The Fly on the Ceiling: A Math Reader

by Julie Glass

Book Overview

Recognized as the father of analytic geometry, Ren Descartes was a French mathematician and philosopher. Kids will love this funny and very accessible tale - based on one of math's greatest myths - about the man who popularized the Cartesion system of coordinates.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679886079
• ISBN13: 9780679886075
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.6" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

Coordinate plane

A great book to read in the classroom, and given students a different view of the coordinate plane. Helps them to make sense of the reason behind what a coordinate plane does for organizing data.

A Fly on the Ceiling

I bought this for a 3rd grade grandaughter. She loved reading it to her younger sister, but it was much too basic for her. She is in to chapter books, and this one didn't quite fit her skills.

A difficult classroom - One quiet moment

AS a new teacher in 6th grade mathematics classrooms with wildly varying ability levels, I look for varied ways to present materials. Some of the children don't know how many minutes are in an hour, some are ready for algebra now. This book is a great quick read to introduce the coordinate plane. The kids who are struggling are grateful for a moment to catch their collective breaths and learn math at the same time. The kids who are breezing by appreciate the humor. It may have been written for a much younger audience, but it is clever enough to hold the attention of 12 year olds.

A Fly on the Ceiling

This is a GREAT children's math book. I always buy it as a gift for friends with kids and they love it too!

The Fly on the Ceiling is a CLASSIC Myth!!

This easy reader combines history, laughs and math. Teaching the Cartesian Coordinate System, this book lends itself to great classroom teaching and learning. Try having your kids or students play "Battleship" after reading!!Powerful illustrations too!Bravo!I bought a class set for my classroom!