List of Books:
Children’s Books
 Section 2.1 on Comparing and Sharing
 Math Counts Sorting by: Henry Pluckrose
 Section 2.2 on Counting:
 Math Counts Numbers by: Henry Pluckrose
 How Many How Many How Many by: Rick Walton Illustrated by: Cynthia Jabar
 Count and See by: Tana Hoban
 Math Counts Sorting by: Henry Pluckrose
 Math terpieces The Art of Problem-Solving by: Greg Tang Illustrated by: Greg Paprocki
 12 Ways To Get To 11 by: Eve Merriam Illustrated by: Bernie Karlin
 We All Went on Safari A counting Journey through Tanzania by: Laurie Krebs Illustrated
by: Julia Cairns
 Ready or Not, Here I Come! By: Teddy Slater Illustrated by: Gioia Fiammenghi
 What Comes In 2’s 3’s & 4’s? by: Suzanne Aker Illustrated by: Bernie Karlin
 Ten Black Dots by: Donald Crews
 26 letters and 99 cents by: Tana Hoban
 Ten. Nine, Eight by: Molly Bang
 Teeth, Tails, and Tentacles by: Christopher Wormell
 How Many Feet In The Bed by: Diane Johnston Hamm Illustrated by: Kate Salley Palmer
 How Many Snails by: Paul Giganti Jr. Illustrated by: Donald Crews
 100 School Days by: Anne Rockwell Illustrated by: Lizzy Rockwell
(Good for skip counting as well)
 Section 2.4 on Addition:
 Math terpieces The Art of Problem-Solving by: Greg Tang Illustrated by: Greg Paprocki
 Math Counts Sorting by: Henry Pluckrose
 12 Ways To Get To 11 by: Eve Merriam Illustrated by: Bernie Karlin
 Pigs will be Pigs Fun with Math and Money by: Amy Axelrod Illustrated by: Sharon McGinleyNally
 The Grapes of Math by: Greg Tang Illustrated by: Harry Briggs
 How Many Feet In The Bed by: Diane Johnston Hamm Illustrated by: Kate Salley Palmer
 Section 2.5 on Multiplication:
 The Best of Times Math Strategies That Multiply by: Greg Tang Illustrated by: Harry Briggs
 Section 2.6 on Subtraction:
 How Many Feet In The Bed by: Diane Johnston Hamm Illustrated by: Kate Salley Palmer
 Section 3.1 on Patterns
 What’s Next, Nina by: Sue Kassirer Illustrated by: Page Eastburn O’Rourke
 Section 4.1 on Challenge Problems:
 Pigs will be Pigs Fun with Math and Money by: Amy Axelrod Illustrated by: Sharon McGinleyNally
 Chapter 6 on Measurement;
 Biggest, Strongest, Fastest by: Steve Jenkins
 Math Counts Length by: Henry Pluckrose
 Chapter 6& 7 on Fractions:
 Fraction Action by: Loreen Leedy
 Pizza Fractions by: Jerry Pallotta Illustrated by: Rob Bolster
 On Sorting:
 Math Counts Sorting by: Henry Pluckrose
 Grandma’s Button Box by Linda Williams Aber Illustrated by: Page Eastburn O’Rourke
 On Shapes:
 Shape Space by: Cathryn Falwell
 Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by: Tana Hoban
 The Shape of Things by: Dayle Ann Dodds Illustrated by: Julie Lacome
 A Cloak For The Dreamer by: Aileen Friedman Illustrated by: Kim Howard
 On Money:
 Pigs will be Pigs Fun with Math and Money by: Amy Axelrod Illustrated by: Sharon McGinleyNally
 26 letters and 99 cents by: Tana Hoban
 On Even and Odd:
 Even Steven and Odd Todd by: Kathryn Cristaldi Illustrated by: Henry B. Morehouse
 On Symmetry:
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Let’s Fly A Kite by: Stuart J. Murphy Illustrated by: Brian Floca
 On Telling Time:
 It’s About Time, Max by: Kitty Richards Illustrated by: Gioia Fiammenghi
 On Spatial Concepts:
 Over, Under, and Through by: Tana Hoban
 On Patterns:
 What’s Next, Nina by: Sue Kassirer Illustrated by: Page Eastburn O’Rourke
 Math Counts Patterns by: Henry Pluckrose
 Pattern Bugs by: Trudy Harris Illustrated by: Anne Canevari Green
Teacher References
 Probability and Data:
 Reconceptualizing Mathmatetics Preliminary Edition Part 4: Reasoning about Chance
and Data by: Judith Sowder, Larry Sowder, and Susan Nickerson
 Numbers, algebra, shapes and measurement:
Reconceptualizing Mathematics Part 1, 2, and 3 by: Judith Sowder, Larry Sowder, and
Susan Nickerson
Part 1: Reasoning about numbers and quantities by: Judith Sowder, Larry Sowder, and
Susan Nickerson
Part 2: Reasoning about algebra and change
Part 3: Reasoning about shapes and measurement
 Standardized Test Prep:
 Higher Scores on Math Standardized Tests/ Steck-Vaughn School Supply
(These come by the grade level)
 Math Review:
 Daily Review/Silver Burdett Ginn Mathematics
(These come by the grade level)
 Number Sense and Computational Strategies:
 Learning Through Problems by: Paul R. Trafton and Diane Thiessen
 Young Mathematicians at work Constructing Number Sense, Addition and Subtraction
by: Catherine Twomey Fosnot and Maarten Dolk
 Teaching Fractions, Decimals, and Percents:
 Young Mathematics at Work Constructing Fractions, Decimals, and Percents by:
Catherine Twomey Fosnot and Maarten Dolk
 Teaching Multiplication and Division
 Young Mathematicians At Work Constructing Multiplication and Division by: Catherine
Twomey Fosnot and Maarten Dolk
 Meeting Standards and making math fun:
 Number Wonders K-2/ 171 activities to meet math Standards and Inspire Students by:
Catherine Jones Kuhns
 Model drawing for problem solving:
 8-Step Model Drawing Singapore’s Best Problem-Solving Math Strategies by: Bob Hogan
and Char Forsten
 Activities for math/Practice/Tips:
 Count on Math ages 3-7 by: Pam Schiller and Lynne Peterson
 Coming to Know Number by: Grayson H. Wheatly and Anne M. Reynolds
 Nimble with Numbers (grades 3&4) by: Leigh Childs and Laura Choate
 Rapid Math Tricks and Tips 30 Days to Number Power by: Edward H Julius
 Math games for kids using special dice box cars and one-eyed jacks (volume 3) by:
Joanne Currah and Jane Felling
 Geometry:
 Basic Geometric Concepts (Middle School) by: Karen Sanderson
 Mathematical Science:
 A Challenge of Numbers by: Bernard L. Madison and Therese A. Hart
CBMS Issues in Mathematics Education (Volume 11) The Mathematical Education of
Teachers / American Mathematical Society
 CBMS The Mathematical Education of Teachers (Part 1)/ Mathematical Association of
America
 Foundations for the Future in Mathematics Education/ edited by: Richard A. Lesh, Eric
Hamilton, and James J. Kaput
 The Adventure of Numbers by: Giles Godefroy
 It’s the Story That Counts by: David J. Whitin and Sandra Wilde
 Little Kids- Powerful Problem Solvers Math Stories from a Kindergarten Classroom by:
Angela Giglo Andrews and Paul R. Trafton
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Read Any Good Math Lately Children’s books for Mathematical Learning, K-6 by: David J.
Whitin and Sandra Wilde
Thinking Like Mathematicians by: Thomas Rowan and Barbara Bourne
Best Practice Today’s Standards for Teaching and Learning in America’s Schools by:
Steven Zemelman, Harry Daniels, and Arthur Hyde
A Mathematical Passage Strategies for Promoting Inquiry in Grades 4-6 by: David J.
Whitin and Robin Cox
Children’s Mathematics Cognitively Guided Instruction by: Thomas P. Carpenter,
Elizabeth Fennema, Megan Loef Franke, Linda Levi, and Susan B. Empson
Living and Learning Mathematics by: David Whitin, Heidi Mills, and Timothy O’Keefe
Making Sense/ teaching and learning mathematics with understanding by: James
Hiebert, Thomas P. Carpenter, Elizabeth Fennema, Karen C, Fuson, Diana Wearne,
Hanile Murray, Alwyn Olivier, and Piet Human
Taking Teaching Seriously: Meeting the Challenge of Instructional Improvement by:
Michael B. Paulsen and Kenneth A. Feldman
Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics by: Liping Ma
So What? Teaching Children What Matters in Math by: Tim Brady
147 Practical Tips or Teaching Professors by: Robert Magnan
Collaborative Inquiry in Science, Math, and Technology by: Dennis Adams and Mary
Hamm
Art of Problem Solving Articles and Excerpts (volume 1)/AoPs Incorporated
 Understanding Poverty:
 A Framework for Understanding Poverty by: Ruby K Payne