Description

From The Wing on a Flea to If the World Were a Village, the curiosities of nonfiction children's books invigorate math lessons through this innovative series. Ideal for using students' natural quest for knowledge as the basis for mathematical investigations, each lesson features an overview materials required, and a vignette of how the lesson transpired in a real classroom. Books include authentic student work, reproducibles, and a special introduction by Marilyn Burns. Math and Nonfiction, Grades 3-5 offers 20 lessons that address major mathematical topics, including whole-number computation, fractions, percents, sorting, graphing, measurement, data analysis, estimation, averages, and more.