Chef and wizard Dr. Pi, owner of the Sky High Pie Shop, tries to persuade eight-year-old Flor Bernoulli to accept her destiny as the next important member of a historic family of mathematicians.
Offers advice and guidance on how to teach mathematics in the elementary school classroom, presented in the form of over one hundred questions and answers, covering preparation and planning, manipulative materials, calculators, number sense, homework, and other topics.
A collection of poems about math, featuring selections such as "Math Makes Me Feel Safe," "Fractions," "Pythagoras," and "Time Passes," by a variety of authors including Janet S. Wong, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Ilo Orleans, and others.
A collection of sixty-five one-minute mysteries that help children develop critical thinking skills, covering geometry, data and statistics, algebra, and measurement.
Tess has always loved math, and she uses mathematical concepts to help her understand things in her life, so she is dismayed to find out how much math--and life--can change in eighth grade.
Relates math and cookery by presenting math concepts and reinforcing them with recipes. Provides practice in converting from English to metric system, multiplying quantities, measuring area, estimating, and more.
