Gary's Blooming Business

Decimals

Part of Math Matters

Illustrated by Vanessa Gutiérrez
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On sale Dec 05, 2023 | 32 Pages | 9781662670350

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Discover Math Matters! With 15 million books sold worldwide, this award-winning series of easy-to-read books will help young readers ages 5–8 approach math with enthusiasm. Great for fans of MathStart or Step into Reading Math.

Gary wants a new soccer ball but doesn’t have enough money. With the help of his mom and her garden, he hatches a business idea to sell her flowers in the neighborhood. The catch? He has to help his mom buy supplies and pay for her labor of growing the flowers. Dollars and cents add up quickly as Gary’s mom shows him how to calculate his business costs! As Gary quickly learns, counting change becomes a challenge when one wrong decimal can change $1 into $10! (Math topic: decimals)

With engaging stories that connect math to kids’ everyday lives, each book in the Teachers’ Choice Award–winning Math Matters series focuses on a single concept and reinforces math vocabulary and skills. Bonus activities in the back of each book feature math and reading comprehension questions, and even more free activities online add to the fun!
Katie Sharp is a writer and editor. She has written many fiction and nonfiction books, including Worms Eat Our Garbage, The History of Guitars, A Dictionary of Space, Silvia Hops Home, and Carlos Goes Camping. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri. View titles by Katie Sharp
Vanessa Gutierrez is a digital artist and children's book illustrator for several titles, including No Means No and Best Buddies. She is also an educational illustrator for Lexercise and designs characters for multilingual educational videos. Vanessa studied graphic design at Zulia University in Maracaibo, Venezuela. She lives in Lima, Peru. View titles by Vanessa Gutiérrez

Classroom Activities for Gary's Blooming Business

Classroom activities supplement discussion and traditional lessons with group projects and creative tasks. Can be used in pre-existing units and lessons, or as stand-alone.

(Please note: the guide displayed here is the most recently uploaded version; while unlikely, any page citation discrepancies between the guide and book is likely due to pagination differences between a book’s different formats.)

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Discover Math Matters! With 15 million books sold worldwide, this award-winning series of easy-to-read books will help young readers ages 5–8 approach math with enthusiasm. Great for fans of MathStart or Step into Reading Math.

Gary wants a new soccer ball but doesn’t have enough money. With the help of his mom and her garden, he hatches a business idea to sell her flowers in the neighborhood. The catch? He has to help his mom buy supplies and pay for her labor of growing the flowers. Dollars and cents add up quickly as Gary’s mom shows him how to calculate his business costs! As Gary quickly learns, counting change becomes a challenge when one wrong decimal can change $1 into $10! (Math topic: decimals)

With engaging stories that connect math to kids’ everyday lives, each book in the Teachers’ Choice Award–winning Math Matters series focuses on a single concept and reinforces math vocabulary and skills. Bonus activities in the back of each book feature math and reading comprehension questions, and even more free activities online add to the fun!

Author

Katie Sharp is a writer and editor. She has written many fiction and nonfiction books, including Worms Eat Our Garbage, The History of Guitars, A Dictionary of Space, Silvia Hops Home, and Carlos Goes Camping. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri. View titles by Katie Sharp
Vanessa Gutierrez is a digital artist and children's book illustrator for several titles, including No Means No and Best Buddies. She is also an educational illustrator for Lexercise and designs characters for multilingual educational videos. Vanessa studied graphic design at Zulia University in Maracaibo, Venezuela. She lives in Lima, Peru. View titles by Vanessa Gutiérrez

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Classroom Activities for Gary's Blooming Business

Classroom activities supplement discussion and traditional lessons with group projects and creative tasks. Can be used in pre-existing units and lessons, or as stand-alone.

(Please note: the guide displayed here is the most recently uploaded version; while unlikely, any page citation discrepancies between the guide and book is likely due to pagination differences between a book’s different formats.)

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