7X9 = Trouble!

This will be my first read aloud for the year. Not too complicated or deep but sends messages about practicing things that don’t come easily, and that we don’t all learn at the same pace. Friendship and siblings are also talking points. The math/literature connection is perfect.......more

Writing for the primary grade crowd takes a special gift and Claudia Mills has it. Your heart will break for Wilson who struggles with learning his times tables but whose younger brother appears to be a math whiz. Throw in a class hamster and you have the perfect book for the newly confident indepen......more

This book would be a great book to use when talking about motivation. This book is also a great book to use when talking about practice makes perfect. The children will learn that if they practice and learn helpful information they can achieve any goal. This is also a great book to predict what will......more

This book I have to say was really good. It can be good for kids who are trying to learn multiplacation, or kids who just love to read. This book has well written chapters, and very good words for the kids to understand. It wil probrably take about four to five days to read this book, but its really......more

This is a great chapter book to integrate math and literature for multiplication. It makes the struggle with multiplication funny and I think the students will be able to relate and appreciate this book.......more