On the Job: Landscape Architects: Perimeter

by Wendy Conklin

Overview

Students will learn how to measure perimeter while engaged in reading about a day in the life of a landscape architect! This full-color book uses real-world examples to teach math concepts, and incorporates nonfiction reading to increase vocabulary and comprehension skills. The challenging practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they've learned to their daily lives. Essential text features like a glossary, index, and table of contents will increase students' interest level and their interaction with the text. "Math Talk" poses problems for further thinking, requiring students to use their higher-order thinking skills. Teaching math and reading has never been so seamlessly integrated-or so easy!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781480758094
Publisher:	Teacher Created
Publication date:	06/01/2017
Series:	Mathematics in the Real World
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years

About the Author

Wendy Conklin, M.A. Ed., is an award-winning author, editor, educational consultant, and teacher. She trains teachers in staff development workshops across the country, writes curriculum, and teaches diverse groups of children.

Table of Contents

Landscape Architects 4

Getting Started 6

Working Hard with Hardscape 12

A Natural Look 20

Being an "Outsider" 27

Problem Solving 28

Glossary 30

Index 31

Answer Key 32