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Ms. Matos from Brooklyn, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Exceptional Playing

Help me give my students the opportunity to learn math and manners with real life role playing.

  • $161 goal

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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

This class is a kindergarten inclusion class. My students consist of both students with special needs (IEP Students) as well as general education students. Many students need assistance in reading, writing, and math. Some students need speech therapy, AIS services, behavioral services or physical therapy. I will not know all the specifics until the start of the school year, as it is their first time in school. Our students come from low-income households but that should not stop them from receiving material that will support their curiosity and learning.

My Project

Our students and future citizens will learn math and manner. They will use the cash registers to learn about numbers. The students will learn how to add to find total, how to subtract to make change, values of coins, value of bills, how to shop within a set budget, how to follow direction an get item on a list, role play different part from clerk to cashier to customer, the differences between wants and needs, Display appropriate manners when shopping, and how to solve conflict resolution. The younger we can teach them the better citizen we can raise. Children need to play real life roles.

Ms. Matos PS 86 Irvington Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

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

24 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
PP723 - Real-Working Cash Register • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 3 $89.97
AZ985 - Push-Button Play Phone • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$104.96

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$136.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.09

Total project goal

$160.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$160.62

1 Donor

-$108.00

Donations toward project cost

-$91.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.20

match offer

-$52.62

Match offer toward project cost

-$44.73

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.89

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$0.00

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