Piece = Part = Portion
by Scott Gifford
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Author: Scott GiffordBrand: Random House
Photographer: Shmuel Thaler
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-08-01
ISBN: 1582462615
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Tricycle Press
Book Reviews of Piece = Part = Portion
Book Review: Visual Teaching Tool
Summary: 4 Stars
Has pictures of "fractions" that kids are familiar with, such as 1/2 of a pair of shoes, 1/7 of a week, 1/3 of a traffic light.
It is laid out with the picture on the right hand page, and on the left hand page nice and big, the fraction on top (1/6), the words in the middle (of a six-pack), and on the bottom both the decimal (.166) and the percent (16.6%)
So here comes my question about this book... wouldn't you round the repeating .166666 up to .167 or put a line over the 6 to show it's repeating ? (I'm no math authority, but that's the way I understand it.) That's o.k., my son has fun finding "mistakes" and figuring out what it "should be," which is a teaching opportunity in itself.
I found this book more useful as reinforcement and review once I had already introduced my son to fractions, percents and decimals, and their relationship to each other. Otherwise, a kid may see the logical connection to 3/4 of a sandwich and the fraction, but be confused by the decimals and percents. Of course, that can be an opportunity to explain how they are related. :) But the explaining will be up to you... that's not covered in this book. It's more of a visual-aid teaching tool. I was a bit disappointed when I first got it at how simple it was, but It really is handy to have something like this to use.
Summary of Piece = Part = Portion
Just as hola and bonjour express "hello" in different ways, fractions, decimals, and percents describe the same quantities in different ways. While it may sound simple, this basic math concept often baffles children. The straightforward text and photographic examples from everyday life in PIECE=PART=PORTION are a terrific boon to elementary school math students everywhere.Math Books
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