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In Times Past
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by Carol Hurst and Rebecca Otis

Integrating US History with Literature in Grades 3-8.

Enliven your US History curriculum!

Teach US History using great kids books.

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Picturing Math

by Carol Otis Hurst and Rebecca Otis. SRA/McGraw-Hill, 1996. Order through Amazon.com.

Table of Contents

Sample Chapters from this book are available on site. They appear as links in the list below.

Introduction................................vi

How This Book Is Organized.......................................vii

Section 1: Individual Books................................1

Who Sank the Boat? (Allen)...................................................................... 2
Amelia's Road (Altman).............................................................................. 3
Guess Who My Favorite Person Is (Baylor)......................................... 4
Daley B. (Blake)................................................................................................5
Beware of Boys (Blundell)...........................................................................6
The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale (Brett)............................................. 7
Town Mouse, Country Mouse (Brett)....................................................... 8
Benny's Pennies (Brisson).......................................................................... 9
The Picnic (Brown, Ruth)...........................................................................10
No Problem (Browne, Eileen)....................................................................11
The Mouse and the Apple (Butler)...........................................................12
The Tiny Seed (Carle)...................................................................................13
The Giant's Toe (Cole, Brock)...................................................................14
The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body (Cole, Joanna).......15
Miss Rumphius (Cooney)................................................................................16
So Many Cats! (de Regniers)........................................................................17
The Mouse Who Owned the Sun (Derby)..................................................18
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (Dr. Seuss)................................19
Eppie M. Says . . . (Dunrea)...........................................................................20
Shoes from Grandpa (Fox)..............................................................................21
Secret Forests (Gaffney).............................................................................. 22
Once Upon MacDonald's Farm (Gammell)................................................23
Cactus Hotel (Guiberson)..............................................................................24
Hungry Hyena (Hadithi)................................................................................ 25
Chickens Aren't the Only Ones (Heller).................................................26
Chester's Way (Henkes)................................................................................27
Julius, the Baby of the World (Henkes).................................................28
Evan's Corner (Hill)........................................................................................29
My Place in Space (Hirst)............................................................................30
A House Is a House for Me (Hoberman)...................................................31
Alfie Gets in First (Hughes)...................................................................... 32
The Doorbell Rang (Hutchins).....................................................................33
Yonder (Johnston)............................................................................................34
Reflections (Jonas).........................................................................................35
Jump, Frog, Jump! (Kalan)..............................................................................36
Fish Fry Tonight (Koller)...............................................................................37
Sitting in My Box (Lillegard)........................................................................38
When This Box Is Full (Lillie)......................................................................39
Frog and Toad Are Friends (Lobel)..............................................................40
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Martin & Archambault).............................41
The Salamander Room (Mazer).......................................................................42
The Jacket I Wear in the Snow (Neitzel)..................................................43
Mrs. Toggle's Zipper (Pulver).........................................................................44
Tar Beach (Ringgold).........................................................................................45
The Relatives Came (Rylant)..........................................................................46
Train Song (Siebert)...........................................................................................47
The Mud Flat Olympics (Stevenson).............................................................48
Rainbow Crow (Van Laan).................................................................................49
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday (Viorst)........................50
Tuesday (Wiesner)...............................................................................................51

Section 2: Picture Books & Math Concepts Chart..............53

Section 3: Math Concept Categories..................................67

Attributes & Classification..............................................................................68
Patterns.....................................................................................................................72
Problem Solving.....................................................................................................77
Numeration...............................................................................................................81
Geometry & Spatial Sense.................................................................................86
Measurement...........................................................................................................91
Time............................................................................................................................95
Money...........................................................................................................................99
Data Gathering & Analyzing..............................................................................102
Computation.............................................................................................................107
Perspective..............................................................................................................112
Fractions & Proportion........................................................................................115

Section 4: Annotated Bibliography.....................117

Appendices.........................................139

Appendix A: Counting Books..............................................................................140
Appendix B: Professional Resources.............................................................144
Index............................................................................................................................145

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