Recess Time
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Recess is a time to get outside and play. It's also an opportunity to look for patterns! 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 patterns and build 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.
Travel Adventures: Yellowstone
Volume
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Yellowstone National Park is filled with many beautiful sights. But, it is also a bizarre and dangerous place! Underground heat melts roads. The ground shakes with earthquakes. Small, bubbling pools are ringed with strange yellow and orange water. Geysers shoot into the air. Yellowstone is full of contradictions. It's wild, but it is also carefully managed and under control. Learn all about this beloved national park with this nonfiction book that combines math and literacy skills and uses everyday examples of problem solving to teach subject area content. The full-color images, math charts and diagrams, sidebars, and practice problems make learning to measure volume relevant and fun. Text features include a table of contents, glossary, and index to increase understanding of math and reading concepts. An in-depth problem-solving section provides additional learning opportunities while challenging students' higher-order thinking 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.
The Jungle Park Case
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Three children become crime scene investigators when pieces of their favorite playground begin to disappear. Follow the children in their investigation as they analyze fingerprints, footprints, and tire tracks. 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 data analysis and build their STEM skills.
Shopping in the City
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
The city is a big and busy place with a lot of people and places to eat and shop. Discover the many ways subtraction is used every day in the city. Apply your knowledge of subtraction for each item you buy. 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 subtraction and build their STEM skills.
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.
Travel Adventures: The Everglades
Addition Within 100
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Take a trip to the Everglades as you practice addition! About one million people visit Everglades National Park every year to see the unique animals, reptiles, birds, and fish that call this unique place home. Students will practice addition within 100 while engaged in reading about the Everglades. This nonfiction math book combines math and literacy skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject area content. The full-color images, intriguing sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning math concepts relevant and fun. Text features include a table of contents, glossary, and index to increase understanding of math and reading concepts. An in-depth problem-solving section provides additional learning and practice opportunities while challenging students' higher-order thinking 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.
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!
Fun and Games: Blast Off to Camp
Time
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Have you ever wondered what Space Camp is like? Join Isabella as she moon walks through the Moon Room, takes a ride in a Multi-Axis Trainer, tackles the Mars Climbing Wall, and takes the helm at Mission Control. Along the way, you'll practice measuring time. This fiction math book seamlessly integrates the teaching of math and reading, and uses real-world examples to teach math concepts. Text features include images, a glossary, an index, captions, and a table of contents to build students' vocabulary and reading comprehension skills as they interact with the text. The rigorous practice problems, sidebars, and math diagrams extend the learning experience and provide multiple opportunities for students to practice what they have learned. The Math Talk section provides an in-depth problem-solving experience to challenge higher-order thinking 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.
Shapes in Art
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Explore famous art works created by the world's great artists and their masterful use of 2-D patterns and symmetry! 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 basic geometry concepts 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.
Let's Play!
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Did you know that you use subtraction when you play games? Even things like picking a winning team, jumping rope, and playing hopscotch use subtraction. See subtraction in action as you read this 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 subtraction and build their STEM skills.
Travel Adventures: The Everglades: Addition Within 100
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Take a trip to the Everglades as you practice addition! About one million people visit Everglades National Park every year to see the unique animals, reptiles, birds, and fish that call this unique place home. Students will practice addition within 100 while engaged in reading about the Everglades. This nonfiction math book combines math and literacy skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject area content. The full-color images, intriguing sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning math concepts relevant and fun. Text features include a table of contents, glossary, and index to increase understanding of math and reading concepts. An in-depth problem-solving section provides additional learning and practice opportunities while challenging students' higher-order thinking 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!
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.
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.
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.
Our Family Reunion
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Each year, the Coles look forward to a family reunion. This year, they are in charge of all the planning. They'll use two-digit subtraction in their planning, especially when deciding how much food to buy and figuring out how many people are coming. Look inside to see more subtraction in action! 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 practice subtraction and build their STEM skills.
Wild Animals
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Wild animals can be sorted in many ways. Some are big. Some are small. Some are fast. Some are slow. What are some other ways that animals can be sorted? 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 sort and classify 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.
Cleaning Our School
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Practice graphing while cleaning up the school! In this engaging title, a summer storm leaves the school in a mess, so students work to clean it up. Young readers can practice their graphing and STEM skills by creating graphs of the items collected to determine what needs to be recycled. This book improves graphing skills and encourages students to help their schools in any time of need! With vibrant images, simple examples, clear charts, and helpful mathematical diagrams, this book will make children confident in their graphing skills.
Shaping Up
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Join the students in this book as they discover the many shapes both inside and outside their school. What shapes are in your classroom? 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 2-D shapes and build their STEM skills.
Farm Animals
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
The animals in this book all live on a farm. But some of the animals have more in common than others. Learn how these farm animals can be classified and sorted with this engaging book! 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 and build their STEM skills.
A Tour of New York City
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Travel with a boy and his uncle as they tour New York City to see all of its amazing 3-D shapes! Buildings, statues, and monuments reveal that 3-D shapes are everywhere. 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 3-D shapes and build their STEM skills.
Art and Culture: Hawaiian Paniolo
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Hawaiian cowboys are called paniolo, and their history makes up a special part of Hawaiian culture. Paniolo are a lot like the cowboys you have seen in Western movies or in real life. They lasso calves, herd cattle, ride horses, and work on ranches, but paniolo have a Hawaiian style that is all their own. Learn the history of paniolo and algebraic expressions with this nonfiction book that combines math and literacy skills, and uses everyday examples of problem solving to teach subject area content. The full-color images, math charts and diagrams, sidebars, and practice problems make learning math relevant and fun. Text features include a table of contents, glossary, and index to increase understanding of math and reading concepts. An in-depth problem-solving section provides additional learning opportunities while challenging students' higher-order thinking 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.
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.
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!
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 kids book is ideal for kindergarten and ages 4-6.
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.
Eco-Predictions
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Two ecosystems are in big trouble, and the help of environmental experts is needed. They will collect and analyze data to protect a stream and a nature reserve that are both in danger. As different data is collected and analyzed, students will learn how elements in nature are interconnected and depend on one another for survival. 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 estimate 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 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 kids book is ideal for kindergarten and ages 4-6.
Shapes Around You
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Can you spot a 3-D shape? Look around you! With this book, you will see how 3-D shapes are used in sports, architecture, and household objects. Featuring 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 basic geometry concepts and build their STEM skills.
Games Are Fun
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Playing games is fun. Did you know that you can find patterns while you play games? Some games have patterns that are easy to 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 patterns and build their STEM skills.
Art and Culture: Dancing Around the World
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.
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!
Fun in the Sun
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Learn addition on a fun trip to the beach! Find out how to add up the things you play with at the beach. 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 addition 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.
Crafty Kids
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
The students in this book are preparing for a craft sale. Each class will make a different item to sell. They'll use beads, ribbons, and buttons to create crafts with a pattern. 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.
Art and Culture: Desserts Around the World
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
What do churros, macarons, and strudel have in common? In order to bake them successfully, pastry chefs must use fractions! Students will learn comparing fractions while engaged in reading about delectable desserts from 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. The glossary, index, and table of contents will further understanding of reading and math concepts, and 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.
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.
Fun and Games: Escape Rooms
Polygons
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Four students must utilize their math skills to solve a challenging escape room. Do they have what it takes to spot the polygons and make it out before the time is up? 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.
Celebrate 100 Days
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Are you learning how to count to 100? The students in this book are learning how, too. Their teacher is helping them by counting up to and celebrating their 100th day of school. 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 to count and build their STEM skills.
Patterns Around Us
Part of the Mathematics in the Real World series
Patterns are everywhere around us. They can be found in nature on plants, animals, and rocks, as well as man-made patterns in art, fashion, and architecture. Apply your knowledge of patterns as you study amazing geometric and number patterns. You'll even learn about the Fibonacci sequence of numbers! 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 number patterns and build their STEM skills.