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Mrs. Morikis from Waterbury, CT is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Playing Games Makes Us Use Our Brains

Help me give my students amazing fun filled centers with math board games!

  • $398 goal

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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 Students

Go getters! These amazing 4th grade inner city students, are just that go getters. They work together (a hard task even for adults) to solve solutions to their problems. These problems could be from a simple math example to social conflicts.

They enjoy hands-on activities and challenges that allow them to think outside the box.

This class in particular loves math. My students love to be challenged with math problems of the day. I can see them be competitive, yet stop and explain/defend their answers to a student that is struggling. Teaching a class like this inspired me to put in for my very first DonorChoose.org project.

My Project

The students in my classroom rotate from math center to math center as I work with a small group. I want the student's rotation to be engaging, fun, yet educational.

These games will allow students to use math strategies taught in fourth grade.

Your donation will allow students to work together using a competitive math board game. Math Climb is a beautiful mathematical game where students are exposed to prime numbers, factors, and common multiples. They can add, subtract, multiply or divided to climb to the top. I love the mental math aspect of this game and highly recommend it for your own family. In Place Value Mystery, students solve place value problems to move through the house. They write each answer on their white board, checking their answers with a mystery decoder (awesome right?!). ATM Action and Allowance board games help students think money. They use money skills to help the track their finances. Think of the anticipation and excitement you felt while playing games with your friends and family. Lets expose my fourth graders to these certain types of games so they can share that same excitement. These centers might encourage the students to buy some board games at home instead of electronics!

Mrs. Morikis Bunker Hill Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

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Waterbury, CT View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

28 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT670 - Mastering Math Games Library - Gr. 4-5 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 1 $99.50
JJ689 - Privacy Partition - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 3 $89.97
Math for Love Prime Climb • Amazon Business $27.29 1 $27.29
TT432 - Place Value Mystery House Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
TT674 - ATM Action! Money Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
RR625 - Giant Multisided Activity Dice • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
LC1279 - The Allowance Game® • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99

Materials cost

$303.72

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$338.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.70

Total project goal

$397.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $397.98

8 Donors

-$330.33

Donations toward project cost

-$295.78

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.55

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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 $0.00

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