Books with author Ruth Harbin Miles

This book is modeled after Jim Burke’s successful Common Core Companion Series. It is the second of two books (K 2, 3 5) in the series. The book will include a clear explanation of the mathematics within each domain, cluster, and standard and suggested grade level appropriate visual models and representations. It is a book for math teachers who may or may not be math specialists. As teachers plan and develop their curriculum, this book will help them determine important mathematics in a cluster and how that mathematics connects from one grade to the next as well as within a grade.

This book is modeled after Jim Burke’s successful Common Core Companion Series. It is the first of two books (K-2, 3-5) in the series. The book will include a clear explanation of the mathematics within each domain, cluster, and standard and suggested grade level appropriate visual models and representations. It is a book for math teachers who may or may not be math specialists. As teachers plan and develop their curriculum, this book will help them determine important mathematics in a cluster and how that mathematics connects from one grade to the next as well as within a grade.

The Rekenrek has emerged as an ideal tool to provide students with a strong understanding of early number concepts. Using the Rekenrek, the 48 engaging activities in this book help children master early skills such as counting, subitizing, decomposition of numbers, and more. Each lesson is correlated to current mathematical standards and includes step-by-step instructions, suggested assessment questions, and blackline masters. Grades K-1.

The number line is an excellent visual model for fraction ordering, to show equivalence, and to perform operations with fractions. The 30 engaging activities and games in this book help students in Grades 3-5 to visualize and develop fluency with fractions using number lines. Each game lists the relevant content and practice standards and can be played as a whole class, in small groups, in pairs, or individually. Teacher notes include detailed instructions for implementing the activity and follow-up questions for discussion and informal assessment. All blackline masters are included, as well as assessment pages to be used at the end of a unit.

Using the 40 fun, hands-on activities in this reproducible book, children will measure their footprints, teddy bears, and more with informal units such as paper clips and Unifix Cubes. These carefully designed activities will provide the foundation for measurement concepts so important in the early grades. Correlated to the standards, the activities can be used as small-group work or with the whole class. Assessments and extension ideas are included.

Research-based and classroom-tested, the 41 activities in this book develop the big ideas in measurement. As they work their way through these engaging activities, students explore length using rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tape; mass and volume using metric scales and liter cups; area and perimeter using color tiles and graph paper. Students tell and write time to the nearest minute using a.m. and p.m. and display measurement data in picture graphs, bar graphs, and line plots. Activities for each grade level include pre- and post-assessments as well as formative assessment built into each activity.