Counting Around Town

For learners to succeed in their study of mathematics, they need to understand math concepts fully, including how they connect to their world. When they realize these connections, real-life occurrences become opportunities for reinforcement. In this motivating and inviting series, familiar places are settings in which readers can practice their counting skills. Accessible text is crafted to be achievable and encouraging for emerging readers, while colorful photographs provide visual clues. Text and images combine to help learners hone not only their number sense but also their reading fluency.

• High-interest settings chosen to attract young readers
• Elementary math standards require students be able to read and count numerals to 20
• Photographs and text have one-to-one correspondence to aid readers in finding a total number of objects