| Title | : | Tyrannosaurus Math |
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| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1582462828 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781582462820 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 |
| Publication | : | First published August 11, 2009 |
Tyrannosaurus Math Reviews
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T-Math counts and figures everything he sees, from the moment he's hatched when he starts counting his siblings to how a yummy herd of dinos can be apportioned so that he and his sibs all get to eat an equal amount, with much in between. His Mama Rex is always appreciative and though his siblings don't care much at first for his figuring, at one point his math skills save the day and they all have a new appreciation for how handy math can be.
My daughter is loving this book. Wonderful little story and cute pictures illustrate different math concepts (with an explanation page for parents at the end of the book.) Covers addition, subtraction, multiplication, basic fractions, estimation, measuring, and more. Uses the real names of the different kinds of dinos (with a pronunciation guide in the front of the book.) She's read it 6 times and doesn't want to return it to the library, so this is a must-purchase for our home library. -
A tyrannosaurus, T-Math, goes through his life and solves math problems. The pictures are bright and fun and the story is compelling and fun. The ending is wonderfully satisfying.
A bit:
“When a meteorite sped toward the earth, he asked himself, ‘sphere or cube?’ before dashing to safety.
And when a volcano launched colorful rocks onto the plain, he arranged them in rows to count them swiftly before lava caught up to him.”
Children’s thoughts:
The large group of first graders and kindergarteners who previewed this book loved it. The illustrations were a big plus for kids who looked at this book. They all said they loved math, so they thought they would like this book. One boy said that he liked how you could read and learn math at the same time. -
Really, really like this one for elementary math. Markel has worked so many math concepts into one little picture book, from grouping, estimating, and fractions to inverse operations, symmetry, and using graphs to organize data. And the amazing thing to me is how they actually seem to fit with the story, not forced or stilted at all. Outstanding!
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He liked the fact that it starred a T-Rex and had counting in it.
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This book introduces all types of math problems. Anywhere from starting with number sentences to addition and subtraction to arrays. Tyrannosaurus Math came out of his shell doing math, literally. The first thing he added was his fingers and toes. He didn’t stop there. T-Math did math for everything. He would calculate how much meat he has eaten or compare how many dragonflies him and his brother ate. He even double checked the math to make sure he was right by using inverse operations. All of his siblings thought he was a show off when it came to his math skills. One day his siblings would see the use of T-Math’s killer math skills and they did! When it came time to save his sister, T-Math froze but then thought and acted fast. His siblings agreed that maybe they should learn some math skills from their brother.
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Fun read following a tyrannosaurus who likes to do math.
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Love this book teaching math concepts and counting. Fabulous book and great illustrations. For the dinosaur lover.
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The story is about a young tyrannosaurus whom is born already talking about math. The tyrannosaurus grows to do harder and harder math, including number sentences and counting to ten. Along with growing in math he was also growing into an adult.
The audience for this book would be mostly boys, or any student who likes dinosaurs. Also, this would be for a math class of younger children, mostly an adding lesson.
I would use this book to show how just like the kids in my class, the dinosaur is getting bigger and better at math, and they can do that too.
The appeal for this book is the fact that it's about a dinosaur instead of a kid. Kids like to hear stories about animals, and they are more open to an idea if an animal can do it.
Markel, Michelle, and Doug Cushman. Tyrannosaurus math. Berkeley, Calif.: Tricycle Press, 2009. Print. -
Although this book doesn’t concentrate on one specific area of math (or even one grade level of math), it could still be used as a read aloud at the beginning of the year as an introduction to the years math agenda. If left out in the classroom library, I could see some students referring to the book and making connections from the math that Tyrannosaurs Math does in the book to the new types of math they are learning in the classroom. Either way, combining dinosaurs and math is a surefire way to engage and gain interest from many of the young dinosaur enthusiasts in your classroom and definitely something different in math class that won’t be covered by the textbook!
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What a great math book FILLED with tons of lessons. I like that this book can be used for a few grade levels when reviewing math concepts. It covers number sentences, counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's, addition, subtraction, multiplication, estimation, division, shapes, pictographs, and more.It presents strategies on how to solve problems and shows amazing real life, in dinosaur land, examples of word problems. What an awesome book for review!
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This is a fun story about dinosaurs (which most kids love) and math (which many do not). It's a fun romp through many different math concepts, which are easily explained and depicted. And it's a great way to show that math can be easy and fun. We really enjoyed reading this story together and we've read this one a couple of times.
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This book gives different tastes of all levels of basic math to my students. It covers addition, subtraction, division, fractions, multiplications, skip counting, ordering and comparing whole numbers, organizing data with graphs and so on. I would like to skip pages around rather than read all stories at once.
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This was a fun read that will certainly hold some interest for the dinosaur-loving crowd, but as far as informational picture books go, I wasn't impressed. The scope was entirely to broad to really teach kids anything (except maybe that math can be fun and practical).
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Very clever way of introducing math concepts to children using a family of T-Rexes with one particularly precocious young son. Great for teachers to read aloud. Pictures enhance the text. Front matter and back matter help with dinosaur pronunciation and math glossary terms respectively.
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I liked this more than I thought I would! Markel shows all kinds of math, from the basics of addition and multiplication, to using picture graphs, estimating, and fractions. And the little word plays are a nice addition.
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I love this book! It follows a tyrannosaurus who from the moment he comes out of his shell is doing math! His math skills increase in difficulty as he gets older. Each part of his day becomes a math problem. After the story there is a section that discusses all of the math skills presented.
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This humor dino book is appropriate from grades 1-4th! it encompasses math from simple addition and subtraction to multiplication and fractions. The characters keep the children interested, because who doesn't love a number crunching dino?
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good for math lessons:
adding
sutracting
counting by two, fives, tens
multiplication
shapes
sorting
proportions
length
estimating
symbolism
also, the book is good for phonemic awareness, at the beginning where it gives the pronounciations based on how they sound. -
This would be a GREAT review book to have on any elementary grade shelf. It covers all the bases. Addition, subtraction, skip counting, word problems, and I could go on and on. I probably wouldn't use it to introduce any specific unit but really fun for review.
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This book touches on a lot of math skills. It starts out easy with easy addition and skip counting then gets into the other higher level math skills such as arrays, division, fractions and estimation. Use to teach estimation. That seemed to be a reoccurring skill throughout the story.
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T-math spends his days solving math problems from the day he hatches. He's siblings don't get it. Until one day he saves his sister using math and from that day forward they all love math.
It was a pretty cute book and would be great for kindergartners starting out with counting and addition. -
I like when the text in a picture book can stand alone and then how the illustrations work to take the text to a higher level. Fun book.
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Give to OSU students looking for math picture books
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Fun math book--designed for kids a little older than kindergarten I think.
