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If You Were a Plus Sign (Math Fun)

Book 4 of 4: Math Fun

Speed Shaskan, Trisha

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9781404847842: If You Were a Plus Sign (Math Fun)

Synopsis

If you were a plus sign, you would add things together. You could add people and animals. You could add up and down or side to side. What else could you do if you were a plus sign?

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About the Author

Trisha Speed Shaskan was born and raised in Winona, Minnesota, where she waterskied on the Mississippi River, played basketball, and skateboarded. She has written more than forty books for children and taught creative writing to children and teens. Trisha received a 2012 Minnesota State Artist’s Initiative Grant. She won the 2009 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Writers, Loft Award in Children’s Literature/Older Children. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, Stephen Shaskan, who is a children’s book author and illustrator.

Review

Following the same format as the Word Fun series, appealing illustrations and simple passages take the reader from simple addition of 1 bear + 1 bear = 2 bears to presenting the idea of adding multiple, fun items of 8 red bracelets on one arm and 8 pink b --Teacher Librarian

Simple text and great illustrations make this book a great resource in the classroom. Showing plus telling students how to write math problems gives them a clearer picture of math. Very well done- would recommend the entire series for all elementary sch --Fort Street Elementary

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