You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

Mrs. Ledbetter from Fort Mill SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Math by the Book: Making Math Meaningful Through Children's Literature

Help me give my students high quality, culturally relevant picture books to provide real-world contexts as they become problem solvers.

  • $1,557 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

OPES students are eager to grow as mathematicians and become problem solvers who feel confident to tackle any math task they encounter. In order to do this, students need to be able to make connections to the math they are learning and their world. They need to see the connections among math concepts and especially connections to their lives, their culture, and their interests. This can be achieved through the use of children's literature.

Our students want to engage in math that is meaningful to them and these culturally relevant books will provide real word contexts so that all students can see math as applicable to their own lives.

These titles include characters from various cultures and ethnicities and tell beautiful stories that will set the stage for meaningful math learning. For example, in the book Bilal Cooks Daal, readers meet an Asian American character who introduces his favorite food, daal, to his friends. Not only will our students learn about this South Asian dish and culture, but they'll also be able to explore concepts such as elapsed time with a relevant context.

Teachers will be able to use each book for multiple math investigations for their whole class as well as differentiate to meet the needs of individuals and small groups. Discussions about each story will give students the opportunity to talk about the story elements as well as math concepts. These books will be available to all teachers at our school to enrich math and literacy instruction.

Mrs. Ledbetter
Grades PreK-2

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. Ledbetter is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pop's Bridge • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Anna Carries Water • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
Dale, Dale, Dale / Hit It, Hit It, Hit It: Una fiesta de números / A Fiesta of Numbers (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
The Two Mutch Sisters • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Hickory Dickory Dock • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Harvesting Friends / Cosechando Amigos (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
The House That Jane Built: A Story About Jane Addams • Amazon Business $17.59 1 $17.59
Saturday • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
In the Land of Milk and Honey • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Ten, Nine, Eight • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Grandpa Cacao: A Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family • Amazon Business $16.29 1 $16.29
Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Togo • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion • Amazon Business $15.97 1 $15.97
Around Our Way on Neighbors' Day • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
Max's Words • Amazon Business $15.39 1 $15.39
No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas • Amazon Business $15.30 1 $15.30
What Can You Do with a Paleta? (Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Walter's Wonderful Web: A First Book About Shapes • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
Bean Thirteen • Amazon Business $14.62 1 $14.62
Bilal Cooks Daal • Amazon Business $14.59 1 $14.59
Baby Goes to Market • Amazon Business $14.56 1 $14.56
Common Threads: Adam's Day at the Market • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Nana Akua Goes to School • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Shapes at Play: A Minibombo Book • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Too Many Mangos • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
If You Give a Mouse a Brownie (If You Give... Books) • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Sometimes We Do (MathTalk) • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood • Amazon Business $13.46 1 $13.46
Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
Each Kindness (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? (Mr. Tiffin's Classroom Series) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
My Papi Has a Motorcycle • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
Are We There Yet? • Amazon Business $12.88 1 $12.88
Giraffe Problems (Animal Problems) • Amazon Business $12.83 1 $12.83
10 Gulab Jamuns • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Enemy Pie : (Reading Rainbow Book, Children’s Book about Kindness, Kids Books about Learning) • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Jalapeno Bagels • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Bagel King • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Saffron Ice Cream • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Too Many Toys • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
If the World Were a Village - Second Edition: A Book about the World's People (CitizenKid) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Ed Emberley's Picture Pie (Ed Emberley Drawing Books) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Summer Sun Risin' • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Auntie Yang Great Soybean Picnic • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
The Have a Good Day Cafe • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Quinito's Neighborhood/El Vecindario de Quinito • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Sweet Potato Pie • Amazon Business $10.71 1 $10.71
The Old Truck • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Little Quack • Amazon Business $10.29 1 $10.29
David's Drawings (Rise and Shine) • Amazon Business $10.02 1 $10.02
George Washington Carver: From Slave to Scientist (Heroes of History) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Kunu's Basket: A Story from Indian Island • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Grandma's Purse • Amazon Business $9.76 1 $9.76
George Crum and the Saratoga Chip • Amazon Business $9.54 1 $9.54
Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Thanking the Moon: Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
My Rows And Piles Of Coins • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Jingle Dancer • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Five Little Monkeys Play Hide And Seek (A Five Little Monkeys Story) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
A Gift for Amma: Market Day in India • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Side by Side/Lado a lado: The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez/La historia de Dolores Huerta y Cesar Chavez (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
How Tall?: Wacky Ways to Compare Height (Wacky Comparisons) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Toasty Toes: Counting by Tens (Know Your Numbers) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Dragons Love Tacos • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
The Raft • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Grandma's Tiny House • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Which One Doesn't Belong?: Playing with Shapes • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Wangari's Trees Of Peace: A True Story from Africa • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Quack and Count • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Pizza Mouse (I Like to Read) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Monster Math • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
How Much Is a Million? (Reading Rainbow Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Actual Size • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Roller Coaster • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Too Many Pumpkins • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Tar Beach • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Mango, Abuela, and Me • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Two of Everything • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Hanukkah Bear • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Parade • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Flower Garden • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
I Love Saturdays y domingos • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
How Much, How Many, How Far, How Heavy, How Long, How Tall Is 1000? • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Hide and Snake (Rise and Shine) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Ugly Vegetables • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Redwoods • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Can I Be Your Dog? • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Miss Nelson Has a Field Day • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The King's Chessboard (Picture Puffins) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
A Bike Like Sergio's • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Wolf's Chicken Stew • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Tia Isa Wants a Car • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Full House: An Invitation to Fractions • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Lemonade for Sale (MathStart 3) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Ten Flashing Fireflies • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
One Is a Snail, Ten is a Crab: A Counting by Feet Book • Amazon Business $6.69 1 $6.69
A Chair for My Mother (Reading Rainbow Books) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Grandma's Button Box (Math Matters) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Speediest!: 19 Very Fast Animals (Extreme Animals) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Hot Day On Abbott Avenue • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Circle! Sphere! (Storytelling Math) • Amazon Business $5.66 1 $5.66
Pete the Cat: Snow Daze (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Even Steven and Odd Todd, Level 3 (Hello Math Reader) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Apple Picking Day! (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$1,161.79

Vendor shipping charges

$31.87

Sales tax

$81.91

3rd party payment processing fee

$17.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,323.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$233.47

Total project goal

$1,556.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,556.47

30 Donors

-$1,518.53

Donations toward project cost

-$1,297.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$221.03

Matching donations from our partners

-$30.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$25.50

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.94

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Support your local school!

Donate directly to any school in the US. Your donation will go towards directly purchasing urgent supplies.

Find a local school

Project Activity

{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"Fort Mill","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[8229549],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"SC","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":1,"name":"Early Education"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":6385399,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/math-by-the-book-making-math-meaningful/6385399/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":true,"numStudents":700,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. Ledbetter","isEquityFocus":false,"authorIds":{"8229549":{"owner":"Mrs. Ledbetter","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[6385399],"proposalHash":"2013144782","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8229549_orig.jpg?crop=350,350,x0,y165&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1661443285054","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":21860213,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":8229549,"schoolCounty":"York","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"SC","name":"South Carolina"}}