Everyday Math Resource

Everyday Math—Book Titles by Grade Level and Unit that fit the objectives

Prepared by the St. Paul School District ISD 625, and converted to a Word Program by Nancy Mambi, then moved to Sheridan's Website by David Nathan, Sheridan's Tech Person. (7/13/04)



  • Literature in Everyday Math – Grade 1
  • Literature in Everyday Math – Grade 2
  • Literature in Everyday Math – Grade 3
  • Literature in Everyday Math – Grade 4
  • Literature in Everyday Math – Grade 5
  • Literature in Everyday Math – Grade 6

    • Literature in Everyday Math – Grade 1
    Unit 1
    Unit 2
    Unit 3
    Unit 4—How Big is a Foot by Rolf Myller
            Jack and the Beanstalk
            Anno's Counting House by Mitsumasa Anno
    Unit 5
    Unit 6
    Unit 7
    Unit 8
    Unit 9—Fraction Action by Loreen Leedy
    Unit 10—Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert

     

    Literature in Everyday Math – Grade 2
    Unit 1
    Unit 2—Fish Eyes: A Book you Can Count on
            Two of Everything: A Chinese Folktale
            Twelve Ways to Get Eleven
    Unit 3—26 Letters and 99 Cents by Tana Hoban
    Unit 4—A Cloak for the Dreamer by Aileen Friedman
    Unit 5—Grandfather Tang's Story by Ann Tompert
            Pyramid by David Macauley
            Lao Lao of Dragon Mountain by Margaret Bateson-Hill
    Unit 6—One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor Pinczes
            A Remainder of One by Elinor Pinczes
    Unit 7—A Cloak for the Dreamer by Aileen Friedman
    Unit 8—Only One by Marc Harshman
    Unit 9—How Big is a Foot by Rolf Myller
            Counting on Frank by Rod Clement
            Twelve Snails to One Lizard: A Tale of Mischief & Measurement by Susan Hightower
            Pigs in the Pantry: Fun with Math & Cooking by Amy Axelrod
    Unit 10—26 Letters and 99 Cents by Tana Hoban
            Pigs will be Pigs: Fun with Math & Money by Amy Axelrod
            Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
    Unit 11—A Remainder of One by Elinor Pinczes
            Sea Squares by Joy Hulme
    Unit 12—The Tortoise and the Hare

     

    Literature in Everyday Math – Grade 3
    Unit 1—Twelve Ways to Get Eleven by Eve Merriam
            26 Letters and 99 Cents by Tana Hoban
    Unit 2
    Unit 3—How Big is a Foot by Rolf Myllar
            Counting on Frank by Rod Clement
    A Cloak for the Dreamer by Aileen Friedman
            The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky
    Unit 4—Each Orange had Eight Slices: A Counting Book by Paul Giganti
            Sea Squares by Joy Hulme
            One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor Pinczes
            A Remainder of One by Elinor Pinczes
    Unit 5
    Unit 6
    Unit 7—Sea Squares by Joy Hulme
    Unit 8—Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
    Unit 9—Anno's Magic Seeds by Mitsumasa Anno
    Unit 10—Who Sand the Boat
    Unit 11—The I Hate Mathematics Book by Marilyn Burns

     

    Literature in Everyday Math – Grade 4

    Unit 1—Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
            The Art of Shapes for Children & Adults by Margaret Steele
            Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban
            The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns
            Ed Emberley's Picture Pie: A Circle Drawing Book by Ed Emberley
    Unit 2—Twelve Ways to Get Eleven
            How Much is a Million by David Schwartz
            If You Made a Million by David Schwartz
    Unit 3—Each Orange Had Eight Slices: A counting Book by Paul Giganti
            Sea Squares by Joy Hulme
            Anno's Hat Tricks by Akihiro Nozaki
    Unit 4—  Kids are Punny: Jokes Sent by Kids to the Rosie O'Donnell Show (Warner)
            The Top Ten of Everything 2000, ed. R. Ash
            Scholastic Kid's Almanac for the 21st Century, ed E. Pascoe
    Unit 5—In the Next Three Seconds by Rowland Morgan
            How Much is a Million by David Schwartz
            If You Made a Million by David Schwartz
    Unit 6—A Remainder of One by Elinor Pinczes
    Unit 7—Gator Pie by Louise Mathews
            Eating Fractions by Bruce McMillan
            Ed Emberley's Picture Pie: A Circle Drawing Book by Ed Emberley
            Only One by Marc Harshman
            Grandfather Tang's Story by Ann Tompert
            Do You Wanna Bet: Your Chance to Find Out about Probability By Jean Cushman    
    Unit 8
    Unit 9—Gator Pie by Louise Mathews
            Eating Fractions by Bruce McMillan
            Inside the Amazing Amazon by Don Lessem
            The Brazilian Rain Forest by Alexandra Siy
            Rain Forest by Barbara Taylor
            Incredible Comparisons by Russell Ash
    Unit 10—The Mirror Puzzle Book by Marion Walter        
    Reflections by Ann Jonas
    Round Trip by Ann Jonas
    Shadows and Reflections by Tana Hoban
    Monster Money Book by Loreen Leedy
    How the Second Grade Got $8205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty
            By Nathan Zimelman        
    Unit 11—Is A Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There is by Robert Wells
            What's Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew by Robert Wells
            The King's Chessboard by Daivd Birch
            One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale by Demi
            The Token Gift by Hugh McKibbon
            A Grain of Rice by Helena Pittman
    Unit 12—Each Orange Had Eight Slices: A Counting Book by Paul Giganti
            In the Next Three Seconds by Rowland Morgan
            Zillions Magazine
            Count Your Way Through…(Series) by Jim Haskins

     

    Literature in Everyday Math – Grade 5
    Unit 1—Arithmetic by Carl Sandburg
    Unit 2—Counting on Frank by Rod Clement
            How Much is a Million by David Schwartz
    Unit 3—The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns
            A Cloak for the Dreamer by Aileen Friedman
            Grandfather Tang's Story by Ann Tompert
    Unit 4
    Unit 5
    Unit 6
    Unit 7—The King's Chessboard by David Birch
    Unit 8
    Unit 9—The Fly on the Ceiling by Dr. Julie Glass        
            Spaghetti & Meatballs for All by Marilyn Burns
            Mr. Archimedes' Bath by Pamela Allen
    Unit 10—The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky
    Unit 11—Flatland by Edwin Abbott
            The Boy Who Reversed Himself by William Sleator
            Who Sank the Boat by Pamela Allen
    Unit 12—Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg

     

    Literature in Everyday Math – Grade 6
    Unit 1—Math Talk: Mathematical Ideas in Poem for Two Voices by Theoni Pappas
            How to Lie with Statistics by Dorrell Huff
    Unit 2—How Much is a Million by David Schwartz
            Math Talk by Theoni Pappas
    Unit 3—Math Talk by Theoni Pappas
    Unit 4—Math Talk by Theoni Pappas
            Ecology for Every Kid: Easy Activities that Make Learning Science Fun
                    By Janice Pratt Van Cleave
            Ecology Crafts for Kids: 50 Ways to Make Friends with Planet Earth
                    By Bobbie Needham
            Likeable Recyclables: Creative Ideas for Reusing Bags, Boxes, Cans & Cartons
                    By Linda Schwartz
    Unit 5—Anno's Hat Tricks by Akihiro Nozake
            Math Talk by Theoni Pappas
    Unit 6
    Unit 7—Do You Wanna Bet by Jean Cushman
    Unit 8—Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
            World Almanac for Kids        
            Math Talk by Theoni Pappas
    Unit 9—G is for Googol by David Schwartz
            Sir Cumference & the First Round Table by C. Neuschwander & Greeham
    Unit 10—Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat by Theone Pappas
            Every Number is Special by Henry Boyd
            Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections by Stephen Biesty        
            Stephen Biesty's Incredible Explosions by Stephen Biesty
            Teaching Tessellating Art by Jill Britton
            Math Talk by Theoni Pappas