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Ms. Varughese from Orlando, FL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Manipulatives to Increase Student Knowledge

Help me give my students manipulatives for students to practice their reading and math skills and increase their knowledge about different concepts.

  • $335 goal

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Ms. Varughese has another project! Donate to Our Emotions!! to help her classroom.

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Help Ms. Varughese

Ms. Varughese has another project! Donate to Our Emotions!! to help her classroom.

$625 - complete this project and be a hero

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 Project

I need these Reading and math manipulates to help my students understand the concepts better which are taught to them in the whole Group. The manipulatives will be used during Center time. Students will have the opportunity to work in small groups practice the skills and improve themselves. This would help them to achieve a good grade in their assessments.

Students need engagement, motivation , and encouragement to be successful in everything that they do.

Students will be using hundreds charts to improve their skills on identifying numbers, adding and subtracting. Prefix and suffix activity will help all my students especially English learners understand the difference between the base Word and suffix or prefix.

I will be providing the snack to help them Focus and get motivated to complete their task on a regular basis.

Thank you for taking the time to read my project. I hope your contribution Will help my present as well as my future students.

Ms. Varughese Meadow Woods Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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. Varughese

Orlando, FL View local requests

More than half of 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

20 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Snap & Build Phonics - Complete Set of Reading Manipulatives for Beginning Readers, Science of Reading • Lakeshore Learning Materials $85.00 1 $85.00
Grandma's Cookies Variety Pack - Bulk Assortment Care Package Individually Wrapped - Mix Cookies Variety Pack Gift Box (32 Count) • Amazon Business $45.99 1 $45.99
Nutella & GO! Bulk 24 Pack, Hazelnut and Cocoa Spread with Pretzel Sticks, Snack Cups, 1.9 oz Each • Amazon Business $28.49 1 $28.49
hand2mind Reading Rods Prefixes & Suffixes, Word Roots for Kids, Word Building Activities, Spelling Toys, Reading Tools for Kids, Phonemic Awareness and Phonics, Science of Reading Manipulatives • Amazon Business $18.39 1 $18.39
Power Pen!® Reading Comprehension Quiz Cards - Gr. 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
Power Pen!® Reading Comprehension Quiz Cards - Gr. 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
Reading Comprehension Cubes 3 Colored Language Reading Manipulatives Learning Cube Question Dice Tools for Elementary School Classroom Kids Teacher Teaching Supplies (6) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Lakeshore Magnetic Base 10 Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $10.99 1 $10.99
Afumazi Pack of 12 Number 1-100 Chart for Learning Counting, Hundred Boards for Classroom Home (11"×11") • Amazon Business $4.99 2 $9.98

Materials cost

$243.81

Vendor shipping charges

$6.50

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$283.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.11

Total project goal

$334.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$334.08

1 Donor

-$283.97

Donations toward project cost

-$283.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$50.11

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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