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Mrs. Duncan from Cedar City, UT is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Math Talk: Reviewing & Retaining

Help me give my students a timer, number talk center, graphing chart, and other math supplies that will offer review opportunities so they maintain their comprehension all year.

  • $227 goal

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Mrs. Duncan has another project! Donate to Math Toolboxes: Building Skills One Step at a Time to help her classroom.

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My Students

The students in our class are motivated learners that press forward despite their hardships. They'll eventually improve with routines that encourage them to make their thinking visible, to confidently share their knowledge or thoughts without reserve, and to develop inquiring minds that are actively engaged throughout lessons and activities. Each student is heard, holds a classroom job, and leads intellectual discussions, assignments, or experiments regularly. They rely on each other, and on a loving, supportive setting to become resilient and to achieve success. I encourage confidence and trust in one another through our class motto: "We can do hard things! Climb, though the rocks be rugged!"

Every student matters, every moment counts.

My class of 30 students, mostly from low income households, will require rigorous interventions to function on grade level by the end of this school year because of trauma, disruptive life events, and many already lacking essential skills. My third grade class has several special needs, ESL, and below-grade level students enrolled. They all desire a safe haven for learning and to feel supported. We each hope to keep pressing onward, enjoy our precious journey, and ultimately realize our climb.

My Project

The teachers in my school have noticed that our current math program does not review topics regularly and so our students have a difficult time retaining what they've learned. My grade level team has decided to try incorporating math talk, to initiate mathematical discussions among the children. These focused talks will be timed and prompts will come from each of the selected kits (Number Talk & Pick-a-Problem).

Explaining, justifying, and critiquing math problems each day will give us the spiral review support we desperately need.

This will become routine as students are expected to discuss and think about math topics from every previous chapter, and not just the current one. I will encourage them all to teach each other and build their confidence in handling a full range of math tasks. Our math has been taught in the classroom until now, but "math talk" is just as effective in virtual settings. (If we must temporarily change to this format in the future.)

Mrs. Duncan North Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Cedar City, UT View local requests

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

30 students impacted 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
PP181 Giant Classroom Timer • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
EE114 Number Talk Daily Activity Center Gr 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
EE113 Number Talk Daily Activity Center Gr 3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LC198 Giant Magnetic Graph Array Chart • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
PP663 PickAProblem Math WarmUps Gr 3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99

Materials cost

$159.95

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$192.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.94

Total project goal

$226.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $226.29

3 Donors

-$151.29

Donations toward project cost

-$128.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.69

match offer

-$75.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$63.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

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 $0.00

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