It's about Time!

by Stuart J Murphy (Author) John Speirs (Illustrator)

Help kids with their math skills plus their reading skills with the engaging and fun MathStart series!

It's About Time! is perfect for teaching the concept of hours and time telling to pre-K through kindergarteners. A twenty-four-hour day is full of great things to do! And things kids do every day are depicted in this book to make this an easy introduction to the skill of telling time.

Kids will love the story and the funny illustrations by John Speirs. Parents and other educators will love how the story and pictures make understanding comparisons a breeze--as well as the concrete examples of how math works! The book contains activities for adults to do with kids to extend math into their own lives! Math = Fun!

MathStart is an award-winning series by Stuart J. Murphy that teaches math through stories and visual models. Young readers find the stories very engaging and relatable, because each story revolves around practical applications of the math concept being presented and features lively art from top-notch illustrators. Charts and other visual representations help children understand how the math works and promote deeper comprehension. This unique combination of stories, illustrations, and visual models helps teachers and parents in the teaching of math and provides all children with the opportunity to succeed.

The 63-book series is divided into three levels with 21 books in each. The math concepts taught in MathStart books conform to state and national standards. Level 1 is Pre-K-Kindergarten; Level 2 is Grades 1-3; Level 3 is Grades 2-4. The series follows math topics across grades so there is a foundational path to learning that runs through the levels.

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School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 3 -In "Time", a simple text and colorful cartoon artwork show a child as he goes through a typical day, with activities listed for each hour. Times are presented on both a digital and round-faced clock. Unfortunately, the digital numbers are in yellow on a purple background, making them hard to read. Also, although the narrative mentions -time to learn - or -quiet time, - the exact hour (e.g., five o'clock) is never written out in the text. Claire Llewellyn's "My First Book of Time" (DK, 1992) and Eve Merriam's "Train Leaves the Station" (Holt, 1994) are better choices on this topic. "More or Less" uses a carnival game to demonstrate comparing numbers. During a school picnic, Eddie, a math whiz, guesses people's ages by asking them if they are older or younger than a certain number. If it takes him more than six questions, he gets dunked. He is fairly successful until the principal steps up. This engaging tale, illustrated with lighthearted watercolors, will inspire children to re-create Eddie's game and might lead to a new interest in math. In the third book, Polly has an e-mail pen pal in Montreal. As Ally uses metrics to discuss height, weight, and distances, Polly learns what they mean. No comparisons to English measurements are made but the metric measurements are likened to common objects that kids will recognize. This title features colorful but simplistic computer-generated cartoons." -Erlene Bishop Killeen, Fox Prairie Elementary School, Stoughton, WI" Copyright 2005 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780060557690
Lexile Measure
680
Guided Reading Level
10
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication date
March 20, 2005
Series
Mathstart: Level 1 (HarperCollins Paperback)
BISAC categories
JUV015010 - Juvenile Fiction | Health & Daily Living | Daily Activities
JUV043000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Beginner
JUV009070 - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | Date & Time
Library of Congress categories
Night
Day
Time

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