Read Any Good Math Lately?: Children's Books for Mathematical Learning, K-6 [Paperback]

Sandra Wilde (Author), David J. Whitin (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0435083341 | ISBN-13: 978-0435083342 | Publication Date: July 6, 1992

Children's books provide an authentic context for using mathematics. They celebrate mathematics as a language for describing and framing our world. And they are also a nonthreatening vehicle for investigating a variety of mathematical concepts and relationships.

Read Any Good Math Lately? acquaints readers with some of the best children's literature containing a mathematical subtext, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, books of games and puzzles, books that reflect different cultures. The titles are diverse, but they all address a range of mathematical topics: place value, estimation, large numbers, geometry, measurement, fractions, classification, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Plus comprehensive bibliographies of books for all ages are provided for further exploration.

Filled with children's work and numerous classroom scenarios, Read Any Good Math Lately? demonstrates the rich potential literature holds for engaging learners in a variety of mathematical investigations. It is an invitation to teachers, parents, and librarians to make the reading and sharing of good literature a natural part of mathematics teaching and learning.

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“. . . at once creative and educational, inspiring and practical. Whitin and Wilde have helped create a book that will challenge your thinking about math and liven your curriculum . . .”–Young Children

About the Author

Sandra Wilde, Ph.D., is the author of numerous Heinemann professional books including Funner Grammar as well as the firsthand classroom resource Strategic Spelling. She is widely recognized for her expertise in developmental spelling and her advocacy of holistic approaches to spelling and phonics. She is Professor of Curriculum and Teaching at Hunter College, City University of New York. She is best known for her work in invented spelling, phonics and miscue analysis. She specializes in showing teachers how kids' invented spellings and miscues can help us work with them in more sophisticated and learner-centered ways. Looking at what kids do as they read and write is at the heart of Sandra's presentations and workshops. She can do lively keynote presentations that highlight the interesting things that we can learn by paying close attention to students' invented spellings and miscues, as well as workshops of varying lengths that focus on student-centered teaching of spelling and phonics. She has recently begun offering workshops that focus on understanding students' miscues as a guide to appropriate instruction, particularly for struggling readers.

David J. Whitin is a Professor of Elementary Education at Wayne State University, where he teaches courses in mathematics education and elementary school curriculum. David has been an elementary school principal and teacher. David has a Baccalaureate degree from Princeton University, a master's degree from Boston University, an M.A.T. from the University of New Hampshire, and a doctorate in elementary education from Indiana University. David's presentations are lively and interactive. He involves teachers themselves in a variety of experiences so that they have the opportunity to reflect on their own learning. He shares numerous samples of children's work to demonstrate how teachers have enacted these beliefs about learning in creative ways. He has frequently spoken for such groups as NCTE, NCTM, IRA and many groups nationally and internationally.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Heinemann (July 6, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0435083341
• ISBN-13: 978-0435083342
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #414,888 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for any classroom!, April 1, 2000

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This review is from: Read Any Good Math Lately?: Children's Books for Mathematical Learning, K-6 (Paperback)

Mathematics instruction in today's classrooms is often looked upon as a chore, rather than something to be enjoyed. This book gives numerous examples of how to integrate mathematics in a fun way in your classroom, while at the same time following the curriculum standards established for your classroom. We need to change student's attitudes towards math, so that they see it as a necessary component of life, as well as something that more than just irrelevant computations. The suggestions in this book can be implemented easily into any classroom, as well as in the home. Definitely purchase this book, and help start to improve the negative attitudes that exist today about mathematics.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He knows his stuff! (And shows that kids do, too!), April 5, 2001

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I have taken a few courses with David Whitin and he has shown me that the ideas in this book really work! If you teach elementary school, you MUST get this book. It is a must-have for every teacher!

5.0 out of 5 stars Teaching Resource, November 14, 2010

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This review is from: Read Any Good Math Lately?: Children's Books for Mathematical Learning, K-6 (Paperback)

This book is a must-have for teaching K-6 math. I have referred to it over and over again for great ideas on how to hook students with literature when teaching math. The across curriculum approach is imperative and this book is a wonderful resource.