Picturing Math: Hands-On Activities to Connect Math With Picture Books (Grades 2-4)

Colleen Kessler

ISBN 10: 1593632096 / ISBN 13: 9781593632090

Published by Prufrock Pr, 2007

About this Item

Fairly worn, but readable and intact. If applicable: Dust jacket, disc or access code may not be included.

Seller Inventory # GICWV.1593632096.A

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Picturing Math: Hands-On Activities to Connect Math With Picture Books (Grades 2-4)
• Publisher: Prufrock Pr
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1593632096
• ISBN 13: 9781593632090
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Mike Eustis
• Condition: acceptable

About this title

Synopsis

Do your students dread math lessons? Engage and excite them with the activities in Picturing Math, a unique book that uses picture books to teach elementary students math concepts. Each activity in this book focuses on a popular children's book and gives teachers fun lessons that relate to the math concepts explored in the picture books. Subjects covered include problem solving, geometry, measurement, algebra, and probability. Your students will love doing math with these exciting activities!

Picturing Math:

• Allows students to explore math problems using picture books,
• Excites students with hands-on math activities, and
• Includes activities related to problem solving, geometry, probability, and more.

Grades 2-4

About the Author

Colleen Kessler is an Elementary Gifted Intervention Specialist in Northeast Ohio. She currently teaches second- and third-grade gifted students in Pepper Pike, OH. Kessler earned her bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from Cleveland State University in 1997. She earned a master's degree in Gifted Education from Kent State University in 2002. Kessler believes the best education is fun, motivating, and engaging for students and strives to provide such an environment for her students. She has been teaching for 7 years. Kessler lives in Twinsburg, OH, with her husband and son.