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Mrs. Sachs from Timberlake, NC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning Is The Constant

My students need hands-on math manipulatives to allow them to see and understand how to balance algebraic equations.

  • $520 goal

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My Students

Letters and numbers, all part of one problem? Do you remember how confusing it was to receive math problems that included variables for the first time? This concept can be difficult for many students to grasp. Please consider my project to help develop a strong algebraic foundation for my students.

My students are fifth graders who live in a rural area and enjoy hands-on learning.

My students have been learning strands of algebraic thinking (building number sense, practicing operations with numbers) since kindergarten and even before. Although my students are not in kindergarten, the first steps of algebra that we will be learning in fifth grade will set the foundation for all other math that my students will learn in middle and high school. Resources from this project will be shared among other fifth grade teachers to promote algebraic thinking. I want my students to be successful in learning this difficult concept.

My Project

The resources requested by this DonorsChoose.org project will help support students write and solve algebraic equations for the first time. The new Common Core standards have broadened the scope of the curriculum students are responsible for mastering at my school and nationwide. As a result, fifth grade students are now expected to master the basics of writing and solving algebraic equations. The resources of this project will enable students to balance equations by using manipulatives that are similar to chess pieces. Students are responsible for arranging and moving the pieces to find ways to balance the equations. Each piece represents a specific part of an equation. I have carefully researched this program and know that the "toy" like game pieces will engage learners of all abilities in my classroom, thus providing all students an equal opportunity to master these complicated concepts.

Fifth grade is now the beginning of true algebraic instruction.

By making a donation to this project, you will be strengthening the foundational algebraic skills that my students will need in order to be successful now and in their futures. Please help support these students as they continue on their journey through fifth grade learning about how letters and numbers relate, balance, and make sense.

Mrs. Sachs
Grades 3-5
  • Helena Elementary School
  • Timberlake, NC
    • 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

    This project will reach 75 students.

    6 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hands-On Equations® 30 Student Class Set • Nasco $309.95 1 $309.95
Hands-On Equations® Verbal Problems Book • Nasco $34.95 1 $34.95

Materials cost

$344.90

Vendor shipping charges

 $34.49

Sales tax

 $26.90

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$441.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.90

Total project goal

$519.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $519.36

5 Donors

-$519.36

Donations toward project cost

-$441.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.90

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