Math Links: Teaching the NCTM 2000 Standards Through Children's Literature

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For everyone who loved the best-selling and critically acclaimed Math Through Children's Literature, Math Links gives you more teaching strategies, updated to reflect the NCTM 2000 standards, with specific strategies for dealing with students with special needs. Each of the more than 40 math lessons complements a picture book and introduces activities using calculators, manipulatives, computers, games, projects, performances, and problem-solving challenges. The direct instruction and discovery strategies are supported by assessment recommendations, extension activities, and software and literary resource lists. Activity adaptations taking into consideration learning differences and disabilities offer further flexibility for teaching and learning. Grades K-6.

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CAROLINE W. EVANS is a teacher at Estes Park Elementary School, Estes Park, Colorado. She has written for various educational publications. ANNE J. LEIJA is a teacher at Estes Park Elementary School, Estes Park, Colorado. TRINA R. FALKNER is a teacher, Temecula Valley Unified School District, California.