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Ms. Ebony from Brooklyn, NY is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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First Watch Me! Now You Try!

Help me give my students a document camera to help them visually see how to hold a pencil, write neatly, and solve math problems using various strategies taught; this project also includes a Cricut and heat press.

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My Students

I teach in an ICT classroom with 30 students. All students come from low-income households and many live in shelters. All students receive free breakfast and lunch every day. They come to school every day ready to learn and often don't want to go home because they want to continue learning.

My students are special because they are tenacious and they motivate and inspire me to be the best role model and teacher for them.

What I love about my students is their eagerness to learn. I am not only their teacher, but I am their champion away from home.

My Project

My first-grade students are extremely happy about learning this school year. Last year, my students were able to share with their peers, hug them, and learn closely with them. With the new norm, my students have learned to adjust and overcome many adversities. They are resilient and ready to take on all the challenges this school year has to offer. My students are blended learning; they come to school in person three days a week and are remote learning the other two days.

"First watch me, then you try" is the motto in my classroom because my students need a lot of visual support, prompting, examples and exemplars.

First grade is where students learn how to become more fluent writers, readers, and mathematicians, and the materials in this project will support my students with developing the skills to master all of those content areas. The Elmo document camera will help my students learn how to make their thinking visible by teaching them how to write neatly, how to use finger spaces, how to write a complete sentence, and how to know when to go to the next line when writing. The camera will help my students see strategies taught for math that they can practice using in person and when they are remote.

The Cricut cutting machine and easy press will teach my students how to become entrepreneurs as they will be completing a project where they will be creating their own business and making logos for their business. They will write/illustrate a business plan and use both machines to make their business come to life.

My goal is to provide students with the best instruction possible while ensuring they receive consistency of learning experiences in person at school and remotely at home.

Ms. Ebony Brooklyn Gardens Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

More about Ms. Ebony

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Elmo OX 1 Writing Board Bundle document camera with Elmo MX Writing Boa • CDW-G $226.71 1 $226.71
Cricut - Explore Air 2 Cutting Machine - Mint • Best Buy Education $184.61 1 $184.61
Cricut - EasyPress 2 - 9'x 9'Heat Press - Raspberry • Best Buy Education $130.57 1 $130.57

Materials cost

$541.89

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$580.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$102.36

Total project goal

$682.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $682.38

6 Donors

-$324.42

Donations toward project cost

-$304.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.16

match offer

-$324.42

Match offer toward project cost

-$275.76

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.66

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$33.53

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 $0.00

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