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Teaching Mathematics with Children's Literature

These bibliographies, developed by Dr. Denisse Thompson, address each of the five strands and contain ideas for using books to teach mathematics. For each book, a complete bibliographic citation is provided along with a summary.

Strand A: Number and Operations, 29 resources cited
Strand B: Measurement, 28 resources cited
Strand C: Geometry and Spatial Sense, 26 resources cited
Strand D: Algebraic thinking, 24 resources cited
Strand E: Data Analysis and Probability, 4 resources cited

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