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Ms. Elam from Nashville, TN is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Show Me (Visual) Support!

My students need cardstock, printer ink and velcro to create visual supports for our classroom.

  • $521 goal

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My Students

Visual representation of ideas helps us all to make sense of our world. This is especially true for 3 and 4 year olds. Think about a STOP sign. Chances are you knew what it meant long before you could read the letters S-T-O-P. Visuals helped you connect the red octagon with the idea of stopping.

My students are the coolest kids around.

They are 3 and 4 year olds who amaze me every day. Our class is blended, meaning that half of our students have some sort of special learning needs. But we work hard to drive home the idea that we are all learning, sometimes we're just learning different things at different times. Our class is really in to learning how to spell and write our names right now. We love reading "Pete The Cat". We have learned about the letters A, S, M & O so far this year. And we can tell you that mustache starts with M and oatmeal starts with O without any hesitation. We love to do obstacle courses. We really enjoy reading with our second grade reading buddies on Fridays.

My Project

These materials will allow us to create visual supports for our students and meet their needs in an individual way throughout the school year. We will be able to put materials in to the hands of students who need to see the items in a story up close while we read a book as a class. We will be able to create materials that allow our students to practice sequencing with a concrete object, rather than just trying to explain our ideas verbally. And we will be able to connect ideas to their visual representations in a way that will help our students to learn ideas and lessons that will last a life time. Much in the same way that we can still remember that red octagon means "STOP" decades after we first made the connection.

These materials will help us to create materials that help the world make sense to our students.

We will be able to individualize instruction and support our students in the ways that they, as individual little learners, need to be supported.

Ms. Elam KIPP Kirkpatrick Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

More about Ms. Elam

Nashville, TN 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

16 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
CRTDG INK HP 61XL BK - HEWCH563WN • School Specialty $31.98 5 $159.90
CRTDG INK HP 61XL TIC - HEWCH564WN • School Specialty $33.92 2 $67.84
CARDSTOCK ASTROBRIGHTS 65 LB 8 1/2X11 BRIGHT WHITE PACK OF 250 • School Specialty $17.57 3 $52.71
HOOK + LOOP VELCRO STCKY/BACK 3/4'' COINS BEIGE PACK OF 200 • School Specialty $17.09 3 $51.27
CARDSTOCK 8.5X11 ASST #2- 5-COLORS ASTROBRIGHT - PACK OF 250 • School Specialty $18.99 2 $37.98

Materials cost

$369.70

Vendor shipping charges

 $36.97

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$442.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.04

Total project goal

$520.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $520.26

4 Donors

-$486.73

Donations toward project cost

-$442.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.51

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$33.53

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 $0.00

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