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Throughout the year I have been sending you interesting tidbits from Kappa Delta Pi – for those of you who are not familiar with KDP, I thought you might find it interesting to learn a little bit about this professional organization. ( check out kdp.org for more info). To receive full benefits from KDP, please let me know if you would like to become a member. Judy

Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education, is committed to recognizing excellence and fostering mutual cooperation, support, and professional growth for educational professionals.

As part of its ongoing dedication to educators, the Society offers:
• Workshops & Conferences
• Books, Journals, & Other Publications
• Scholarships & Grants
• Community Service Projects
• Teachers Hotline
• Employment Resources
• Professional Development
• Other Resources

Yes, it is that time of year when I feel the need to blog about purchases you may be making for the holiday season. May I suggest G4 TV. While there are many shows on this channel the one I found to be very educational in the area of gaming and gamers. It is kind of “Entertainment Tonight” review style of games and the consoles they can be played on. They also have a great website that also has reviews and clips of the games. http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/reviews/index.html Finally, may I suggest gift receipts, as long as the game is not opened it can often be exchanged with the receipt. And if you have older games that the kids are no longer playing, bring them into some of the gaming resale stores like GamesStop where they give you store credit to buy new games with your trade-ins. Recyle, Reduse, Reuse!!!

Last week Donna Goodwyn posted places where you could purchase books — I’d like to piggy back off her suggestions and add that you could usually find coupons to add to your discount. For example, go to Google and type in Scholastic Coupon Code http://www.retailmenot.com/view/scholastic.com and you will find additional savings! You could do this for all purchases –  just Google the name of the place you are shopping and add “coupon code” to the end — you will be really surprised at your savings!
Judy

At Friday’s ACI Induction Academy, I was asked if I knew of places where teachers could buy inexpensive books. I have asked around and really there is no one place but many and it takes time to collect and search them out. Here are the following places I would consider searching for books.
*Library Sale Rooms
*Garage Sales
*Estate Sales (Grandma’s have books)
*AAUW Book Sales
*Amazon.com and search books. .o1 which will bring up some 1 cent books
*Used online books
*Walmart and Target have sale books
*Powell’s Used Sale Page
AbeBooks
Alibris
You may also try local dollar stores and Odd Lots
We might consider bringing books we all have for children we are no longer using to give away at our next ACI event?? Just an idea.
Do you know of any places to find inexpensive books for children? Comment here please!
–Donna

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Great seeing all of you at Friday’s Induction Academy. I was also asked about books that bring math and reading together and here are a few works that I found in the I-Share catalog which you should be able to get through your library’s inter-library loan department. If anyone has any other ideas please add a comment to our blog! And if you need a login and password, contact ACI!–Donna

Math stories for problem solving success : ready-to-use activities based on real-life situations, grades 6-12 / James L. Overholt, Nancy H. Aaberg, James F. Lindsey.
Series: Jossey-Bass teacher
Edition: 2nd ed.
Published: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass c2008.

Math word problems for dummies / by Mary Jane Sterling.
Series: –For dummies
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley Pub., c2008.

You can, toucan, math : word problem-solving fun / by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Edward Miller.
Published: New York : Holiday House, c2006.

Camp Fraction : solving exciting word problems using fractions / by Heidi Lang & Lisa Allan ; illustrated by Mike Eustis.
Series: Activities for advanced learning series
Published: Waco, Tex. : Prufrock Press, c2005.

Solving word problems for life, grades 3-5 / Melony A. Brown.
Published: Westport, Conn. : Teacher Ideas Press, 2005.

Solving algebra word problems / Judy Barclay.
Published: Belmont, CA : Brooks/Cole-Thomson Learning, c2005.

A man left Albuquerque heading east : word problems as genre in mathematics education / Susan Gerofsky.
Series: Extreme teaching, rigorous texts for troubled times ; v. 5
Published: New York : Peter Lang, c2004.

Solving word problems with pictures / Kristina M. Swann ; illustrators Barry Mullins, Laurie Conley, [and] Fian Arroyo.
Published: San Antonio, Tx. : PCI Educational Pub., 2004.

501 math word problems.
Edition: 1st ed.
Published: New York : LearningExpress, c2003.

Master math : solving word problems : analyze any word problem, translate it into mathematical terms, and get the right answer! / by Brita Immergut.
Published: Franklin Lakes, NJ : Career Press, c2003.

Math word problems the easy way / David Ebner.
Published: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron’s Educational Series, c2002.

Painless math word problems / Marcie F. Abramson, with contributions by Rika Spungin ; illustrated by Laurie Hamilton.
Published: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron’s Educational Series, c2001.

How to solve word problems in mathematics / David S. Wayne.
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2001.

Math stories / Kari Jenson Gold.
Series: A beginning math book
Published: New York : Newbridge Educational Publishing, 2000.

Solve it! / J. E. Osborne.
Series: A beginning math book
Published: New York : Newbridge Educational Publishing, 1999.

730 daily math warm-ups / Hope Martin.
Published: Portland, Maine : J. Weston Walch, c1996.

I was asked where to find activities.  Check out some of the following:  http://classrooms.tacoma.k12.wa.us/stadium/eschlytter/index.php , at NCTM.org Check out Illuminations, Texas Instruments http://timath.com/signup/.

Books would be on Amazon.com                                                

Algebra Out Loud: Learning Mathematics Through Reading and Writing Activities by Pat Mower (Paperback - Nov 11, 2003)$19.77

Geometry Out Loud: Learning Mathematics Through Reading and Writing Activities (Jossey-Bass Teacher) by Pat Mower $19.77

The conference I told you about is at http://www.mmcchicago.org/

Let me know if this was helpful.  Share what you found with others on the blog!

Mary

Websites with compilations, databases of information, lesson plans, author information, games, full-text books, are at your fingertips on the Internet.