From The Wing on a Flea to If the World Were a Village, the curiosities of nonfiction children s books invigorate math lessons through this innovative series. Ideal for using students natural quest for knowledge as the basis for mathematical investigations, each lesson features an overview materials required, and a vignette of how the lesson transpired in a real classroom. Books include authentic student work, reproducibles, and a special introduction by Marilyn Burns. Math and Nonfiction, Grades 6-8 offers lessons that inspire students to collect and analyze data, use proportional reasoning, and explore probability, relationships between two-and three-dimensional objects, pi, and more. Each lesson includes an overview of the nonfiction title; a discussion of the lesson s mathematical focus; and a detailed narrative description of how the activity unfolds.
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Jennifer M. Bay-Williams is an Assistant Professor at Kansas State University, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses that support standards-based instruction. A former middle and high school teacher, she is currently the editor of the "Spotlight on the Principles" department of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics journal Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School.Sherri Martinie earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from University of Kansas and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Kansas State University. Sherri is licensed to teach grades K-12 and has been a classroom teacher for sixteen years. She taught in the elementary grades for seven years, middle grades for four years, and high school for five years. In 2003, Sherri earned a National Board Certificate in early adolescent mathematics. She has presented at numerous conferences and has published many articles. Sherri served as president of the Kansas Association of Teacher of Mathematics in 2004 and as past-president for the following two years. Teaching students and sharing ideas with other teachers is a life-long passion for her.
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