We’ve got some exciting news! We’ve been working with our publisher partner, Teacher Created Materials, to introduce a new series, Mathematics in the Real World.
This captivating series explores a variety of high interest topics such as art and culture, creative innovations, and animals to teach math concepts in meaningful ways. Titles are designed to introduce a variety of topics including algebraic thinking, early elementary math, geometry, measurement and data and problem solving. Readers of all ages will be able to build literacy and math skills with these great books! Below are a few titles already available on Fathom:
Learn how perimeter and area help to make amusement parks some of the most thrilling and exciting places around. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn perimeter and area, and build their STEM skills.
Diwali is a holiday known as India’s “festival of lights.” It gets its name from the lamps and candles that people light. Diwali is a time to give thanks. Read about this important holiday as you learn addition and subtraction! This nonfiction math book combines math and reading skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject-area content. The dynamic images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning arithmetic easy and fun.
Students will practice multiplying fractions while reading about symbiotic animal pairs. This book seamlessly integrates the teaching of math and reading, and uses real-world examples to teach math skills like multiplying fractions. The challenging practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they’ve learned to their daily lives. Text features include captions, a glossary, an index, and a table of contents to increase students’ vocabulary and literacy skills and their interaction with the text.
Students will learn all about geometric shapes while engaged in reading about Greek Gods and Goddesses, mythology, and the constellations. This book uses real-world examples to teach math concepts, and incorporates nonfiction reading to increase vocabulary and comprehension skills. The practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they’ve learned to their daily lives. Essential text features like a glossary, index, and table of contents will increase students’ interest level and their interaction with the text.
To see more titles from the Mathematics in the Real World series, take a look at our eBook library! If you do not have a Fathom Reads account yet, take advantage of our free trials to see all that we have to offer.