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Bigfoot finds fractions!

2021
Teaches fractions using Bigfoot. Includes folklore facts and quiz questions.

STEM

"Imagine printing a human heart with the click of a button. Sound impossible? Scientists and doctors are getting closer to transplanting human body parts made from 3-D printers. Learn how doctors are using 3-D printers to save lives as you add and subtract fractions"--Provided by publisher.

Half or whole?

Introduces early readers to the mathematical concept of half and whole and explains how they can find halves and wholes in the world around them.
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Pizza counting

Decorated pizzas are used to introduce counting and fractions. Includes facts about pizza.
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Piece=part=portion

fractions=decimals=percents
Looks at fractions, decimals, and percents as different ways of describing pieces, parts, and portions in the language of mathematics. Presented in English and Spanish.

Piece=part=portion

fractions=decimals=percents
Looks at fractions, decimals, and percents as different ways of describing pieces, parts, and portions in the language of mathematics.

Civil War recipes

adding and subtracting simple fractions
Gives several examples of recipes used during the Civil War, such as gingerbread, groundnut soup, gumbo, and hardtack, and shows how to add and subtract fractions to double, triple, or halve the ingredients.
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Roller coasters

dividing fractions
Explores the design of roller coasters, and how fractions are used in their design.
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Breakfast around the world

Learn about fractions by travelling around the world and seeing what people eat for breakfast in different countries.
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My half day

A young boy wakes up one morning to find that half his head is shaved and his entire day is filled with fractions.
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