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Mrs. Turner from Glenpool, OK is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Increase Class Engagement With Lap Desks

Help me give my students ten surf style lap desks, to allow for more flexible seating options around the classroom.

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My Students

The target population of the flexible seating would be students currently in grade 6 at our Title I school in Glenpool, Oklahoma. Up to 40 students a day would be able to utilize the ten desks in the classroom, as I serve between 90-95 students daily between 4 class periods. These students are enrolled in my class for an entire year.

My Project

I am asking for portable lap desks to be added to my classroom. My sixth grade math class is currently set up in a very traditional way with tables and chairs, without any other options for students to be able to utilize other spaces of the room. My classroom size would allow for the lap desks to be used on the floor, while still ensuring student’s learning and safety can be properly supervised. Research shows that by allowing students to be comfortable in the classroom will help get students more engaged and increase class participation. Currently, my students ask daily to sit on the floor, but then it does not allow them to have a proper writing space, or the tools to keep them on task and focused. With the addition of the surf-style lap desks, my students would have an adequate work space while staying engaged.

The primary learning needs of the flexible seating would target student’s engagement and allow me to target more student’s learning styles.

Students would still be able to work in groups or individually with the desks, while being more alert and comfortable. I think the desks would give the students a familiar working position, since they have adapted well to working in non-traditional positions in the home with virtual learning.

The outcome of the use of the surf style desks would result in students becoming more engaged, therefore allowing students to achieve more growth

Mrs. Turner Glenpool Intermediate School Grades 6-8

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Glenpool, OK View local requests 95 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
ECR4Kids The Surf Portable Lap Desk, Kids Floor Desk, Flexible Seating for Schools, Classrooms and Homeschool, One-Piece Writing Table, Alternative Seating, 10-Pack - Black • Amazon Business $199.99 1 $199.99

Materials cost

$199.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $16.30

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$249.29

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.99

Total project goal

$293.28

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Total project goal

 $293.28

1 Donor

-$293.28

Donations toward project cost

-$249.29

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.99

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