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MathStart Series

Polly's Pen Pal (Metrics): MathStart Level 3 (Paperback)

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R0130-51C
MPN:
9780060531706
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Type:
Paperback
Dimensions:
10.2 x 0.2 x 8.5 inches
Age:
7-10 years
Grade Level:
2-4
Series:
MathStart 3
Pages:
40
ISBN:
978-0060531706
Author:
Stuart J. Murphy
  • Polly's Pen Pal (Metrics): MathStart Level 3 (Paperback)
  • Polly's Pen Pal (Metrics): MathStart Level 3 (Paperback)
  • Polly's Pen Pal (Metrics): MathStart Level 3 (Paperback)
  • Polly's Pen Pal (Metrics): MathStart Level 3 (Paperback)
  • Polly's Pen Pal (Metrics): MathStart Level 3 (Paperback)
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Polly's new pen-pal, Ally, lives in Montreal, Canada, where they use the metric system. Polly and Ally have lots in common: They both have cats, like the color purple, and are just about the same size and weight. But when Ally writes that she is 125 centimeters tall, Polly needs to ask her Dad for help to figure out how tall that really is. Dad uses a baseball bat about 1 meter—100 centimeters—long as a reference, and shows Polly that one centimeter is about the width of his little finger. Dad helps Polly figure out grams and kilograms, and meters and kilometers, also by using every day references she can relate to. 

The use of rough equivalents in terms of familiar objects and distances helps kids become familiar and comfortable with the metric system.

 

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Stuart J. Murphy is a Boston-based author and visual learning strategist. He is the author of the award-winning MathStartseries, which includes a total of 63 children’s books that present mathematical concepts in the context of stories for Pre-K through Grade 4. He is also the author of Stuart J. Murphy’s I SEE I LEARN, a 16-book series of storybooks for children in Pre-K, Kindergarten, and Grade 1 that focus on social, emotional, health and safety, and cognitive skills. Stuart is on the authorship team of a number of mathematics programs published by Savvas Learning, formerly Pearson Education, and a frequent presenter at educational conferences. Most of all, Stuart is an advocate of helping our children develop their visual learning skills so they become more successful students.

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