This Focused Mathematics Booster Pack is the perfect companion to Focused Mathematics Intervention. Extend your intervention instruction with high-interest math readers and student-friendly activities that promote problem solving and mathematical discourse through real-world connections. The flexible instructional format can be used with independent centers, small groups, and whole-class instruction. The multi-modal activities accommodate different learning styles and provide hours of math practice per book, and the titles have been specifically selected to capture a wide range of student interests across the content areas. Give your math intervention program a "boost" with this essential booster pack!
Fiction and nonfiction books were carefully chosen to include a range of grade-appropriate reading levels and to support grade-level mathematics standards, with emphasis on each grade level’s Critical Areas of Focus. Each high-interest text features appropriately leveled content and real-world mathematics connections.
ShapesLevel: $6.99 Grade: K-1 Item Number: 13325 Using familiar, everyday objects, this wordless book assists children in the recognition of shapes. Perfect for beginning readers, the detailed images in this book help to provide and encourage a shared reading experience. |
One, Two, Buckle My ShoeLevel: $6.99 Grade: K-1 Item Number: 13343 With an illustrated version of a familiar rhyme, new readers use the simple text to guide them through the storyline that introduces them to basic numerical concepts. |
Fun in the SunLevel: 0.4 $8.99 Grade: K-1 Item Number: 14433 Practice addition while having fun in the sun! This title allows children to use everyday things to practice addition. Mathematical diagrams, familiar images, and engaging "You Try It!" problems make addition simple and fun for young readers! |
The BakeryLevel: 0.4 $8.99 Grade: K-1 Item Number: 14435 Learn subtraction at the bakery! Fun examples of a bakery selling treats give young readers a practical understanding of subtraction. Vivid images, mathematical diagrams, and engaging "You Try It!" problems help make subtraction easy and fun! |
Birds and BugsLevel: $6.99 Grade: PK-K Item Number: 24061 Stop and take a look around you. Do you see any birds or bugs? How many do you see? As young readers flip through the pages of this book, they will be engaged by vibrant photographs, prompting them to count the number of birds or bugs in each picture. |
My Birthday PartyLevel: $6.99 Grade: PK-K Item Number: 24063 This engaging book prompts students to determine greater than, less than, or equal to quantities by looking at the number of friends invited versus the number of cupcakes, chairs, and party favors available at the party. |
Shapes |
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe |
Fun in the Sun |
The Bakery |
Birds and Bugs |
My Birthday Party |
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Level: $6.99 |
Level: $6.99 |
Level: 0.4 $8.99 |
Level: 0.4 $8.99 |
Level: $6.99 |
Level: $6.99 |
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Item Number: 13325 |
Item Number: 13343 |
Item Number: 14433 |
Item Number: 14435 |
Item Number: 24061 |
Item Number: 24063 |
Each Booster Card includes 8 activities that require students to apply different strategies and use different modalities in their mathematics practice. The activities encourage mathematical discourse, promote real-world connections, and support and engage multimodal learners in mathematical practices and processes. Each Booster Card also includes a Mathematician Checklist that prompts students to their best work. Each card contains 100 minutes of activities for a total of 600 minutes.
Overview Cards for teachers include a book summary, lesson objectives, guided reading level, lexile level, mathematics vocabulary, and cross-content connections.
This useful resource facilitates successful implementation of the program. It includes an overview of research, standards correlations, instructional best practices, and grouping and scheduling options. It provides differentiation suggestions to help English language learners and below- and above-level students access the content and communicate their comprehension.
PDFs of the books, Booster Cards, student response pages, student activity sheets, and assessment rubrics are included on the USB device. Additionally, professional audio recordings of the books are also provided.
