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Ms. Nickerson from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Big Fat Notebook Experience

Help me give my students access to a more creative way to learn and study mathematics.

  • $1,053 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 Project

I have noticed that many of my students struggle with some foundational skills in my Algebra 2 Class. Going into my third year of teaching now, I have been wanting to find an effective way to help provide precursors to each unit that I distribute to my students. I picked up these two books when they first came out, and as a recent graduate at the time, thought these would be cool to have in the classroom as a class set. I enjoyed how visual and fun these two books were and thought my students would appreciate seeing text with some fun colors and pictures to help them learn these topics better.

So far I have been using the chapters from the book I own to help make guided doodle notes.

I have seen growth in my students foundational skills in just the past 3 weeks. Students enjoy taking notes and I have actually seen them use their notes to navigate new problems they encounter.

I plan on continuing to use notes from these books to help students gain the preliminary skills that are helpful in understanding grade level content.

Ms. Nickerson Kelvyn Park High School Grades 9-12

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

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Ms. Nickerson

Chicago, IL 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

120 students impacted 13donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Everything You Need to Ace Pre-Algebra and Algebra I in One Big Fat Notebook (Big Fat Notebooks) • Amazon Business $14.49 30 $434.70
The Big Fat Middle School Math Workbook: 600 Math Practice Exercises (Big Fat Notebooks) • Amazon Business $13.91 30 $417.30

Materials cost

$852.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$894.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$157.90

Total project goal

$1,052.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,052.68

6 Donors

-$1,037.98

Donations toward project cost

-$894.78

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$143.20

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.70

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$0.00

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