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Exploring and Communicating Math (for ELL, SpEd, and SIFE populations)

My students need tools for numeracy, exploration, and communication of mathematics. We need soft cubes, glue sticks and crayons.

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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 9th to 11th grade students are predominantly English Language Learners, Special Education, and Students with Interrupted Formal Education. In the past, I have had classrooms with 30+ students speaking 7 different primary languages, and academic and soft skills that are all over the map.

It's a vibrant and energetic environment, but with a great range of needs.

This creates difficulties for students communicating ideas that can enrich their math experience, and for the teacher reaching each student at their respective levels. With English issues listening, speaking, reading, and writing; and math problems starting with adding and subtracting in some cases, they need as many avenues to demonstrate success and growth as I can provide.

My Project

This project will address issues in multiple classrooms, including 9th and 11th grade students. In the 9th Grade, the focus is on numeracy and building math exploration and communication. In the 11th Grade, the focus is to explore Common Core Algebra content while developing their reasoning and communication.

In all classrooms, the beginning of the year is devoted to inspiring creative mathematical thinking and problem-solving.

They will involve challenges with a low floor (everyone can access the problem) and high ceiling (even the highest level students can find new problems to explore within the activity). Ideally, the activities are new to all and give students who otherwise feel disenfranchised by mathematics an opportunity to engage and feel excited with their contributions. Many of the resources your donation provides are directly applicable as students learn to communicate findings in poster presentations (markers and pens, glue-sticks) while making observations and analyzing games, puzzles, and explorations (including the Sets game).

As the year progresses, I will use the 24 Game and Fraction Tower especially to improve 9th grade numeracy and mathematical structure, while the 11th grade would use Color Cubes, for instance, to explore quadratic patterns. Opportunities will always present themselves for groups to demonstrate their learning in presentations.

Mr. Pesola Marble Hill High School - International Studies Grades 9-12

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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Bronx, 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hands-On Soft Color Cubes, Set of 102 • Amazon Business $19.99 3 $59.97
Crayola Classpack Assortment, 256ct Broad Line Markers, 16 Bold Colors, Great for Classroom, Educational, All-Purpose Art Tools • Amazon Business $53.78 1 $53.78
SET: The Family Game of Visual Perception • Amazon Business $9.15 5 $45.75
Crayola 240 Ct Colored Pencil Classpack, 12 Assorted Colors (68-8024) • Amazon Business $33.93 1 $33.93
24 Game Two Pack: Includes 48 Single Digit Cards and 48 Double Digit Cards and Exclusive Tips Sheet! • Amazon Business $29.94 1 $29.94
- Fraction Tower Activity Set, Math Manipulatives, for Grades 1-6 • Amazon Business $29.60 1 $29.60
Elmer's All Purpose School Glue Sticks, Washable, 30 Pack, 0.24-ounce sticks • Amazon Business $9.57 2 $19.14
ExcelMark A17 Teacher Kit • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99

Materials cost

$283.10

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$317.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.00

Total project goal

$373.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $373.35

4 Donors

-$236.68

Donations toward project cost

-$201.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.50

match offer

-$136.67

Match offer toward project cost

-$116.17

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.50

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