3 BEST FOR MATH CLASS: Mix your ABCs with your 123s and try one of these math-themed read alouds.Great Estimations By Bruce Goldstone gold·stone n. An aventurine with gold-colored inclusions. Noun 1. goldstone - aventurine spangled densely with fine gold-colored particles . $16.95. Goldstone uses eye-catching photos of candy, money, and penguins to teach nifty estimation tricks, such as clump counting. Questions on each page challenge kids to use their newfound new·found adj. Recently discovered: a newfound pastime. Adj. 1. newfound - newly discovered; "his newfound aggressiveness"; "Hudson pointed his ship down the coast of the newfound sea" strategies. GRADES K-5. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] All of the Above By Shelley Pearsall. $15.99. Based on the true story of one math class's quest to build a record-breaking tetrahedron tetrahedron: see polyhedron. , this compelling story is told from the perspectives of four middle schoolers and their teacher, each hesitant about participating, but each changed by the experience. GRADES 3-7. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A Million Dots By Andrew Clements, illustrated by Mike Reed Professor G. Mike Reed is an American computer scientist and Director of UNU/IIST, Macau, part of the United Nations University since 2005. Previously he was at the Oxford University Computing Laboratory where he was also a Fellow in Computation of St Edmund Hall, Oxford . $16.95. How much is a million? The question's been answered in picture-book form before, but Clements offers a fresh response, actually showing 1 million dots over 44 pages. GRADES K-3. |
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