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Mrs. Miller from Council Bluffs, IA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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See How My Brain Works!

My students need a document camera.

  • $480 goal

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Students being able to share how their brain works with their whole class! I am a special education teacher working with 4th and 5th grade students. My school is in a high poverty area where not all students come to school with the background need for a solid foundation of learning or the motivation to be high achievers.

My students struggle year after year in math. They have poor conceptual understanding of math concepts and therefore struggle with the demands grade level math requires. I have been studying and implementing cognitively guided instruction in math with high success. Students are actively engaged in their own understanding of math and having better retention then ever. A very important piece of this guided instruction is daily math discussions and students sharing their work on real life math problems.

As a special education teacher working in a small group, students are easily able to show their work-I've seen it work well! With the push for sped students to be inclusive, I must bring this type of instruction into 4 gen ed classrooms. It's impossible for a student to hold their math notebook in front of a group of 28 and communicate their work. A Document Camera allows for a student to project their work on a screen for all to see, discuss, and reflect.

Your help will not only benefit my special education students, but the 4 classrooms I work with. Students will be empowered to share their work with others. All participants will be highly motivated to continue deepening their math understanding; sharing, modeling, and learning with their peers.

Mrs. Miller Titan Hills Intermediate School Grades 3-5

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Council Bluffs, IA View local requests

More than a third 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

120 students impacted 11donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
VP20M Visual Presenter • SchoolOutfitters.com $329.99 1 $329.99

Materials cost

$329.99

Vendor shipping charges

$33.00

Sales tax

$16.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$393.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.36

Total project goal

$479.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$479.80

10 Donors

-$479.80

Donations toward project cost

-$393.44

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$86.36

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