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In this exciting math reader, Vikram Patel wants to hire a game designer who will help his company create cutting-edge games. The first contender for the position is Zak, a master videogame designer and architect of shapes. The other competitor is Posie, an artist who is pushing the limits of virtual reality. Students will learn about 2-D and 3-D shapes as they are engaged in reading about this high-stakes competition. This text builds math content...
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Click! As their shutters snap, photographers capture special moments in time. Photos give us something to look at while we use our memories to look back in time. Meet a photographer and find out what it takes to be one. Along the way, sharpen your focus on place value. This nonfiction math reader builds literacy skills and math content knowledge, combining informational text, problem-solving, and real-world connections to help students explore math...
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Take a trip to the Galápagos Islands while learning decimals! The Galápagos Islands are a vibrant green and blue archipelago, teeming with fascinating wildlife and unparalleled beauty. Come swim with sea lions, fly with bats, and flock with finches on a visit to this enchanting world at the equator that is unlike any other place on earth. This informational text builds math content knowledge and literacy skills, and uses real-world examples to help...
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Making models is a fun activity for people who like to build things. But, it isn't all fun and games. Models were originally created to solve problems and simplify complex ideas. Today, models are used by scientists, architects, and filmmakers. Whether you build as a hobby or for your next science project, creating models can be fun and educational. This informational text builds math content knowledge and literacy skills, and uses real-world examples...
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Yellowstone National Park is a unique place known for its geysers, hot springs, and waterfalls. Bears, buffalo, cougars, and coyote are some of the wild animals that make their homes there. Take a trip to Yellowstone and learn about its sights, sounds, and creatures. Students will develop their skills at calculating volume as they are engaged in reading about America's first national park. This high-interest math reader integrates math and literacy...
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Help students explore mathematics in a meaningful way with this high-interest math reader that integrates math and literacy skills and combines informational text, problem-solving, and real-world connections. Students will take a close look at patterns found in Carlsbad Caverns National Park and along the way, learn about patterns in arithmetic. Fascinating images of this national park and clear mathematical charts and diagrams help make learning...
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Meet some of today's leading filmmakers as they share their career journeys. Find out how they tackle challenges and solve problems as you strategize with adding and subtracting mixed numbers. Before you see anything on the big screen, discover the big dreams of some master storytellers-filmmakers. By integrating math and literacy skills, this high-interest math reader makes learning math fun and easy as students are engaged in reading about famous...
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Beginning readers will enjoy learning how to compose numbers 11-19 with this brightly illustrated book. With vibrant images and easy-to-read text, this full-color text uses a real-world example of building and decorating a gingerbread house to teach math concepts. Students will develop their math and reading skills and be introduced to early STEM themes as they count the candy used to decorate a gingerbread house. The Math Talk section includes questions...
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Mr. Tan loves toys. He loves circles, too! He owns Circle Town Toy Shop where all the toys are circular. Go shopping for fourths, halves, and wholes and learn to partition shapes! This math book combines math and reading skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject-area content. The dynamic images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning place value easy and fun. Text features include a table...
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How many dogs? How many cats? Count the pets at the vet's office! Beginning readers will enjoy learning to compare groups with inequalities with this brightly illustrated book. Featuring vivid images and easy-to-read text, this full-color book develops students' math and reading skills and introduces them to early STEM themes. The Math Talk section includes questions that will increase understanding of basic math and reading concepts and develop students'...
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How many elephants? How many giraffes? Count the animals of the Serengeti! Beginning readers will learn cardinal numbers and how to count by fives as they are introduced to early STEM themes. Featuring vivid images and easy-to-read text, this full-color book develops students' math and reading skills. The Math Talk section includes questions that will increase understanding of basic math and reading concepts and develop students' speaking and listening...
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Quidditch is the sport played by Hogwarts students in the Harry Potter books. In 2005, some students at Middlebury College in Vermont decided they wanted to play Quidditch, too. Now, Quidditch is a real sport that anyone can play. Get ready to make a game plan and plot your course for Quidditch as you learn coordinate planes! This high-interest math reader integrates math and literacy skills, combining informational text, problem-solving, and real-world...
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Get ready to gaze at giraffes, look at leopards, and behold buffaloes. But, this is no trip to the zoo. It is safari time! Join Sam and her family as they travel to Kruger National Park in South Africa. Help Sam keep an eye out for elephants, and keep track of the sights with repeated addition. This math reader builds literacy skills and math content knowledge, combining problem solving and real-world connections to help students explore math in a...
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How many types of roller coaster inversions can you name? Do you know the difference between a hypercoaster and a powered roller coaster? What does a trackwalker do? Students will learn the answers to these questions as they practice dividing fractions! This informational text builds math content knowledge and literacy skills, and uses real-world examples to help students explore math in a meaningful way. Text features such as a glossary, a table...
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NASA wants to send humans to Mars within the next 25 years, but before that can happen, they must plan and prepare. This math reader will engage students as they read about STEM topics, building both their literacy skills and math content knowledge. With a focus on NASA's Mission to Mars, students will learn problem solving through the use of real-world examples. Captivating images, practice problems, and mathematical charts and diagrams help develop...
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Flag football is a fun sport that anyone can play. Read about flag football as you learn subtraction. This nonfiction math book combines math and reading skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject-area content. The dynamic images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning subtraction easy and fun. Text features include a table of contents, a glossary, an index, and captions to build vocabulary...
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This intriguing title teaches readers the history of number systems. From Egyptian times to the modern day, this text covers the number systems of the Roman Empire, the Maya Empire, the Inca Empire, Babylon, and India. This full-color book teaches students about operations and algebraic reasoning, introducing them to new concepts and vocabulary terms like place value, rounded numbers, exact numbers, the binary system, and more. Primary sources like...
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How much is a penny worth? How much are ten pennies worth? Beginning readers will enjoy learning financial literacy with this brightly illustrated book! Featuring vivid images and easy-to-read text, this full-color book develops students' math and reading skills and introduces them to early STEM themes. The Math Talk section includes questions that will increase understanding of basic math and reading concepts and develop students' speaking and listening...
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How many hockey sticks are there? How many hockey players? Beginning readers will enjoy learning to count cardinal numbers with this brightly illustrated book! Featuring vivid images and easy-to-read text, this full-color book develops students' math and reading skills and introduces them to early STEM themes. The Math Talk section includes questions that will increase understanding of basic math and reading concepts and develop students' speaking...
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About a million people visit Everglades National Park in Florida each year. They come to walk its trails and ride in boats to see the one-of-a-kind animals that call this park their home. Discover what attracts visitors to this fascinating national park as you practice addition within 100. This nonfiction math reader builds literacy skills and math content knowledge, combining informational text, problem-solving, and real-world connections to help...
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