Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Junior Math ESL Literacy Bins

The DBTRC has one Primary Math bin. It includes the following books:
ANNO, MASAICHIRO
ANNO, MITSUMASA
ANNO'S MYSTERIOUS MULTIPLYING JAR

Inside Anno's mysterious multiplying jar amazing things happen : math becomes fun and numbers grow rapidly.



ANNO, MITSUMASA
ANNO'S MAGIC SEEDS

A gift from a wizard makes Jack's fortune grow by ones and twos, then threes and fours, then faster and faster, challenging you to keep track of his riches.




GIFFORD, SCOTT
PIECE=PART=PORTION : FRACTIONS=DECIMALS=PERCENTS

Explains how in the language of mathematics, fractions, decimals and percents are three different ways of describing the same parts of things.



NEUSCHWANDER, CINDY
SIR CUMFERENCE AND THE FIRST ROUND TABLE

King Arthur has a problem! When his knights get together, they sit a such a long table that everyone has to shout to be heard. Can Sir Cumference and Lady Di of Ameter "measure up" to the challenge of building a better table?


PALLOTTA, JERRY
TWIZZLERS PERCENTAGES BOOK

An innovative way of teaching percentage using twizzler twists.



PILEGARD, VIRGINIA
THE WARLORD'S PUZZLE

Hoping to avoid punishment for breaking a beautiful tile that was his gift to a Chinese warlord, an artist suggests that the warlord hold a contest to see if anyone can mend it.




SCIESZKA, JON
MATH CURSE
When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety, which becomes a real curse.


TOMPERT, ANN
GRANDFATHER TANG'S STORY : A TALE TOLD WITH TANGRAMS

When Little Soo asks for a story, Grandfather Tang arranges the tangram pieces and two magic fox fairies spring to life. The foxes change shapes as quick as a wink, from rabbits to dogs to squirrels to geese. But their game turns dangerous when a hunter raises his bow.


ZASLAVKSY, CLAUDIA
MORE MATH GAMES & ACTIVITIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

More than 70 math games, puzzles, and projects from all over the world.

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