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Ms. M from Brooklyn, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ready, Set, Reset: Staying Calm and Refocusing

Help me give my students the tools to reset, refocus and stay calm while they deal with the ups and downs and challenges of classwork, learning and working with others.

  • $349 goal

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My Project

My students come in each day ready to learn, however they bring with them their own individual challenges. About fifty percent of my 3rd Grade students are English Language Learners and speak a language in addition to English, languages that include Bengali, Urdu, Creole, Arabic, Spanish and Uzbek. Some of my students are shy, self-conscious and hesitant speakers, get easily distracted and have a difficult time resetting and refocusing. They are also working to make up ground and get on level. Some students are between one and two years below level. With the interruptions in the school lives of students over the past two years, students also have a higher level of anxiety, lower comfort level and fewer skills when dealing with peers, difficulty focusing, transitioning and identifying and dealing with their emotions. I have selected activities that students can use to write and reflect; books to read about and identify their feelings; sensory viewers to calm down; and spacial reasoning tasks with wooden blocks and pattern blocks to stay active and engaged while refocusing. I think these activities will help students develop self-monitoring skills, learn about their emotions, learn to cope while being actively engaged as they try to refocus. Can you help us reset and stay calm as we strive to close learning gaps and make progress everyday?

Ms. M
Grades PreK-2
  • PS K315
  • Brooklyn, NY
    • 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

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    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 reach 28 students.

    7 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
FF579 - Blocks Blueprints Learning Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
DS737 - Dealing with Feelings Book Series • Lakeshore Learning Materials $54.50 1 $54.50
EE329 - Magnetic Pattern Block Builders • Lakeshore Learning Materials $52.99 1 $52.99
EE118 - Grab Write Social-Emotional Prompts - Gr 3-5 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 1 $34.99
SE581 - Rainbow Liquid Sensory Viewers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $32.99 1 $32.99
TH4530 - Pattern Blocks Design Cards • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99

Materials cost

$262.45

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$296.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.30

Total project goal

$348.69

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $348.69

6 Donors

-$224.34

Donations toward project cost

-$190.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.65

match offer

-$124.35

Match offer toward project cost

-$105.70

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.65

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 $0.00

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