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When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I'm a math major and during my classroom observations, I read this book to 4th graders and they loved it. The teacher ask me to stay and read it to the 5th and 6th graders. The book is illustrated beautifully and it really makes students and adults understand that math is a part of our every day life. I love the way the authors relate every aspect of the book to math: the price of the book is an addition problem, the price is also in available in binary, it's for ages >6 and <99!!! The fact that Mrs. Fibonacci is her teach is just too cool! I've become a math lunatic myself. Thanks to the authors for such grand creativity!
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As a student at the University of Georgia, I am interested in anything that might spark my future students' interests in math. During a field practice with 5th graders, a fellow classmate and I read this book to our class. The students were all involved and laughed throughout. I think this book is an excellent way for math teachers to begin the year off on a light note. This also lets students know that even math teachers have a sense of humor.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is one of those children's books that adults will be reading to themselves and chuckling out loud. It was read to a classroom of 1st graders who loved it. Most of the children took it as a straightforward and funny story about a little girl who has had a "math curse" put on her by her math teacher. She perceives everything as a word problem in math. Some children (only one so far in my experience) might feel compelled to work each and every problem and experience distress if they can't come up with all the answers. Which is another important lesson of the book....some problems AREN't math problems. To try and solve these problems using math is just wacky. I think this lesson is every bit as important as the one that math is very pervasive in everyday life. The book ends when the little girl breaks the math curse and "life is just great until science class, when Mr. Newton says, YOU KNOW, you can think of almost everything as a science experiment..."
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Engaging maths
I home educate my kids. My son (8) found this book really appealing, and it works on lots of levels. Read more
Published on 22 Mar 2010 by Tim Gutteridge
The greatest book ever!
This book is great and can be enjoyed by people who like math and those who don't. I read it to my fifth grade class and we laughed so hard that we had to read other books by... Read more
Published on 30 Jan 1999
Fourth graders really responded!
I shared this book with fourth graders (I am a school media specialist/librarian) and they LOVE it. They check the shelf daily to see if a copy is available and fight over it if... Read more
Published on 14 Jan 1999
Great book, but Amazon.com has reading level listed wrong!
I have a computer science degree, so have taken a LOT of math, and enjoyed most of it. My two children, ages 9 and 11, have mixed feelings about math. Read more
Published on 12 Dec 1998
math is fun!!!
I read and reread "Math Curse" to my 8 and 10 year old with relish. We tried to answer all the puzzles, laughed at the absurdities, and generally had a wonderful time. Read more
Published on 23 Jun 1998
A cute book. This book's cute. Cute is this book.
My title should state that this children's story is very repetitive and gets unbelievably tedious. It had a cute basis for a story, but my gosh, does it ever stop? Read more
Published on 4 May 1998
Math Curse can be confusing.
Being a children's book, this is hard to understand. If we were younger, we'd be confused. Otherwise, the story is fairly interesting but young readers will be turned off by a... Read more
Published on 4 May 1998
A fun view of math anxiety and math ideas in everyday life.
I teach math to adults, and I use this book in my classes when I discuss math anxiety. I also use it to illustrate some major math ideas, such as base numbers (important in... Read more
Published on 1 May 1998
What a great way to make math exciting again!!!!
This book is wonderful. Each day I tell my students that everything in life is really a math problem and now I can prove it. Read more
Published on 1 Jan 1998
Adults and children will chuckle through this book
Good for children of any age with a fear of math. one childs experience of spending a day "cursed" by his teacher
to see everything in terms of numbers. Read more
to see everything in terms of numbers. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 1997
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