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Related Activities to Try at Home

Math and Literature Here are some suggestions of children's books that contain relevant ideas about geometry. Read them together and name the shapes you find.

Blackstone, Sheila. Ship Shapes.

MacDonald, Suse. Shape by Shape.

Micklethwait, Lucy. I Spy Shapes in Art.

Onyefulu, Ifeoma. Triangle for Adaora: An African Book of Shapes.

Thong, Roseanne. Round is a Mooncake: A Book of Shapes.

Walsh, Ellen Stoll. Mouse Shapes.


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Table of Contents

Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and SpaceĀ®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Building Numbers and Solving Story Problems Unit 2 Comparing and Combining Shapes Unit 3 How Many of Each? How Many in All? Unit 4 Fish Lengths and Fraction Rugs Unit 5 Number Games and Crayon Problems Unit 6 Would You Rather Be an Eagle or a Whale? Unit 7 How Many Tens? How Many Ones? Unit 8 Blocks and Buildings