Day by Day Math: Activities for Grades 3-6

Day-by-Day Math provides teachers and students with amazing statistics to ponder, puzzles to solve, and math magic to celebrate. From the birthday of the man who wore size-23 shoes to the invention of the sandwich, this eclectic and quirky collection of activity-based event anniversaries (two per day, for every day of the year, from January 1 through December 31) adds a blend of serious and lighthearted oomph to math instruction. Provides opportunities for collecting, organizing, and graphing data; relating to monetary issues; thinking about areas of measurement; and more. Ideal for integrating math with other areas of the curriculum and relating math to the real world.