add/Sub Card Game • Amazon Business $10.21 1 $10.21
Super Genius - Reading 2 • Amazon Business $10.01 1 $10.01
DK Games: Silly Sentences • Amazon Business $9.97 1 $9.97
Super Genius - Addition • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Super Genius - Reading 1 • Amazon Business $9.37 1 $9.37
Edupress 1435934 Edupress EP3757 Grades K to 1, 1.3" Height, 3.6" Width, 7" Length • Amazon Business $8.90 1 $8.90
Learning Resources Pop For Addition & Subtraction Game • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
Learning Resources I Sea 10! Game • Amazon Business $8.28 1 $8.28

Materials cost

$408.18

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $35.72

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.12

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$480.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.71

Total project goal

$564.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $564.73

1 Donor

-$282.36

Donations toward project cost

-$240.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.35

match offer

-$282.36

Match offer toward project cost

-$240.01

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.35

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