2007–2008 Editorial Calendar Highlights
September
Sample article: The first edition of our award-winning “Numbers in the News” feature reveals how to turn word problems into number sentences. Other skills in this issue:
• Where we find numbers
• Place value
• Calendar math
October
• Sample article: Have your students been bullied? Our double-bar graph will let them know they’re not alone. A sidebar offers advice for what to do if you’re bullied. Other skills in this issue:
• Whole number x
• Making a chart
• Estimate or exact
November/December
• Sample article: Mall math madness! Students answer too much information problems to figure out our total bills at made-up mall stores. Other skills in this issue:
• Divisibility tests
• Multiplication/division facts
• Choose correct operation
January
• Sample article: In this month’s installment of “Math on the Job,” a meteorologist shows how averages are used to tally snowfall totals! Other skills in this issue:
• Fraction conceptualization
• Prime and composite
• Finding a pattern
February
• Sample article: A read-aloud play spoofs TV’s popular Hannah Montana and teaches the secrets of equivalent fractions and decimals. Other skills in this issue:
• Make a double-line graph
• Naming angles
• Working backward
March
• Sample article: Backstage at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, a producer explains how she works with elapsed time to keep the show on schedule. Other skills in this issue:
• Fraction +, -
• Area and perimeter
• Decimal +, –
April
• Sample article: Use logical reasoning to match real, strange-looking endangered species with their home country or region. Other skills in this issue:
• Volume of a solid
• Fraction of a set
• Congruent shapes
May
• Sample article: Score gymnasts at the Summer Olympic Games by adding and multiplying with decimals. Other skills in this issue:
• End-of-year review
• Probability
• Integers
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