Miscellaneous Math Books

Price: $15.00 each

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ACT IT OUT! LOGIC FOR YOUNG THINKERS (logic problems to determine proper placement of items from teacher provided clues)

ALGEBRAIC CLUES: ESTIMATION & COMMUNICATION (estimation of visualized circles followed by working with a partner to establish the actual number; algebraic clues are given to assist in determining the value of the unknowns)

ASSESSING MATH UNDERSTANDING AND CONCEPTS (performance, application, and mathematical abstraction tasks for 30 concepts such as factors, multiples, graphs, square numbers, area, perimeter)

BASIC GAMES, BOOK A (40 games to drill and practice the basic addition and subtraction facts)

BASIC GAMES, BOOK B (36 games to drill and practice the basic multiplication and division facts)

BEAR BALANCING & BEANSTICKS (seeing equations - early algebraic experiences)

BULLETIN BOARDS THAT COUNT (ideas for "numbers" and "shapes" bulletin boards with questions utilizing mathematical vocabulary and concepts)

CHARTING THE UNKNOWNS (finding the possible values of two unknowns when a total has been given; utilization of the guess and check strategy combined with seeing a pattern and keeping an organized chart of values)

COUNT & PLACE: SIDES & SHAPES (36 placement starting activities with a circle, a square, and a triangle, plus 40 independent task time activities using a given set of pattern blocks to build a polygon with a particular number of sides)

CRAYON LOGIC (introduction to if...then... reasoning by finding the proper placement for crayons with number tiles)

CREATE A NUMBER (problems with numerous number solutions ideal for cooperative learning or home pursuit)

EARLY SKILLBOARD MATH (25 skillboards, pictures, & verbal clues for before, after, more, less, greater than, and between)

ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA EXPERIENCES (algebra experiences utilizing beansticks numbered 2 through 9; "algebra talk", problem solving, & equation writing)

FIND THE NUMBERS AND WORDS (locating numbers on the 100 chart, writing questions for answers, writing in mathematics)

FINDING X ...ALGEBRA BEGINNINGS (100 activities utilizing math vocabulary & the problem strategy of elimination to determine the value for x)

GEOMETRY LINE UP & BE ACCOUNTED FOR (activities using the 6 traditional pattern blocks for geometric vocabulary and logical thinking; included are 2 sets of 20 tasks which could be set up as centers)

GRAPHING GALORE (daily bar graph experiences; 180 ideas for involving students in graphing and generalizing)

IF . . . THEN . . . THINK & THINK AGAIN (72 problem solving activities involving If . . . Then reasoning, thinking and U.S. logic)

JUSTIFY YOUR THINKING (higher level thinking problems to encourage generalizations and communication)

LOOKING FOR RELATIONSHIPS (20 warm ups for seeing relationships between numbers; 20 activities for observing related prices of items and 20 activities for finding numerous ways to spend a designated amount by using relationship thinking)

NUMBERS PLEASE! QUESTIONS PLEASE! (36 number sense activities plus 36 double activities for "if the answer is . . . what could the questions be?")

PATTERN BLOCK DESIGNS: RELATIONSHIP THINKING (20 center tasks for building congruent pattern block designs for whole number values & 20 center tasks for building congruent pattern block designs for common fractions)

POSITIVE MATH AT HOME & SCHOOL, BOOK 1 (flash cards for addition/subtraction, multiplication/division, etc. plus ideas with cards and dominoes)

POSITIVE MATH AT HOME & SCHOOL, BOOK II (activities with dice, tic-tac-toe, logic and mathematical scavenger hunts)

PRIMARY TODAY IS THE DAY FOR NUMBERS (number facts for each day of the school year plus all the ways to show each date with United States coins)

PROPER PLACEMENT: LOGICAL THINKING (reasoning tasks in linear & matrix format using props involving house numbers, letters of the alphabet & names; ideal for starters or center activities)

PROVE IT!: THE "DOING" OF MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS (performance tasks for elementary mathematical concepts)

SHAPES & LOGIC: YOUNG GEOMETRY (logic with pattern blocks & tasks for minimum, maximum, & specific numbers of blocks and colors; ideal for starters or center activities)

SKILLBOARD MATH (cooperative work on boards numbered 0 through 9 for basic skills and vocabulary: before, after, between, more than, less than, addition and subtraction)

SKILLBOARD MATH, Book 2 (cooperative work on boards numbered 0 through 9 for skills & vocabulary: multiplication, division, fractions, multiple, prime, etc.)

TELL ME ABOUT IT (open ended situations for students to write what is known and what might be true)

30 CHART: COVERING, COLORING & NUMBERING (numerous activities with primary math vocabulary/concepts and an organized chart of the first 30 counting numbers)

TODAY IS THE DAY FOR NUMBERS (a fact each day to relate numbers to the real world)

TRANSLATIONS & EQUATIONS (writing equations from word problems & within a given set of numerals)

WHAT IS THE VALUE? VARIABLES FOR THE YOUNG (finding possible values for two different "coins" when a total is given; basic addition combined with trial & error problem solving strategy & algebraic replacement of numbers for symbols)

YOUNG DATA DISPLAYS: IF...THEN...THINKING (reasoning activities where children respond by showing a number or making a mark to create an informal graphic representation)