Lessons for Algebraic Thinking: Grades 3-5

by Maryann Wickett, Marilyn Burns

The lessons in this book build the foundation that prepares students for studying algebra in middle and high school. Incorporating manipulative materials, children’s books, and problem-solving investigations, these lessons actively engage students in creating, recognizing, describing, and extending patterns, and representing patterns with words, tables, variables, and graphs. The lessons also introduce students to solving equations and plotting points.

336 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 2002