Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger

by Ann Whitehead Nagda

Hardcover, 2000

Status

Available

Local notes

511.5 Nag

Barcode

4083

Collection

Publication

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) (2000), Edition: 1st, 29 pages

Description

Describes the growth of an orphan Siberian tiger cub, by means of words and graphs.

Awards

Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Informational Books — 2003)
Colorado Book Award (Winner — Children's Literature — 2001)

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

29 p.; 8.42 inches

User reviews

LibraryThing member jkottschade
This is a GREAT book for introducing or reviewing graphs.
LibraryThing member jjuran
For my reading journal I looked at two different math books, both of which were great. This one uses the story of a baby Tiger named TJ to explain six different types of graphs. For example, to explain it uses a pie chart to show the percentages of different Tiger species that there are. For a line
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graph, it charts the growing amount of food which this baby tiger is eating as it gets bigger. It was more than a math book, it also teaches about Tigers and their life in captivity. It was a great book which I think children would really like, and not really realize they are also learning math concepts from.
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LibraryThing member momma2
Who isn't a sucker for a cute little baby animal? My kids certainly are and this book was filled with adorable "ohhh" inspiring pictures that really actually made them interested in the graphs. Fun with graphs (and math, shhh) ensued.
LibraryThing member Ms.Penniman
Retelling: This book shows the tragic tale of a young tiger cub who lost his mother at the zoo. He was raised by zoo-keepers who used bar graphs to show how much he weighed at different ages.

Thoughts and Feelings: I felt so bad for this little Tiger cub when his mother died and he refused to eat!
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I'm glad the zoo keepers were keeping track of his weight so they could help him.
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LibraryThing member ChloePalmer
Tiger Math explains the concept of graphs to young students by telling the story of T.J. the Siberian tiger. On the left side, the book shows one of four styles of graphs, picture, bar, circle, and line, and on the right side, T.J. the Tiger reaches a new milestone. I think this book will
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definitely capture the attention of any reader because the pictures of the tiger are very cute and the story is fairly interesting. However, with readers just starting to understand graphs, the material is too advanced.
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LibraryThing member harriewatson
This is agood book to use to introduce graphs to young children. The story is engaging. For the levels pk-3 the concepts of a tiger or block representing a certain number might be a little difficult in the early range. The story is engaging enough that I would recommend reading this to the lower
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range anyway.
I gave this a 2.5 star rating because this book would not be useful for my purposes (secondary math teaching). These concepts of graphing are usually well mastered by the low end of my range, so this book would not offer any assistance.
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LibraryThing member TaraKennedy
This was a book about an orphaned baby tiger and how the zoo staff tracked his weight gain to see if he was staying healthy after the death of his mother. This would be great for when studying graphing , as a number of graphing systems were discussed. This could be great for kids that are
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interested in animals but maybe not math. It is also a great way to point out the practical applications of graphing. I would use this during a math unit. I might start out the book and then might start asking the kids to graph the data themselves.
Reading Level 1.4
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Pages

29

Rating

½ (17 ratings; 3.9)
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