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- Books Count!: Number Fun for ChildrenThis bibliography was originally developed for the Child Care Information Center Newsletter (Issue 48, 2004) published by the Child Care Information Center operated by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction with funding from the Department of Workforce Development. The recent revision adds new titles and expands the list to include books for children through age eight. Compiled by Merri V. Lindgren. © 2004 Cooperative Children's Book Center; revised in 2012.
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Instructional Strategies
The Creative Teacher: An encyclopedia of ideas to energize your curriculum by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) LB1025.3 .S692 2014ISBN: 9780071801096- Culturally Responsive Mathematics Education byCall Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA13 .C85 2009
- Making Math Learning Fun for Inner City School Students byCall Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) LC5129 .M355 2011
Succeeding with Inquiry in Science and Math Classrooms by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) LB1027.23 .M28 2013Also available online - Click here
Unearthing Culturally Responsive Mathematics Teaching: the legacy of Gloria Jean Merriex by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA135.6 .B66 2011
Fiction/Picture Books
7 Ate 9: The Untold Story by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.L4478 Aam 2017
Billions of Bricks: a counting book about building by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ8.3.C997 Bil 2016
Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.1.D23 Cao 2017
I Know Numbers! by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA113 .G6613 2017
I See a Pattern Here by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) BF294 .G65 2015
Mathemagic!: number tricks by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QA95 .C598 2011
Money Math: Addition and Subtraction by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA115 .A3655 2017
Pigs Go to Market: fun with math and shopping by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7 .A96155 Pd 1997
T Is for a Time by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QB209.5 .S65 2015
That's a Possibility!: a book about what might happen by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA273.16 .G65 2013
When Sophie Thinks She Can't... by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.B2217 Wj 2018
Early Childhood
Creative resources for the early childhood classroom by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) LB1140.4 .H47 2009- What successful math teachers do, grades preK-5 : 47 research-based strategies for the standards-based classroom byCall Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QA13 .W345 2007
Primary Elementary (K-2)
Delightful decimals and perfect percents : games and activities that make math easy and fun by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QA141.35 .L66 2003
Measure It! by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA465 .H54 2017- New visions for linking literature and mathematics byCall Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QA135.6 .W49 2004
What in the World Is a Baker's Dozen? and Other Interesting Measurements by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA465 .B8978 2013
Upper Elementary (3-6)
- Making Math Learning Fun for Inner City School Students byCall Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) LC5129 .M355 2011
Math at the bank : place value and properties of operations by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA115 .M2274 2013- Teaching mathematics meaningfully : solutions for reaching struggling learners byCall Number: Cudahy Main Stacks QA13 .A44 2007
What successful math teachers do, grades preK-5 : 47 research-based strategies for the standards-based classroom by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QA13 .W345 2007
The Science Olympiad: proportions and ratios by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA117 .B779 2013
Middle School
Geometry Out Loud: learning mathematics through reading and writing activities by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA461 .M78 2006- Making Math Learning Fun for Inner City School Students byCall Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) LC5129 .M355 2011
Math doesn't suck : how to survive middle school math without losing your mind or breaking a nail by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QA13 .M319 2007- What successful math teachers do, grades 6-12 : 79 research-based strategies for the standards-based classroom byCall Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QA13 .P67 2006
- Teaching mathematics for the 21st century : methods and activities for grades 6-12 byCall Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA11.2 .H84 2004
Secondary Education
190 ready-to-use activities that make math fun! by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QA11.2 .W38 2003- Geometry Out Loud: learning mathematics through reading and writing activities by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA461 .M78 2006
The Manga Guide to Calculus by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QA300 .K57513 2009- The Manga Guide to Databases byCall Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QA76.9 .D3 T34 2009
The Manga Guide to Statistics by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QA276 .T228 2009- Teaching mathematics for the 21st century : methods and activities for grades 6-12 byCall Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA11.2 .H84 2004
- What successful math teachers do, grades 6-12 : 79 research-based strategies for the standards-based classroom byCall Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QA13 .P67 2006
STEM/STEAM Careers
Aerospace Engineer Aprille Ericsson by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) TL540.E633 W39 2015
Animation: from concept to consumer by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) NC1765 .G74 2015
Antarctic Researchers by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) G863 .M35 2016
Careers If You Like Science by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) Q147 .S65 2016
Computer Graphics: from concept to consumer by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) T385 .C8535 2014
Dream Jobs in Math by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA10.5 .H94 2017
Food Engineering: from concept to consumer by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) TP370.3 .B87 2016
Geotechnical Engineering and Earth's Materials and Processes by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) TA705 .S5384 2016
Ice Scientist: careers in the frozen Antarctic by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) Q149 .A6 L38 2009
Mars Science Lab Engineer Diana Trujillo by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) TA157.5 .C67 2016
Medical Illustrator by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) R836 .Y66 2014
Multimedia Artist and Animator by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) TR897.5 .L33 2017
Race Cars: science, technology, engineering by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) GV1029.13 .G74 2015
Recycling and Upcycling: science, technology, engineering by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) GE60 .O84 2016
Robotics: from concept to consumer by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) TJ211.2 .M358 2015
Space Exploration: science, technology, engineering by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) TL793 .M29 2015
STEM in Sports: Math by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA135.6 .B7683 2015
Television: from concept to consumer by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PN1992.57 .O74 2015
Unusual and Awesome Jobs Using Science: food taster, human lie detector, and more by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) Q147 .W417 2015
Wind, Solar, and Geothermal Power: from concept to consumer by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) TJ808.2 .O84 2016- Women in STEM CareersCall Number: EBL Patron Driven Collection
Culturally Responsive STEM Fiction and Non-Fiction
All the Water in the World by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) GB848 .L96 2011
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) TJ140 .K36 A3 20122013 Award Winner
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating currents of electricity and hope by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) TJ820 .K36 2009
Building on Nature: The Life of Antoni Gaudi by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) NA1313 .G3 R63 20092010 Award Winner: Primary Grade- Nonfiction
Carver: a life in poems by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PS3573 .A4795 C37 2001
City Dog, Country Frog by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7 .W65535 Cit 2010
Do You Really Want to Visit the Moon? by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QB582 .A328 2014
Dreaming Up: a celebration of building by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) NA2555 .H35 2012
Follow the Drinking Gourd by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7 .W7547 Fo 1988
Hank's Big Day: the story of a bug by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.K9490113 Han 2016
Heroes of the Environment: true stories of people who are helping to protect our planet by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) GE55 .R64 2009
How the Stars Fell into the Sky: a Navajo legend by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) E99 .N3 O88 1992
Little Kids First Big Book of Animals by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QL49 .H8475 2010
Look Up!: Henrietta Leavitt, pioneering woman astronomer by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QB36 .L43 B87 2013
Magnificent Minds: sixteen pioneering women in science and medicine by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) Q141 .N758 2015
The Mangrove Tree: planting trees to feed families by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) SD397 .M25 R68 2011
Mathematicians Are People, Too: stories from the lives of great mathematicians by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA 28 .R45 1990
Newton and Me by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QC25 .M394 2010
Ocean Counting by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QL122.2 .L38 2013
¡Olinguito, de la A a la Z!: Descubriendo el Bosque Nublado = Olinguito, from A to Z! : unveiling the cloud forest by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QL737.C26 D45 2016
Parrots over Puerto Rico by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QL696.P7 R68 2013
Pierre the Penguin by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QL696 .S473 M365 2010
Pop!: the invention of bubble gum by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) TX799 .M33 2010
Project Mulberry by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7 .P2213 Pr 2005
Remarkable Minds: seventeen more pioneering women in science and medicine by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) Q141 .N7585 2015
Stripes of All Types = Rayas de Todas Las Tallas by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QL767 .S76618 2014
Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back: a Native American year of moons by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PS3552 .R794 T47 1992
What Color Is My World?: the lost history of African-American inventors by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7 .A1589337 Wh 2012
Counting Books
- 1, 2, 3 Thanksgiving! byCall Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QA113 .N55 1991
Big Fat Hen by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ8.3 .B175 Bi 1994
Count Me In: a parade of Mexican folk art numbers in English and Spanish by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) QA113 .W443 2012
Count the Monkeys by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.B26615 Cp 2013
Counting Lions: portraits from the wild by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA113 .C6675 2015
Counting on Community by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA113 .N34 2015- ¿Cuántos? byCall Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA113 .C688 2013
Down in the Jungle 1,2,3: a rain forest counting book by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA113 .D5526 2016
How Many Bugs in a Box?: a pop-up counting book by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ 7 .C2429 Ho 1988
How Many Jelly Beans?: a giant book of giant numbers! by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QA141.3 .M46 2012- Ocean Counting by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) QL122.2 .L38 2013
One by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7 .O8777 On 2008
One Leaf, Two Leaves, Count with Me! by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ8.3.M571915 One 2017
One, Two, Three! by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ 8.3 .B7 On 1993
Ten Orange Pumpkins: a counting book by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ8.3.S2454 Te 2013
Ten Sly Piranhas: a counting story in reverse, (a tale of wickedness-- and worse!) by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Library (6th Floor) PZ7 .W778 Ten 1993
Two by Call Number: Lewis Library Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7.O8775 T86 2014
Zero by Call Number: Lewis Curriculum Collection (6th Floor) PZ7 .O8775 Z47 2010
