Fun and Games: World Records
Time
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
People are constantly striving to break world records, even silly ones. Students will practice measuring time while reading about the world's strangest races. This book seamlessly integrates the teaching of math and reading, and uses real-world examples to teach math concepts like time and data measurement. The challenging practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they've learned to their daily lives. Text features include captions, a glossary, an index, and a table of contents to increase students' vocabulary and literacy skills and their interaction with the text. Math Talk poses problems for further thinking, requiring students to use their higher-order thinking skills.
Pack It Up
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Practice measuring surface area and volume while reading the story of a family who pack and move into a new house. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn surface area and volume and build their STEM skills.
Music Around the World
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Do you know there is a pattern to music and the instruments we use to make music? Tapping and clapping are movements that can make a pattern. Can you find a pattern with your favorite instrument? With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn patterns and build their STEM skills.
Landscape by Design
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
What must be considered when designing the perfect backyard? In order to understand the ways you can fit everything into a yard, you must understand perimeter and area. Lawns, plants, patios, and swimming pools come in all sizes and shapes. A landscape designer uses perimeter and area to plan the perfect outdoor space. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn perimeter and area and build their STEM skills.
A Sense of Art
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Architects use their creativity to design different types of buildings. Understanding perimeter and area is an essential part of their job. See how geometry, measurement, and art combine to create beautiful spaces and places. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn perimeter and area and build their STEM skills.
After School
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Find out how measurement can be used in the activities you do after school each day. You can learn to measure using tools you find around you! With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, simple informational text features to help navigate the book, and easy-to-read, repetitive text, beginning readers will learn real-world applications of math skills as they learn nonstandard measurement and build their STEM skills.
At School
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Measuring is easy when you use the tools you find at school! With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, simple informational text features to help navigate the book, and easy-to-read, repetitive text, beginning readers will learn real-world applications of math skills as they learn nonstandard measurement and build their STEM skills.
Package Design
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Have you ever wondered how packages are designed and created? People who figure out the best way to package products have to know a lot about surface area and volume. With this engaging book, you'll learn about how the size and shape of a product helps determine its packaging size, and why companies have to be smart about how packages are displayed, advertised, and marketed for consumers. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn surface area and volume, and build their STEM skills.
Fun and Games: Clockwork Carnival
Measuring Time
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
You've only got one day to spend at the carnival-how do you make the most of your time? Students will learn how to measure time while reading about a fun-filled day at a carnival! This engaging book uses real-world examples to teach math concepts, and incorporates fiction reading to increase vocabulary and comprehension skills. The challenging practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they've learned to their daily lives. Essential text features like a glossary, index, and table of contents will increase students' interest level and their interaction with the text. Math Talk poses problems for further thinking, requiring students to use their higher-order thinking skills. Teaching math and reading has never been so seamlessly integrated-or so easy!
It's Our Business
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Follow this story of a group of children who start a business to help people care for their pets! The children learn to use graphs to record information about their business, and to see where they can make improvements. With the help of graphs, the kids learn how to start and maintain a successful business. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn graphing, and build their STEM skills.
Engineering Marvels: Gingerbread House: Composing Numbers 11-19
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Count the candy that is needed to decorate a gingerbread house. This book for kids teaches numbers 11-19 and uses real-world examples and familiar objects to make learning math fun and easy. With bright images and simple text, this full-color book develops students' math and reading skills. The Math Talk questions build fluency and comprehension of basic math concepts. Perfect for shared or guided reading, this nonfiction kids book is ideal for kindergarten and ages 4-6.
Our Garden in the City
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Use patterns to plan the best way to use space to create a garden in the city! With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn about practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn about mathematical patterns and build their STEM skills.
Fun and Games: Food Shapes: 2-D Shapes
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Food comes in many shapes. Have a circle for breakfast. Eat a square for lunch. Shapes have never been so tasty! Students will learn shapes with this brightly illustrated math book that combines math and reading skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject-area content. The dynamic images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning 2-D shapes easy and fun. Text features include a table of contents, a glossary, an index, and captions to build vocabulary and increase understanding of math and reading concepts. An in-depth problem-solving section provides additional learning and practice opportunities. Engage students with this high-interest math book!
Our Trip to the City
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Hop on a double-decker bus and join a family on their adventure through the city! They'll use addition to count taxis and to compare the cost of riding the subway for the day and the week. They'll drive in a car, ride an escalator, take a ferry, and more. This math book makes learning addition fun, easy, and relevant. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will use real-world travel examples to learn addition and practice their STEM skills.
Our School Garden
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
The students in this book are learning about gardens. One grade is planting a pizza garden, and another grade is planting a storybook garden. Although they are planting different things, they will all use patterns in their planning! With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn about practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn about mathematical patterns and build their STEM skills.
Land Animals
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
With this engaging book, students will learn interesting facts about Earth's land animals while solving equations and inequalities. Discover unique species from around the globe, and understand how zoologists use variables to solve equations and inequalities to answer questions about animals. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn new mathematical concepts and build their STEM skills.
Fun and Games: Clockwork Carnival: Measuring Time
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
You've only got one day to spend at the carnival-how do you make the most of your time? Students will learn how to measure time while reading about a fun-filled day at a carnival! This engaging book uses real-world examples to teach math concepts, and incorporates fiction reading to increase vocabulary and comprehension skills. The challenging practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they've learned to their daily lives. Essential text features like a glossary, index, and table of contents will increase students' interest level and their interaction with the text. Math Talk poses problems for further thinking, requiring students to use their higher-order thinking skills. Teaching math and reading has never been so seamlessly integrated-or so easy!
Watch It Grow
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Living things come in all shapes and sizes. Some are very large, while others can only be seen using a microscope. With this engaging book, you will learn how scientists use algebraic expressions to explore the growth of amoebas, euglenas, and bacteria. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn new mathematical concepts and build their STEM skills.
Around Home
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Look around your home. There are shapes everywhere! The door is a rectangle, and the clock is a circle. What other shapes do you see? With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, simple informational text features to help navigate the book, and easy-to-read, repetitive text, beginning readers will learn real-world applications of math skills as they learn to recognize shapes and build their STEM skills.
Where Germs Lurk
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Germs are everywhere. They're on your hands, your school supplies, and even in your mouth! With this engaging book, students will learn to write, simplify, and evaluate algebraic expressions to explore how fast germs can spread. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn new mathematical concepts and build their STEM skills.
Around Town
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
At a fire station, at a restaurant, and at the post office--shapes are all around us. Look for the circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles around your town! With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, simple informational text features to help navigate the book, and easy-to-read, repetitive text, beginning readers will learn real-world applications of math skills as they learn subtraction and build their STEM skills.
On the Job: Teachers: Time
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Spend the school day with a first grade teacher, and learn to measure time with this brightly illustrated book featuring simple text and math problems. This math book combines math and reading skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject-area content. The dynamic images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning math concepts easy and fun. Text features include a table of contents, a glossary, an index, and captions to build vocabulary and increase understanding of math and reading concepts. An in-depth problem-solving section provides additional learning and practice opportunities. Engage students with this fiction math book!
How Do They Make That?
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Have you ever wondered how pasta gets its spiral or bow shape, or how the fortune gets into the fortune cookie? With this engaging book, you will learn how different foods are made while exploring operations with fractions, decimals, and percents. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn fractions, decimals, and percentages, and build their STEM skills.
In the Garden
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Fruits and vegetables are in a garden, but that is not all. Count how many things you see! Then compare the numbers to find out if a number is greater than, less than, or equal to another number. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, simple informational text features to help navigate the book, and easy-to-read, repetitive text, beginning readers will learn real-world applications of math skills as they learn to compare numbers and build their STEM skills.
On the Road
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Tag along on a fun road trip as you learn ratios, percentages, and proportions! With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they build their STEM skills.
What Did I Eat?
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Learn about the ingredients and nutrients of various foods while practicing mathematical operations with fractions, decimals, and percentages. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn fractions, decimals, and percentages, and build their STEM skills.
Your World: Buses: Decomposing Numbers 11-19
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Count the passengers getting on and off the bus! This Spanish book for kids teaches numbers 11-19 and uses real-world examples and familiar objects to make learning math fun and easy. With bright images and simple text, this full-color book develops students' math and reading skills. The Math Talk questions build fluency and comprehension of basic math concepts. Perfect for shared or guided reading, this nonfiction kid’s book is ideal for kindergarten and ages 4-6.
Our Favorites
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
As the school year comes to an end, the students in this book recall their favorite things and activities from the year. They use graphs and charts to record and show their favorites. Join them as they relive their experiences through the year! With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn graphs and build their STEM skills.
Amazing Animals: Critter Camp
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Callie and her friends are off to spend a week at critter camp. Not only will they learn how to take care of zoo animals, they'll also learn division along the way! This book combines mathematics and literacy skills, and uses practical, real-world examples of problem solving to teach math and language arts content. Students will learn division while engaged in reading about their favorite zoo animals. The glossary, index, and table of contents will further understanding of reading and math concepts. The full-color images, practice problems, and math graphs and charts make learning math easy, practical, and fun. The Explore Math sidebars and Math Talk problems will develop students' higher order thinking skills, and also provide additional opportunities for students to apply what they've learned.
On the Job: First Responders
Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Police officers, firefighters, and paramedics are first responders who put their lives on the line in an effort to help others. Get an inside look at the jobs they do, the lifesaving tools they use, and the future of first response work. Packed with factual information and high-interest content, this nonfiction math book uses real-world examples of problem solving to build students' math and reading skills. Let's Explore Math sidebars feature math questions that challenge students to develop their math skills. A problem-solving section at the end of the book prompts students to reflect and apply what they've learned. Demystify math with this leveled book that makes learning math fun and accessible for kids ages 10-12 and appeals to reluctant readers.
Spectacular Sports: Motocross
Rational Numbers
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Bert Jovin is an amateur motocross racer. Learn what it takes to be successful in this high-intensity sport and practice using rational numbers on the ride. Packed with factual information and high-interest content, this adrenaline-boosting book uses real-world examples of problem solving to build students' math and reading skills. Let's Explore Math sidebars feature math questions that challenge students to develop their math skills. A problem-solving section at the end of the book prompts students to reflect and apply what they've learned. Demystify math with this leveled book that makes learning math fun and accessible for kids ages 10-12 and appeals to reluctant readers.
STEM: The Science of Travel
Multiplication
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Learn multiplication and STEM topics on a trip to fascinating locations around the world! This book combines mathematics and literacy skills, and uses practical, real-world examples of problem solving to teach math and language arts content. Students will learn multiplication while engaged in reading about two fun-filled trips to China and Oahu. The full-color images, math graphs and charts, and practice problems make learning math and STEM concepts easy and fun. The table of contents, glossary, and index will further understanding of math and reading concepts. The Math Talk problems and Explore Math sidebars provide additional learning opportunities while developing students' higher-order thinking skills.
Art and Culture: Dancing Around the World: Comparing Groups
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Compare traditional dance costumes from Cuba, Ireland, Japan, and Nigeria! Early readers will learn inequalities and how to compare groups and numbers with this Spanish book for kids. With bright images and simple text, this full-color book develops students' math and reading skills. The Math Talk questions build fluency and comprehension of basic math concepts. Perfect for shared or guided reading, this nonfiction kids book is ideal for kindergarten and ages 4-6.
Art and Culture: Origami
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Two students receive an unusual math assignment involving origami. With help from their grandmother and some fraction and division know-how, they'll conquer the challenge! Packed with factual information and high-interest content, this math book uses real-world examples of problem solving to build students' math and reading skills. Let's Explore Math sidebars feature math questions that challenge students to develop their math skills. A problem-solving section at the end of the book prompts students to reflect and apply what they've learned. Demystify math with this leveled book that makes learning math fun and accessible for kids ages 10-12 and is especially appealing to reluctant readers.
Art and Culture: King's Cross: Partitioning Shapes
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
King's Cross is one of the busiest places in London. A famous train station is there. Partition some rectangles to make room for everyone on the train! This nonfiction math book combines math and reading skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject-area content. The dynamic images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning place value easy and fun. Text features include a table of contents, a glossary, an index, and captions to build vocabulary and increase understanding of math and reading concepts. An in-depth problem-solving section provides additional learning and practice opportunities. Engage students with this high-interest math book!
Art and Culture: Hanukkah: Addition
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday known as the "festival of lights." Read about this holiday as you add all the latkes and doughnuts there are to eat! This nonfiction math book combines math and reading skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject-area content. The dynamic images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning addition easy and fun. Text features include a table of contents, a glossary, an index, and captions to build vocabulary and increase understanding of math and reading concepts. An in-depth problem-solving section provides additional learning and practice opportunities. Engage students with this high-interest math book!
Art and Culture: Diwali: Addition and Subtraction
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Diwali is a holiday known as India's "festival of lights." It gets its name from the lamps and candles that people light. Diwali is a time to give thanks. Read about this important holiday as you learn addition and subtraction! This nonfiction math book combines math and reading skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject-area content. The dynamic images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning arithmetic easy and fun. Text features include a table of contents, a glossary, an index, and captions to build vocabulary and increase understanding of math and reading concepts. An in-depth problem-solving section provides additional learning and practice opportunities. Engage students with this high-interest math book!
Art and Culture: Big Ben: Shapes
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Big Ben is a monument in London. It has many shapes! Can you spot the circles, triangles, squares, and hexagons on Big Ben? This Spanish book for kids uses real-world examples and familiar objects to make learning math fun and easy. With bright images and simple text, this full-color book develops students' math and reading skills. The Math Talk questions build fluency and comprehension of basic math concepts. Perfect for shared or guided reading, this nonfiction kids book is ideal for kindergarten and ages 4-6.
Amazing Animals: Working Dogs
Summarizing Data
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Every day, heroes around the world go to work, help people, and keep them safe. And they do it all while wagging their tails! Working dogs can be found at hospitals, airports, schools, courtrooms, and in the military. Compare the important duties that service dogs, therapy dogs, screening dogs, guide dogs, and military working dogs perform and learn to summarize data. Packed with factual information and high-interest content, this fiction math book uses real-world examples of problem solving to build students' math and reading skills. Let's Explore Math sidebars feature math questions that challenge students to develop their math skills. A problem-solving section at the end of the book prompts students to reflect and apply what they've learned. Demystify math with this leveled book that makes learning math fun and accessible for kids ages 10-12 and appeals to reluctant readers.
Amazing Animals: Spider Monkeys: Place Value
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Swing into place value as you learn about the fascinating spider monkey! This nonfiction math book combines math and reading skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject-area content. The dynamic images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning place value easy and fun. Text features include a table of contents, a glossary, an index, and captions to build vocabulary and increase understanding of math and reading concepts. An in-depth problem-solving section provides additional learning and practice opportunities. Engage students with this high-interest math book!
Amazing Animals: Tails: Measurement
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
How long is a pig's tail? How wide is a beaver's tail? How heavy is a whale's tail? Early readers will learn basic measurement and data concepts with this Spanish book for kids. With bright images and simple text, this full-color book develops students' math and reading skills. The Math Talk questions build fluency and comprehension of mathematics. Perfect for shared or guided reading, this nonfiction kid’s book is ideal for kindergarten and ages 4-6.
Amazing Animals: Bugs: Skip Counting
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Count the insects in groups of ten! Early readers will learn skip counting with this Spanish book for kids. With bright images and simple text, this full-color book develops students' math and reading skills. The Math Talk questions will build fluency and comprehension of basic math concepts. Perfect for shared or guided reading, this nonfiction kids book is ideal for kindergarten and ages 4-6.
Amazing Animals: Narwhals: Addition
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Narwhals are often called the "unicorns of the sea." But these fascinating creatures are members of the whale family. Read all about narwhals as you practice addition. This nonfiction math book combines math and reading skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject-area content. The dynamic images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning addition easy and fun. Text features include a table of contents, a glossary, an index, and captions to build vocabulary and increase understanding of math and reading concepts. An in-depth problem-solving section provides additional learning and practice opportunities. Engage students with this high-interest math book!
On the Job: Landscape Architects
Perimeter
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Students will learn how to measure perimeter while engaged in reading about a day in the life of a landscape architect! This full-color book uses real-world examples to teach math concepts, and incorporates nonfiction reading to increase vocabulary and comprehension skills. The challenging practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they've learned to their daily lives. Essential text features like a glossary, index, and table of contents will increase students' interest level and their interaction with the text. "Math Talk" poses problems for further thinking, requiring students to use their higher-order thinking skills. Teaching math and reading has never been so seamlessly integrated-or so easy!
Art and Culture: Exploring the Louvre: Shapes
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Take a tour of the Louvre Museum in Paris and learn all about geometric shapes! Students will be engaged in learning principles of geometry as they search this famous museum for shapes. This full-color book uses real-world examples to teach math concepts, and incorporates nonfiction reading to increase vocabulary and comprehension skills. The practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they've learned to their daily lives. Essential text features like a glossary, index, and table of contents will increase students' interest level and their interaction with the text. "Math Talk" poses problems for further thinking, requiring students to use their higher-order thinking skills. Teaching math and reading has never been so seamlessly integrated-or so easy!
Wildlife Scientists
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Dr. Ian Stirling and Dr. Jane Goodall are two famous wildlife scientists. They both use graphs and charts to keep records of important things such as population, weight, length, and litter size. Amazing photographs will help you understand the types of tasks that these scientists engage in to gather data on polar bears and chimpanzees! With math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn to read graphs and build their STEM skills.
What Are Budgets?
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Do you know how to budget? This book shows exactly how it's done and why budgets are important! Learn the difference between income and expenses, and how to keep track of them. You can also practice making good choices and creating your own simple budgets. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn how to budget and build their STEM skills.
Tracking Time
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Learn about the importance of time, how it is measured, and how time was measured in the past with this engaging nonfiction book. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn measurement and build their STEM skills.