Added by: cumartesileri | Karma: 114.83 | Fiction literature | 26 June 2007
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Computer Fun Math
By Lisa Trumbauer
Grade 3-5-These interactive activity books have brightly colored pages and lively text and illustrations that will appeal to youngsters. Math includes activities to create simple graphs and charts, make and use measuring tools, understand fractions, and design games. Science teaches students to collect and record data, track the weather, identify parts of an insect, and set up simple experiments. Each book starts with computer basics such as becoming familiar with the keyboard, monitor, and mouse but there are no diagrams or pictures of computer screens illustrating the functions described. Pages have numbered, step-by-step directions
enclosed in colored boxes that are sometimes difficult to read. The books are written in an informal style, with chatty remarks such as "duh-you knew that!" or "...old news, right?" While the subject matter is very elementary, the "how to" directions for following the computer activities require a more sophisticated
reading level. Most children won't have the skill or patience to read all of the directions on their own.
Kristina Aaronson, Bethel Elementary School Library, VT Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Card catalog description
Explains how to use a personal computer to complete activities that explore math, reading, geography, and science. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Lynette Long, «Wacky Word Problems: Games and Activities That Make Math
Easy and Fun (Magical Math)»
Grade 3-6–This volume includes specific directions and activities to construct pictographs, bar graphs, pie charts, and line graphs, and to compile statistics. Materials needed, step-by-step directions, and at least one illustration accompany each activity. The black-and-white drawings and graphs are appealing and easy to read. While these activities are solid, the focus here is on play, not on thinking about when to use certain types of graphs or what the gathered information indicates. Similarly, the computation of statistics is encouraged but
London Directions is full of ideas for stopovers and flying visits to London and richly illustrated with hundreds of specially commissioned photos. There's a full-colour introductory "Ideas" section full of inspired suggestions for visitors. Flip to the practical "Places" section split into 24 chapters and explore the city, district by district, covering central London and the less obvious areas Every sight, restaurant, bar and shop is located on user-friendly maps. The handy basics section covers everything from arrival and city transport to listings of cinemas and theatre venues.
Вдогонку ко вчерашней ступени Streamline под кодовым названием Directions, выкладываем учебник для учителей. Главное его отличие от студенческой версии, что после каждой страницы вы найдете дополнительные материалы с рекомендациями по подаче материала, рекомендуемые методики и дополнительные упражнения.
