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Math for All Seasons: Mind Stretching Math Riddles
Greg Tang

Math for All Seasons: Mind Stretching Math Riddles

Genre:
Nonfiction, Poetry
Age Level:
Middle Grade

Readers can count or they group things to solve the engaging math riddles. Digital illustrations make a complete and appealing way to solve math problems while gaining an understanding of underlying concepts.

Grapes of Math: Mind Stretching Math Riddles
Greg Tang

Grapes of Math: Mind Stretching Math Riddles

Genre:
Nonfiction, Poetry
Age Level:
Middle Grade

Short ditties introduce math problems and critical thinking — and entertain as the rhymes are read. Colorful illustrations that are computer-generated add to the fun and understanding of how to approach word problems.

math-appeal-mind-stretching-math-riddles
Greg Tang

Math Appeal: Mind Stretching Math Riddles

Genre:
Nonfiction
Age Level:
Middle Grade

Similar to others by this author/illustrator duo, rhymes and digitally created illustrations encourage an understanding of math concepts and critical thinking. And as in others, answers and explanations are provided.

Greg Tang
Nonfiction, Math

Greg Tang

Greg Tang is on a mission to improve the quality of math education and understanding in the United States. Each year he travels the country, giving hundreds of workshops and presentations for teachers and students. With a background in economics, business, and math education, Tang is intent on developing “a more intuitive approach to math, one that combines problem-solving and arithmetic and integrates math with language and art.” In addition to writing engaging picture books such as The Grapes of Math and The Best of Times, Tang also develops teaching guides, workbooks, flash cards, and math games.

 
Sara Mead

The Evidence Suggests Otherwise: The Truth About Boys and Girls

The media has latched on to the story that American boys are falling behind girls academically and are increasingly outnumbered in college. But what do the numbers show? Referencing more than 30 years of test scores and current research, the author debunks the notion of a gender gap and demonstrates that gaps in educational achievement and attainment are less a function of gender than of racial and economic inequities.
Best of Times: Math Strategies that Multiply
Greg Tang

Best of Times: Math Strategies that Multiply

Genre:
Nonfiction, Poetry
Age Level:
Middle Grade

Multiplication facts from 0 to 10 have never been as easy to understand and memorization can actually become fun as with this collection of rhymes. Computer-generated art adds to the presentation in lively style.

Math Potatoes: Mind Stretching Brain Food
Greg Tang

Math Potatoes: Mind Stretching Brain Food

Genre:
Nonfiction, Poetry
Age Level:
Middle Grade

Rhyming riddles pose problems that require critical thinking, grouping, and problem solving skills. These intriguing problems are enhanced by computer generated illustrations and conclude with a logical presentation of the answers.

Carol Lee, Anika Spratley

Content-Area Literacy: Mathematics

Of all the academic disciplines taught in middle and high school, the one we least expect to entail reading extended texts is in mathematics, but math texts present special literacy problems and challenges for young readers.