Tera Ragland's Library
West Creek High
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 9780471467311 | Speed Mathematics: Secret Skills For Quick Calculation | Bill Handley | Using this book will improve your understanding of math and have you performing like a genius!People who excel at mathematics use better strategies than the rest of us; they are not necessarily more intelligent.Speed Mathematics teaches simple methods that will enable you to make lightning calculations in your head-including multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction, as well as working with fractions, squaring numbers, and extracting square and cube roots. Here's just one example of this revolutionary approach to basic mathematics:96 x 97 =Subtract each number from 100.96 x 97 =4 3Subtract diagonally. Either 96--3 or 97-- 4.The result is the first part of the answer.96 x 97 = 934 3Multiply the numbers in the circles. 4 x 3 = 12.This is the second part of the answer.96 x 97 = 93124 3It's that easy! | Wiley |
| 9780590975407 | Stories To Solve | george [illustrated by peter sis] shannon | How can a thirsty crow drink from an almost-empty pitcher? How does arresting a stone help a judge find a boy's stolen money? This artfully illustrated book presents fourteen intriguing mysteries from world folklore. Each brain-teasing tale is followed by a simple explanation of the solution, while notes at the back of the book describe the origins of these classic mysteries. | Julia MacRae |
| 9781565652699 | Super Math Tricks | Zondra Lewis Knapp | An activity book that combines the fun of investigation with the need-to-learn basics of math. | Lowell House |
| 9781118901854 | Teach Like A Champion 3.0: 63 Techniques That Put Students On The Path To College | Doug Lemov | Teach Like a Champion 3.0 is the long-awaited update to Doug Lemov’s highly regarded guide to the craft of teaching. This book teaches you how to create a positive and productive classroom that encourages student engagement, trust, respect, accountability, and excellence. In this edition, you’ll find new and updated teaching techniques, the latest evidence from cognitive science and culturally responsive teaching practices, and an expanded companion video collection. Learn how to build students’ background knowledge, move learning into long-term memory, and connect your teaching with the curriculum content for tangible improvement in learning outcomes.The new version of the book includes: An introductory chapter on mental models for teachers to use to guide their decision-making in the classroom. A brand new chapter on Lesson Preparation. 10 new techniques Updated and revised versions of all the technique readers know and use A brand new set of exemplar videos, including more than a dozen longer “keystone” videos which show how teachers combine and balance technique over a stretch of 8 to 10 minutes of teaching. Extensive discussion of research in social and cognitive science to support and guide the use of techniques. Additional online resources, and supportsRead this powerful update to discover the techniques that leading teachers are using to put students on the path to success. | Jossey-Bass |
| 9781433334580 | Teacher Created Materials - Mathematics Readers: A Sense Of Art - Grade 6 - Guided Reading Level S | Christine Dugan | Architects use their creativity to design different types of buildings. Understanding perimeter and area is an essential part of their job. See how geometry, measurement, and art combine to create beautiful spaces and places. 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 perimeter and area and build their STEM skills. | Teacher Created Materials |
| 9780803963627 | The Art Of Problem Solving: A Resource For The Mathematics Teacher | Problem solving has always been a fundamental element of mathematics. This innovative book challenges the perception that solving a problem is merely a means to an end. Focusing on problem solving as a subject in its own right, the contributors present a broad range of practical, theoretical, simple, intricate and purely mathematical examples. | Corwin | |
| 9780062202697 | The Cartoon Guide To Algebra (Cartoon Guide Series) | Larry Gonick | In this latest edition of the successful Cartoon Guide series, master cartoonist and former Harvard instructor Larry Gonick offers a complete and up-to-date illustrated course to help students understand and learn this core mathematical course taught in American schools.Using engaging graphics and lively humor, Gonick covers all of the algebra essentials, including linear equations, polynomials, quadratic equations, and graphing techniques. He also offers a concise overview of algebra’s history and its many practical applications in modern life.Combining Gonick’s unique ability to make difficult topics fun, interesting, and easy-to-understand—while still relaying the essential information in a clear, organized and accurate format—The Cartoon Guide to Algebra is an essential supplement for students of all levels, in high school, college, and beyond. | William Morrow Paperbacks |
| 9780618873159 | The Doll In The Garden: A Ghost Story | Mary Downing Hahn | From ghost story master Mary Downing Hahn, the haunting tale of a mysterious doll discovered in a young girl's garden, and its owner, a girl from seventy years in the past, who wants it back.A suspenseful story of unexpected connections between present and past. Ashley and her mother need their new apartment to work out, but everything Ashley does seems to upset the irritable and unforgiving landlady. When Ashley makes friends with the girl next door, Kristi, they uncover a wooden box containing a well-loved turn-of-the-century doll. Ashley wants to keep the doll for herself, but Kristi has other ideas. So does the doll's original owner, a girl who died decades ago, but whom Ashley meets when she follows a mysterious white cat through a hedge. Can Ashley bring peace to the girl and resolve her own present-day challenges? | Clarion Books |
| 9780892967995 | The Fractal Murders | Mark Cohen | Learning that three instructors who were researching fractals have died under mysterious circumstances, fractal geometry professor Jane Smythe turns for help to former marine and private investigator Pepper Keane. | Mysterious Press |
| 9780547577159 | The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall | Mary Downing Hahn | Ten-year-old Florence Crutchfield leaves a London orphanage to live with her great-uncle, great-aunt, and sickly cousin James, but she soon realizes the home has another resident, who means to do her and James harm. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9780802775627 | The Joy Of Pi | David Blatner | No number has captured the attention and imagination of people throughout the ages as much as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. Pi–or ? as it is symbolically known–is infinite and, in The Joy of pi, it proves to be infinitely intriguing. With incisive historical insight and a refreshing sense of humor, David Blatner explores the many facets of pi and humankind's fascination with it–from the ancient Egyptians and Archimedes to Leonardo da Vinci and the modern-day Chudnovsky brothers, who have calculated pi to eight billion digits with a homemade supercomputer.The Joy of Pi is a book of many parts. Breezy narratives recount the history of pi and the quirky stories of those obsessed with it. Sidebars document fascinating pi trivia (including a segment from the 0. J. Simpson trial). Dozens of snippets and factoids reveal pi's remarkable impact over the centuries. Mnemonic devices teach how to memorize pi to many hundreds of digits (or more, if you're so inclined). Pi-inspired cartoons, poems, limericks, and jokes offer delightfully "square" pi humor. And, to satisfy even the most exacting of number jocks, the first one million digits of pi appear throughout the book.A tribute to all things pi, The Joy of pi is sure to foster a newfound affection and respect for the big number with the funny little symbol. | Walker Books |
| 9781607747307 | The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art Of Decluttering And Organizing | Marie Kondō | #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The book that sparked a revolution and inspired the hit Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo: the original guide to decluttering your home once and for all.ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE—CNNDespite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles?Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you’ll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever. The KonMari Method, with its revolutionary category-by-category system, leads to lasting results. In fact, none of Kondo’s clients have lapsed (and she still has a three-month waiting list).With detailed guidance for determining which items in your house “spark joy” (and which don’t), this international bestseller will help you clear your clutter and enjoy the unique magic of a tidy home—and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire. | Ten Speed Press |
| 9780471138136 | The Math Chef: Over 60 Math Activities And Recipes For Kids | Joan D'Amico, Karen Eich Drummond | Just as cookies go with milk and peanut butter goes with jelly,math and cooking go hand in hand. This fun-filled book shows youexactly how.With more than 60 activities and recipes to try, you can practicemath while you cook! Get a handle on measurement, multiplication,division, fractions, percents, geometry, and more, while whippingup mouth-watering treats like scrumptious stromboli slices, chewymarshmallow-fudge squares, yummy chicken nuggets, and deliciousbutterscotch muffins.Whether you're a beginner or an experienced cook, you too canbecome a Math Chef. All activities and recipes are kid-tested andrequire only common ingredients and kitchen utensils. There's alsoa helpful list of safety rules, an explanation of basic cookingskills, and a complete nutrition guide. | J. Wiley |
| 9780595234653 | The Math Of Ancient History: Integrating Mathematical Problem Solving Strategies With History | Max Fischer | How can mathematics teachers consistently integrate their subject with social studies in the middle school setting? Strategic problem solving is a skill mathematics instructors present throughout the school year which is not necessarily dependent on a hierarchy of computational skills that must be taught in sequence. The latitude available in determining when problem solving strategies can be presented to students makes them ideal for integrating with the events and cultures that dominate historical eras, such as ancient history. | iUniverse |
| 9780471176619 | The Mathematical Universe: An Alphabetical Journey Through The Great Proofs, Problems, And Personalities | William Dunham | "Dunham writes for nonspecialists, and they will enjoy his piquantanecdotes and amusing asides -- Booklist"Artfully, Dunham conducts a tour of the mathematical universe. . .he believes these ideas to be accessible to the audience he wantsto reach, and he writes so that they are." -- Nature"If you want to encourage anyone's interest in math, get them TheMathematical Universe."* New Scientist | Wiley |
| 9780143126317 | The Mathematician's Shiva: A Novel | Stuart Rojstaczer | WINNER OF THE 2014 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DEBUT FICTIONFor readers of This Is Where I Leave You and Everything Is Illuminated, "a brilliant and compelling family saga full of warmth, pathos, history and humor" (Jonathan Evison, author of West of Here)When the greatest female mathematician in history passes away, her son, Alexander "Sasha" Karnokovitch, just wants to mourn his mother in peace. But rumor has it the notoriously eccentric Polish émigré has solved one of the most difficult problems in all of mathematics, and has spitefully taken the solution to her grave. As a ragtag group of mathematicians from around the world descends upon Rachela's shiva, determined to find the proof or solve it for themselves--even if it means prying up the floorboards for notes or desperately scrutinizing the mutterings of her African Grey parrot--Sasha must come to terms with his mother's outsized influence on his life.Spanning decades and continents, from a crowded living room in Madison, Wisconsin, to the windswept beach on the Barents Sea where a young Rachela had her first mathematical breakthrough, The Mathematician's Shiva is an unexpectedly moving and uproariously funny novel that captures humanity's drive not just to survive, but to achieve the impossible. | Penguin Books |
| 9781524767600 | The Miscalculations Of Lightning Girl | Stacy McAnulty | A lightning strike gave her a super power...but even a super genius can't solve the problem of middle school. This smart and funny novel is perfect for fans of The Fourteenth Goldfish, Rain Reign, and Counting by Sevens.Lucy Callahan's life was changed forever when she was struck by lightning. She doesn't remember it, but the zap gave her genius-level math skills, and she's been homeschooled ever since. Now, at 12 years old, she's technically ready for college. She just has to pass 1 more test--middle school!Lucy's grandma insists: Go to middle school for 1 year. Make 1 friend. Join 1 activity. And read 1 book (that's not a math textbook!). Lucy's not sure what a girl who does calculus homework for fun can possibly learn in 7th grade. She has everything she needs at home, where nobody can make fun of her rigid routines or her superpowered brain. The equation of Lucy's life has already been solved. Unless there's been a miscalculation?A celebration of friendship, Stacy McAnulty's smart and thoughtful middle-grade debut reminds us all to get out of our comfort zones and embrace what makes us different."Fresh story, great characters, a winner!" --Barbara O'Connor, author of Wish | Yearling |
| 9781608100101 | The Nature Of Success | Mac Anderson | Written by the founder of Successories. Picture of river and sunset on front cover and flying eagle on back cover.Ribbon strip page marker. Published by J. Countryman for Hallmark Cards. | J. Countryman |
| 9780199753871 | The Number Sense: How The Mind Creates Mathematics, Revised And Updated Edition | Stanislas Dehaene | Our understanding of how the human brain performs mathematical calculations is far from complete, but in recent years there have been many exciting breakthroughs by scientists all over the world. Now, in The Number Sense, Stanislas Dehaene offers a fascinating look at this recent research, in an enlightening exploration of the mathematical mind. Dehaene begins with the eye-opening discovery that animals--including rats, pigeons, raccoons, and chimpanzees--can perform simple mathematical calculations, and that human infants also have a rudimentary number sense. Dehaene suggests that this rudimentary number sense is as basic to the way the brain understands the world as our perception of color or of objects in space, and, like these other abilities, our number sense is wired into the brain. These are but a few of the wealth of fascinating observations contained here. We also discover, for example, that because Chinese names for numbers are so short, Chinese people can remember up to nine or ten digits at a time--English-speaking people can only remember seven. The book also explores the unique abilities of idiot savants and mathematical geniuses, and we meet people whose minute brain lesions render their mathematical ability useless. This new and completely updated edition includes all of the most recent scientific data on how numbers are encoded by single neurons, and which brain areas activate when we perform calculations. Perhaps most important, The Number Sense reaches many provocative conclusions that will intrigue anyone interested in learning, mathematics, or the mind."A delight."--Ian Stewart, New Scientist"Read The Number Sense for its rich insights into matters as varying as the cuneiform depiction of numbers, why Jean Piaget's theory of stages in infant learning is wrong, and to discover the brain regions involved in the number sense."--The New York Times Book Review"Dehaene weaves the latest technical research into a remarkably lucid and engrossing investigation. Even readers normally indifferent to mathematics will find themselves marveling at the wonder of minds making numbers."--Booklist | Oxford University Press |
| 9781566193054 | The Phantom Of The Opera | Gaston Leroux | Under the Paris Opera House lives a disfigured musical genius who uses music to win the love of a beautiful opera singer. | Barnes & Noble Books |