Math

Math is a content area teaches numbers and their relationship to the world.  There are many different concepts that are included in math. For math, I searched for books that would depict alternative methods for students to complete problems and questions. I feel like this is important because it allows students to find a method that is a best fit for them. Also, when choosing texts for students I want books that are appropriate for my students. The books have to be at their level so they can understand the text. For math texts, I would also want to make sure that the texts would appeal to the students in my class. When texts are appealing it makes them more interesting. This would especially be helpful for the students who struggle with math. In my classroom I would use math texts as an additional text to the textbook. 

Subtraction Action

Leedy, L. (2000). Subtraction action. New York, NY: Holiday House.

This book has a lexile level of GN440L. It would be a second grade independent reading level and it could be used between first and third grade for interest reading. The theme of this book is subtraction. Students get to explore subtraction as if it is in the form of a story problem. This book makes a connection to the student’s lives when it puts it in a story problem. Students will come across things like this in their lives and they will have to solve it on their own. There are some math vocabulary terms that the students would have to know in order to understand the text. Other than vocabulary, students would need little help in understanding the text.

On Beyond a Million

Schwartz, D.M., & Meisel, P. (1999). On beyond a million: An amazing math                                  journey. New York, NY: Random House.

This book has a lexile level of IG440L. It would be a second grade independent reading level and it could be used between first and third grade for interest reading. The theme of this book is numbers. This book helps students explore numbers that go above a million. In the lives of our students, they may have to work with numbers that go above a million. They will have to really understand how large these numbers are before they can really understand the concept. Students may have some trouble when it comes to actually understanding the topic. Students will really have to understand place value and have good number sense. The vocabulary in the text is fairly simple for the topic. I think that students would be able to get through this text with little support.