blog 7

Blog seven

Continuing in chapter two on mathematics they are going over books that are from these categories.

·         Greater than and less than

·         Fractions

·         Multiplications

·         Subtraction

·         Percentage

Standard two: Algebra

·         Sorting

·         Comparisons

·         Patterns

Standard three: Geometry

·         Geometry

·         Shapes

Standard four: measurements

·         Calendars

·         Measuring

The books from these sections that I liked are

·         The Hersey’s Fraction Book by Jerry Pallotta, Cartwheel/Scholastic 1999 ISBN 0-439131519-2. Hey this book talks fractions and chocolate, who doesn’t love chocolate. The books use a Hershey chocolate bar to show how the bar can be divided into fractions.

·         Grandma’s Button Box: With Fun Activities! By Linda Williams Aber, Kane Press 2002 ISBN 1-57565-110-6. A story about Kelly and her cousins on their visit to their grandma’s. At their grandma’s the drop a box full of buttons that they have to sort before their grandma returns home.

·         Twizzlers: Shapes and Patterns by Jerry Pallotta Cartwheel/Scholastic 2002, ISBN 0-439-35796-9. This book uses Twizzlers to help with shapes and patterns. The work includes lines, shapes, and angles.

·         Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi by Cindy Neuschwander, Charlesbridge 1999 ISBN 1-57091-164-9. Sir Cumference turns into a dragon and his son Radius needs to use pi to help save his father.

·         There are a few other books about Sir Cumference by Cindy Neuschwander

·         What’s Your Angle, Pythagoras? A Math Adventure by Julie Ellis Charlesbridge 2004 ISBN 1-57091-150-9. A story of a young Pythagoras growing up in ancient Greece. Showing the curiosity that made Pythagoras the great Mathematician of legend.