Patterns in Nature

by Tony Hyland

Published 10 October 2008
This book takes you on a journey to Camp Patton, where a group of students and their teacher search for patterns in nature. As they hike through the wilderness, they'll find continuous patterns in water, leaves, pinecones, and forest creatures. 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 patterns and build their STEM skills.

The Bake Sale

by Tony Hyland

Published 10 October 2008
Read about a group of students who are planning a bake sale to make money for the school library. You'll need to understand multiplication and division in order to work with recipes, set up tables, and mark a profit from all your hard work. 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 multiplication and division and build their STEM skills.

Patterns Around Us

by Tony Hyland

Published 10 October 2008
Patterns are everywhere around us. They can be found in nature on plants, animals, and rocks, as well as man-made patterns in art, fashion, and architecture. Apply your knowledge of patterns as you study amazing geometric and number patterns. You'll even learn about the Fibonacci sequence of numbers! 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 number patterns and build their STEM skills.

The Bread Book

by Tony Hyland

Published 10 October 2008
People have been making bread for centuries. But how they make it changes from time to time and place to place. Learn about how bread is made while using multiplication and division to understand the recipes! 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 multiplication, division, and build their STEM skills.

El libro del pan (The Bread Book) helps Spanish readers strengthen their multiplication, division, and fractions skills while learning interesting facts about bread. Students will learn about wheat grain, nutrition, and bakeries with this nonfiction math reader. This classroom resource includes a glossary, engaging images, mathematical diagrams, and a fun historic timeline of bread to help students develop their math and reading skills.

The nonfiction book, Patrones que nos rodean (Patterns Around Us), allows students to find patterns in nature, art, fashion, and technology. Students will develop content-area literacy and study geometric and number patterns found in the world. This Spanish classroom resource includes mathematical charts and diagrams, practice problems, a glossary, engaging images, and easy-to-read text to help students build their math and reading skills.

Patrones en la naturaleza (Patterns in Nature) is a story about students discovering patterns in nature during a trip to an outdoor summer camp. This nonfiction math reader will allow readers to complete number patterns, identify pattern rules, and learn about Fibonacci's arithmetic sequence. Students will develop content-area literacy and pattern perception as they build their math skills. This Spanish book includes text features such as a glossary, index, and engaging images to connect students back to the text.

La venta de pastelitos (The Bake Sale) is a fun Spanish math reader about a boy and his grandfather who work together to calculate expenses and profits for a school bake sale. Students will practice operations with fractions, long division with remainders, writing equations, and simplifying expressions. This classroom resource includes a glossary, mathematical diagrams, engaging images, and easy-to-read text to help students develop their math and reading skills.