Math Book

Give Me Half!

By: Stuart J. Murphy

Imagine you have a pizza and your brother or sister wants some. What do you do? Of course you would split it in half. In this book, two siblings do exactly that with a pizza they want to eat. But, just like the pizza we imagined, fractions can be awfully messy. However, they can also be fun! To learn more about fractions, check out this book!

This book comes from a series of funny math stories that have the purpose of making math fun. These books would be a great way to introduce math (fractions specifically with this book) to your students. This also is a great way to show your students how to use math outside of the classroom and to show that they are already using it in their everyday lives. 

Science Book

National Geographic Kids

Planets by: Elizabeth Carney

What is in space? What are the other planets? What are these other planets like? There are so many questions we have about space and this book will answer some of them. This fun book gives interesting facts about space and the planets.

This book goes into the science genre because it is a science lesson. The planets are something the children will learn about later in one of their future science classes.  

This book would be very beneficial because it explains planets and space in simple language that the students will understand. I also believe that space is an interesting subject that the children will enjoy learning about. 

Social Studies Book

Joining the Boston Tea Party- by Diane Stanley

"Liz, Lenny, and Grandma are back for another time-traveling adventure. With the Fourth of July fast approaching, there's only one thing for them to do...

JOIN THE BOSTON TEA PARTY!"

What would be the best way to teach a history lesson? What if you could go back in time and live through the history? In this book, the characters do just that! This book is from a series about a pair of twins who do many different things. What better way to teach your students a subject than to act like they are experiencing it themselves? This shows children the firsthand life of colonial America because that's what the kids in the book experience when they use Grandma's magic hat. 

This would be an ideal book for us as future teachers because it makes learning about history fun and interesting. Your students won't even realize that this is a history lesson as they follow along on this adventure with the characters. 

According to www.meriamwebster.com, social studies is defined as "a part of a school or college curriculum concerned with the study of social relationships and the functioning of society and usually made up of courses in history, government, economics, civics, sociology, geography, and anthropology". This book does teach about the study of social relationships and the functioning of society, so this would be a great choice for a social studies book.