Looking at Maps

by Moira Anderson

Published 10 October 2008
This engaging book teaches students how to read maps, and introduces them to symbols, keys, compasses, grid coordinates, and map ratios. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn coordinate planes and build their STEM skills.

Shapes in Our World

by Moira Anderson

Published 10 October 2008
3-D shapes are all around us! From a simple honeycomb to the pyramid at the Louvre, students will learn how to identify bases, faces, edges, and vertices of different 3-D shapes, including cylinders, prisms, cones, and spheres. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn 3-D shapes and build their STEM skills.

Building Houses

by Moira Anderson

Published 10 October 2008
A family learns how geometry and 3-D shapes are fundamental tools that are needed to build a new home! In this engaging book, you will learn the step-by-step way in which homes are constructed, beginning with the foundation, the trusses, the walls, the plumbing, and the wiring. You'll also learn about famous architectural marvels such as Hearst Castle and the Brooklyn Bridge! With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn 3-D shapes and build their STEM skills.

With Analisis de mapas, the Spanish-translation of the Grade 4 nonfiction text, Looking at Maps, students will learn all about maps! This engaging informational text introduces readers to map symbols, keys, map ratios, grid coordinates, and more! This engaging informational reader comes with clear mathematical charts and diagrams, easy-to-read text, and opportunities to practice reading maps with ease!

Combine valuable fourth grade math and literacy skills in a purposeful way with the Spanish-translated math reader Viajes: Por tierra, aire y mar (Journeys: Land, Air, Sea). Focusing on the critical skills that 4th graders need to know to advance to the next level, this book incorporates key math concepts into an engaging text that introduces students to different types of maps, including street maps to moon maps. Students will identify map symbols, keys, compasses, grid coordinates, and map ratios. Filled with mathematical charts, diagrams, and practice problems, the text features in this nonfiction reader boosts comprehension and academic vocabulary.

With Contruccion de casas, the Spanish-translation of the Grade 4 nonfiction text, Building Houses, students will learn about architecture through geometry practice. Three-dimensional shapes, such as pentagons and prisms, can be found throughout the process of building a house. This engaging informational reader introduces students to historic architects and comes with clear mathematical diagrams, easy-to-read text, and practical examples of geometry concepts, and so much more!

With Figuras en nuestro mundo, the Spanish-translation of the Grade 4 nonfiction text, Shapes in Our World, students will be able to spot 3-D shapes wherever they go! From cylinder-shaped tree trunks to skyscraper prisms, children will explore different polygons and three-dimensional shapes that exist everywhere! This engaging informational reader comes with clear mathematical diagrams, easy-to-read text, and practical examples of geometry concepts, such as vertices, symmetry, bases, and so much more!

Journeys: Land, Air, Sea

by Moira Anderson

Published 10 October 2008
Learn about road maps and GPS, and how they are used to get people from here to there. You'll also learn about coordinate planes and how you can use grid coordinates to read street maps and find the best routes. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn grid coordinates and build their STEM skills.