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Shhh! Don't Tell Them, but My 3rd Graders Are Learning Math!

My students need fun, interactive, real-life ways to practice their math skills!

  • $493 goal

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My Students

My kids love math, they just don't know it yet! I want my students to have a fun, exploratory relationship with numbers and shapes. With these manipulatives and games, my students can take their math thinking to the next level and math can be a time of joyful learning!

I work in a very under-resourced school, in a socioeconomically challenged urban area of California.

My students are tremendously hard-working given the challenges they face each day. Many of them are English Language Learners, some of them have learning differences, and all of them are only 8 or 9! We teach a very demanding curriculum to these young scholars and providing them with tools that reduce stress and make learning fun is critical to the success of our classroom.

My Project

I often teach math in centers, so that I can work with the students in small groups. These materials would allow us to have several new, exciting centers for independent practice! It would also help me to better align the centers with 3rd grade math standards. With the computer games, we could now use our classroom computers as a part of a money center or a measurement center. With the regrouping kits for addition and subtraction my students could have hands on independent practice with one of the most critical concepts taught in 3rd grade: multi-digit addition and subtraction. We could also use the fraction kits for a fractions center! These resources will truly inspire my students to engage with math concepts because they are hands-on, interactive, and inspired by real-life concepts like allowance or using the ATM.

These math materials will bring math to life in our classroom!

They will help my students to develop the numeracy and geometry sense they need to be successful in elementary and middle school, and best of all, the students will be smiling while they learn!!

Ms. Cowles El Dorado Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

22 students impacted 20donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
HH636 - ATM Action! Money Game - Single License CD-ROM • Lakeshore Learning $14.95 1 $14.95
CD506 - Money CD-ROM - Single License • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 1 $12.95
FF805 - Fractions Activity Station • Lakeshore Learning $49.95 1 $49.95
FF898 - Fractions Equivalency Puzzles • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 1 $12.95
CD507 - Get In Shape CD-ROM - Single License • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 1 $12.95
CD508 - Measurement CD-ROM - Single License • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 1 $12.95
PP279 - The Allowance Game® - Single License CD-ROM • Lakeshore Learning $14.95 1 $14.95
TT258 - Math Quiz Game Show - Gr. 1-3 • Lakeshore Learning $49.95 1 $49.95
FF298 - Hands-On Regrouping Kit - Subtraction • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
FF297 - Hands-On Regrouping Kit - Addition • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
FF298 - Hands-On Regrouping Kit - Subtraction • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
FF297 - Hands-On Regrouping Kit - Addition • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
HH776 - Number Sense Problem Solving Center • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
DD447 - Regrouping Activity Chart • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95

Materials cost

$351.30

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $32.14

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.27

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$418.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.89

Total project goal

$492.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $492.60

14 Donors

-$382.60

Donations toward project cost

-$325.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.39

match offer

-$110.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$93.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.50

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 $0.00

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