Each Orange Had 8 Slices

Author: Paul Giganti
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 068813985X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
If each orange has 8 slices and each slice has 2 seeds, how many seeds are there in all? You'll have fun wether you multiply, add or count your way through the math puzzles hiding in the world all around you. In this companion volume to How Many Snails?, dynamic illustrations and appealing words combine to introduce beginning math concepts and reinforce visual literacy.

Math Work Stations

Author: Debbie Diller
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1003841783
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 597

Book Description
If you' ve ever questioned how to make math stations work, you' ll find this photo-filled, idea-packed resource invaluable. This book extends Debbie Diller' s best-selling work on literacy work stations and classroom design to the field of mathematics. In Math Work Stations you' ll find ideas to help children develop conceptual understanding and skills, use math vocabulary as they talk about their mathematical thinking, and connect big ideas to meaningful independent exploration and practice. This book details how to set up, manage, and keep math stations going throughout the year. There' s even a chapter devoted solely to organizing and using math manipulatives. Each chapter includes: key concepts based on NCTM and state math standards; math vocabulary resources and literature links; suggested materials to include at each station for the corresponding math content strand; ideas for modeling, troubleshooting, differentiating, and assessment; and reflection questions for professional development.Throughout the book, Debbie has included hundreds of color photos showing math work stations in action from a variety of classrooms in which she has worked. Charts, reproducible forms, and math work stations icons are included to provide everything you' ll need to get started with stations in your classroom right away.

Cats Add Up!

Author: Dianne Ochiltree
Publisher: Cartwheel Books
ISBN: 9780590120050
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
A family with one cat keeps adding more until they give some of the cats away. Includes related activities.

Perimeter, Area, and Volume

Author: David A. Adler
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 0823430790
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18

Book Description
Grab your jumbo popcorn—you're invited to the premiere of a 3-D movie, all about those three dimensions! Trusted math picture book duo David A. Adler and Ed Miller tackle the differences between two- and three-dimensional objects in their signature bright and kid-friendly way. Explaining length, width, and height-- and all the different ways we represent those figures-- Adler shows how changing the dimensions of an object affects its size. . . . with some help from a cast of funny, friendly movie monsters. Explaining key vocabulary in simple text and offering numerous concrete examples and sample math problems with included solutions, Perimeter, Area, and Volume is a perfect introduction to two- and three-dimensional geometry. The star-studded cast of monsters will help you calculate the perimeter of the set, the area of the movie screen, and the volume of your box of popcorn. Learning about dimensions has never been so entertaining!

Anno's Counting Book

Author: Mitsumasa Anno
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064431231
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
'An excellent introduction to number systems that is a beautiful wordless picture book as well. . . Over the course of a year (each picture represents a different month and time of day) a little town grows up with viewers witnessing the building of bridges, streets, and railroads. . . . Extraordinary lovely art work.' 'SLJ.

Sheep Won't Sleep

Author: Judy Cox
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 0823439259
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18

Book Description
Counting sheep is supposed to help you sleep—but a room full of yaks, alpacas, and llamas would keep anyone awake in this counting book with a comical twist. Winner of the Mathical Book Prize! A glass of warm milk, reading, working on her knitting—nothing can help Clarissa get to sleep. When even counting sheep doesn't help her doze off, she tried pairs of alpacas instead. Two, four, six . . . then llamas by fives . . . then yaks by tens! But no one could sleep with a room full of bouncing, bleating, shedding animals. Determined to unravel her problem so she can get some sleep, Clarissa counts back down until she's all alone, and she can finally get some rest. Introducing addition and subtraction by ones, twos, fives, and tens, Sheep Won't Sleep is part bedtime story, part math practice— and the hilarious illustrations of spotted, striped, and plaid animals are sure to appeal to imaginative readers of all ages. A perfect-- and fun!-- way to introduce and reinforce counting in groups, this is sure to be a study- and bedtime favorite!

If You Made a Million

Author: David M. Schwartz
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0688136346
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42

Book Description
If You Made a Million Have you ever wanted to make a million dollars? Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician is ready, willing, and able to explain the nuts and bolts -- as well as the mystery and wonder -- of earning money, investing it, accruing dividends and interest, and watching savings grow. Hey, you never know! An ALA Notable Book A Horn Book Fanfare Selection A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Teachers' Choices Selection

12 Ways to Get to 11

Author: Eve Merriam
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613437165
Category : Addition
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
For use in schools and libraries only. Uses ordinary experiences to present twelve combinations of numbers that add up to eleven.

Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream

Author: Cindy Neuschwander
Publisher: Math Solutions
ISBN: 9780590300124
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
Amanda loves to count everything, but not until she has an amazing dream does she finally realize that being able to multiply will help her count things faster.

The Chicken Problem

Author: Jennifer Oxley
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375869891
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description
When someone leaves the chicken coop open and 100 chickens escape, Peg and Cat use their math skills to solve the problem.