Subjects:  1. Children: Grades 3-4    2. Juvenile Nonfiction    3. Mathematics - General    4. Mathematics   

Subjects:  1. Applied    2. Children's All Ages - Mathematics    3. Mathematics    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Business mathematics    6. Mathematics / Applied    7. Schools    8. Study and teaching (Secondary)   

Reviews (37)

Sensational Shapes Story with Marvelous Message
This book is a delight on many fronts.It is a great, fun story about shapes which provides an entertaining way to expand a child's knowledge of informal geometry.Not only are children introduced to the proper names of polygons, but also this book helps them to see shapes as they exist in their surroundings.Also this fun book has a great message - it's good to be you!

Fun with religious allegory
I seriously think everyone should read this book, simply to be amused by looking for sinister religious messages in its plot, which consists of a protagonist triangle (notably NOT a square, pentagon, or circle) who wishes to experience life from the point of view of a shape with more sides, so he visits a "Shape-Shifter" (i.e. Satan/Eve) who transforms the triangle into a series of polygons with increasing numbers of sides.
Fun Geometry
An excellent fun book and a learning tool at the same time.You can use it as a class resource or as a fun break for those who know the content.Teachers at my school loved it.Students were engrossed in it.Can be used as a literacy tool. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Concepts - Size & Shape    4. Fiction    5. General    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Self-acceptance    8. Shape    9. Size and shape    10. Juvenile Nonfiction / Mathematics / General   

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Algebra 1 by McGraw-Hill
My school uses the Algebra I book by McGraw-Hill for the Algebra 1 course. This book does not teach concepts well; just by flipping through the pages, one can tell that it is filled with problems, but has few explanations or examples. If you have a choice, only use this as a workbook, as it does have some good problems.

DON'T BUY THIS BOOK!!!!
My name is Sarah and I attend Ridgeway High School located in Memphis, Tn. I am in the 11th garde. I'm taking Alebra II right now, but I remember dealing with that book. It is not a good book. They have pages put in the wrong places. They will tell you to do a problem and you wouldn't know a thing about it, then at the end of the chapter, it will show you everythign about it. I encourage you not to buy this book. I would not waiste my money!!!

High School Math Teacher
I must agree with the other reviews:this book stinks.It is not organized in a logical order.For instance, in section 1-1 students are expected to translate verbal expressions into algebraic ones.To do this, a student needs to understand order of operations, which isn't introduced until a later chapter.If you are a teacher picking an Algebra 1 book for your students, don't pick this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Algebra - Elementary    2. Algebra - General    3. Mathematics    4. Mathematics - General    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Juvenile Nonfiction / Mathematics / General   

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Elementary    4. Mathematics    5. Study and teaching    6. Study and teaching (Early chil    7. Study and teaching (Early childhood)    8. Study and teaching (Elementary    9. Study and teaching (Primary)    10. Education / Elementary    11. Teaching of a specific subject   

Subjects:  1. Algebra - General    2. Mathematics    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Algebra    5. Mathematics / Algebra / General   

Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    2. Juvenile Nonfiction    3. Mathematics - General   

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Elementary    4. Mathematics    5. Study and teaching (Elementary    6. Study and teaching (Elementary)    7. Teaching Methods & Materials - Mathematics    8. Education / General    9. Teaching of a specific subject   

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Great Resource
This book is an excellent resource for those teaching mathematics to students in the primary grades.The authors provide rationale for concepts taught, games to be played, and templates of materials needed.There is also a website to get additional resources from.My students have enjoyed the games and I have enjoyed using it.

Must-Have book
I am so glad I bought this book. I have been teaching for over 10 years, but I always felt something was missing from my math lessons. This book fills in the gaps.
Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics : Grades K-3 (The Van De Walle Professional Mathematics)
Easy to read and understand.Complete math center ideas and teaching strategies. Great easy ideas for differentiation. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Elementary    4. Elementary School Mathematics    5. Mathematics    6. Study and teaching (Elementary    7. Study and teaching (Elementary)    8. Teaching    9. Teaching Methods & Materials - Classroom Planning    10. Teaching Methods & Materials - Mathematics    11. United States    12. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Mathematics    13. Teaching of a specific subject   

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good supplement
I'm a firm believer of practice early on math. It will build kid's interest and confidence for the long run. This book is invaluable. It breaks grade 3 math into small pieces and let your child do a little every day. My daughter learned a lot from this book. She often asks further questions and thinks a lot more. It helped her do well in math. In the Beestar online math contest (a nice web site http://www.beestar.org), she often wins honor mentions. Very good math supplement.

Easy Way to Keep Up
As a homeschooling mom, the search for texts is difficult!This is not our main math text, but an easy way to keep my child up to speed in many different areas of math.For example, if we are studying geometry, he will still get daily practice in addition and subtraction...We use this book daily.I would recommend it as a supplement for any math program. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children: Grades 3-4    2. Education / Teaching    3. General    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Mathematics - Arithmetic   

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its a great book to learn from
it is good learning skills and i am a teacher i need a copy of saxon math 8/7 with prealgebra teachers edition ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    2. Juvenile Nonfiction    3. Mathematics - General   

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Elegant, brilliant answers
Epstein presents a bunch of physics problems, and solves them all -- almost without any math -- with clear, insightful, elegant solutions. A brilliant book useful from grade 10 to grad school.

Very Useful Book
No, this isn't a perfect book.Some of Lewis' explanations are a bit vague and some are incomplete but despite these minor flaws this book does a wonderful job of explaining important concepts of physics in very simple terms. teachs you how to think about physics problems
I like this book because it has interesting and motivating physics problems that can be solved without math, but with just carefull thinking on the truly physical aspects and principles. I do not mean that math should not be used in physics books, nor that all physics problems can be solved without math, but problems that do not need math are also very interesting and should be taught; this book is very good in doing that. I think this book would be very useful in high school (as complement to conventional books) because it would have great effect on kids's mental habits and rational thinking.
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Subjects:  1. Juvenile Nonfiction    2. Physics    3. Science    4. Science & Nature - Physics    5. Science / Physics    6. Science/Mathematics   

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Grinding, Not Critical Thinking
The entire Saxon math series is full of step by step instructions on how to solve problems.Whether you find this dull or not, the books do not offer the critical problem solving kids need to reach their full potential.
the BEST of the Best math books around
The Saxon books are some of the best that I have ever used. I used Saxon books throughout all of my honors classes in highschool. Considering my scores on placement tests, I was place into Calculus III at the beginning of my freshman year at the University of Iowa. These books did wonders for me. The methods employed by Saxon books are sound. The books get students to examine all sorts of different ways to attempt problems. With the progressive method of learning, students learn the formulas, equations, and ideas by heart. Two thumbs way up for Saxon!

Excellent Math Book
Have used Saxon Math for 3 years.I have a gifted math student in public school. He is in accelerated math and at the top of the class.Saxon math helped him to get an edge. I would highly recommend this book. ... Read more

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Universe Review
What an excellent book ! Full of up todate information (this is pre-Pluto's demotion), graphics and pictures.The book is divided up in to easy to read sections, not overly technical and covers everything from the history of astronomy, the solar system, deep space, NASA expeditions,a section on night sky charts and lots more.
The fundamental knowledge and more....
Universe gives you a fundamental knowledge on the subject of astronomy, this book gives you more than just a repedative walkthrough about the inner and the outer heavenly bodies. This book goes all the way, by making the vast astronomical sciences accesible for everyone intersested on the subject.
UNIVERSE
The binding is typical DK which is less substantial than other books in the price range, but the content is incredible.No need for any other book on the subject. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Astronomy (General)    2. Astronomy - General    3. Astronomy - Universe    4. Astrophysics & Space Science    5. Children's 9-12 - Science    6. Cosmology    7. Planets    8. Popular works    9. Reference    10. Science    11. Science/Mathematics    12. Science / Astrophysics & Space Science   

Editorial Review

Did you ever wake up to one of those days where everything is a problem?You have 10 things to do, but only 30 minutes till thebus leaves.Is there enough time?You have 3 shirts and 2 pairs ofpants -- can you make 1 good outfit?Don't worry -- it's just the Math Curse striking! An amusing book about dealing with numbers in everyday life. ... Read more

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Train Your Child To Be An Analytical Thinker (and Innoculate Him Against Math Phobia)....
After her math teacher "Mrs. Fibonacci" says that almost everything could be thought of as a math problem, the narrator enters a bizarre realm where "everything seems to be a problem," and it gets increasingly worse, as she becomes a "math zombie" before the brilliant (and for older folks, profound) conclusion.The math problems start out simple ("It takes me 10 minutes to get dressed...If my bus leaves at 8:00, will I make it on time?"), even English is a math problem ("If mail+box=mailbox... Does lipstick-stick=lip?)"Money, time, measurement, fractions, sequences, estimation, sets, logic and more are covered--there's even a quadratic formula and mention of Zeno!The brilliance of this book is that it anticipates and removes the obstacle of math phobia, specifically fear of word problems, that I saw more often than not back when I was a math teacher.Although the bookcover says "For ages > 6 and < 99,"and that is true because of the layers of relevance, I'd especially recommend it for early third grade, that way by the time the onslaught of word problems begins, word problems will seem more like word "puzzles" and fun.Great critical thinking tool, fun both in its story and visuals.

Um...yeah
This book is really stupid and, honestly, if I had children, I would not ever put them down by giving them this book.Anyone who has a brain with a capacity higher than that of one with F.A.S. should be able to figure out the answes within two seconds or less and is a waste of money and time.

Great Real-Life Math Book
This book is great for showing kids how math constantly appears in real life!
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    4. Fiction    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Math anxiety    7. Mathematics    8. School & Education    9. School stories    10. Schools    11. Science & Technology - Mathematics    12. Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories    13. Puzzles & quizzes   

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Education Of Exceptional Children    4. Elementary    5. Elementary School Mathematics    6. Learning disabled children    7. Mathematics    8. Multicultural education    9. Special Education - General    10. Study Skills    11. Study and teaching (Elementary    12. Study and teaching (Elementary)    13. Education / Special Education / General    14. Industrial or vocational training    15. Primary / junior schools    16. Teaching of those with special educational needs   

Subjects:  1. Children: Grades 4-6    2. Juvenile Nonfiction    3. Mathematics - General    4. Mathematics   

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Everything a new teacher needs to start off right
A professor recommended Van de Walle's books to me so I bought this one.This book explains how to teach math so that students build on existing knowledge, rather than learn sets of algorithms without understanding their meaning.It offers a range of specific lessons for all math topics for grades 5 - 8, it explains how to teach the same topics to diverse learners, how to teach to the standards.It comes with amazing templates that are downloadable.It shows you how to take advantage of your existing math textbook, supplementing it to make it more student-focused.

Excellent resource for middle school/junior high teachers
Van de Walle breaks down problem based classrooms in an understandable format. This book really helps teachers hone their skills in hands on/problem based teaching for mathematics. There are lots of activities to help you teach your students. This book is a must have for 5-8 Mathematics teachers.
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Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Elementary    4. Elementary School Mathematics    5. Mathematics    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Study & Teaching    8. Study and teaching (Elementary    9. Study and teaching (Elementary)    10. Teaching    11. Teaching Methods & Materials - Classroom Planning    12. Teaching Methods & Materials - Mathematics    13. United States    14. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General    15. Teaching of a specific subject   

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Real Math
Learning these methods of teaching math was what finally helped me to understand number.It connected my everyday knowledge with the book learning I had memorized, but not understood.No one should be a college graduate before they connect with numbers in a meaningful way.This is the way mathematically gifted children teach themselves.It is the way we should teach our children.

Do I Need the "Anniversary Edition?"
I ordered the "Anniversary Edition," not knowing what made it different, really.It comes with the original spiral bound Math Their Way text as well as another book of daily lessons and a workbook of masters to run off for graphing, charting and other activities.If you're going to jump in the program, you'll need those masters.The great thing about this curriculum is it tells you everything you need to know theoretically and in practice.It gives you ideas on how to inexpensively collect learning materials and use everyday objects in your lessons.It's a little pricey, so I hope you're able to buy it with school money!

Math Their Way a Must for Kindergarten
Mary Baratta-Lorton has put together a phenomenal math resource forteachers.A foundation for your math program is in this book. Lessons areeasy to follow and often there is a section of why a particular skill isimportant for young children to learn.An excellent resource for Kteachers. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. General    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Mathematics - General   

Subjects:  1. Children: Grades 1-2    2. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    3. Education / Teaching    4. Elementary    5. Elementary School Mathematics    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Mathematics    8. Mathematics - General    9. Number concept    10. Study and teaching (Elementary    11. Study and teaching (Elementary)    12. Teaching Methods & Materials - Mathematics    13. Teaching Methods & Materials - Workbooks