Building Real-Life Math Skills 16 Lessons With Reproducible Activity Sheets That Teach Measurement, Estimation, Data Analysis, Time, Money, and Other Practical Math Skills

by Onish, Liane

• ISBN13: 9780545329644
• ISBN10: 0545329647
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-01
• Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources

Summary

This practical resource helps students build essential skills for managing the typical math scenarios they encounter every day. Through high-interest lessons, guided activities, and reproducible independent pages, students practice standards-based math skills, such as estimating prices, calculating discounts, reading schedules, evaluating nutrition labels, and more. Scenarios take place at a diner, movie theater, amusement park, sporting event, and many other kid-pleasing, realistic settings. For use with Grades 3-5.

Author Biography

Liane B. Onish has taught PreK through grade 5 and currently writes and edits classroom materials, children's books, magazines, games, and puzzles. Her previous Scholastic titles include Solve-the-Riddle Math Practice, Solve the Riddle Math Practice: Multiplication & Division Facts, Vocabulary Packets: Greek & Latin Roots, Vocabulary Packets: Prefixes & Suffixes, and Fun-Flap Math: Fractions & Decimals. Liane lives in New York City.