A toy store summer : finding area
(2013)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
J/516.154/PERRITANO,J

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' Nonfiction J/516.154/PERRITANO,J Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Chicago, IL : Norwood House Press, [2013]
©2013
DESCRIPTION

32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781599535654, 1599535653, 9781599535654, 1599535653 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Imath ideas : covering area -- Discover activity : tile it -- The second day at work -- Teddy bears to go -- Connecting to history -- A game of checkers -- Box it up -- Math at work -- Imath ideas : moving giraffes -- What comes next?

"The mathematical concept of area is introduced as a girl works at her first job collecting toys from a toy store warehouse. Readers learn two methods to find area: using an array to count square units, and using a formula for length times width. This book also includes a discover activity, connection to history, and mathematical vocabulary introduction"--

8-10

Grade 4 to 6

610L

Decoding demand: 85 (very high) Semantic demand: 95 (very high) Syntactic demand: 77 (high) Structure demand: 80 (high)