With these funds I will provide math enrichment activities to Kindergarteners that will reinforce key concepts, promote mastery of learning of the standards and build a successful start so that students’ test scores for 1st ^{graders and beyond will improve.}

The main component of this proposal is to establish a math resource center filled with hands-on manipulatives, games and a tablet to use in the classroom to reinforce concepts taught in the classroom. The resources purchased will be non-consumable so they are 100% reusable. The various resources and the quantity will be enough for use in cooperative learning centers and in a whole group setting.

There are 6 manipulatives ranging from $120 for magnatiles to $20 for the remainder , 17 games averaging $20 per game and 19 counting/shape books averaging $7 per book.  The tablet is $400 so that each member of the 5 groupings has individual access.

Teachers need the opportunity to teach with manipulatives and games, create and access meaningful projects to combine with rote activities to enrich learning. The resources will allow students to be active participants in their learning. The games and manipulatives will support problem solving by emphasizing many ways of solving problems, utilize a variety of evaluations and provide a supportive classroom where students have opportunities for success.  The Counting/Shape books will help students move beyond memorization of numbers and understand shapes, recognize numbers and how they look.

The specific items are:

Description               Product                  Quantity       Price               Total

                                                                                           Total     $1,063.99

                                                                                         Tax on $542.43,   $40.68

                                                                                 GRAND TOTAL $1,104.67

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