Greater Estimations
Eye training. Clump counting. Box and count. Bruce Goldstone offers strategies and examples of how to estimate in this numerically challenging follow-up to Great Estimations (Henry Holt, 2006). As in his original volume on how to strategically guess at the number of objects in a group, Goldstone uses eye-catching photographs of items to be estimated, from the number of rubber ducks in arrangements growing larger on successive pages to the number of seeds on a dandelion, and much more. He also includes estimation exercises on how to figure height, weight, size, and volume. Each page’s puzzler includes a hint on the strategy to use in a book that offers skill-building and opportunities for practice that can be easily extended beyond the page. ©2008 Cooperative Children's Book Center
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-11
Age Range:
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Grades 6-8 (Ages 11-13)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Math (Concept)
Math and Mathematicians
Publisher:
Henry Holt
Publish Year: 2008
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9780805083156
CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 519 Goldstone