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The Math Bee
2004 Houghton Mifflin Leveled Readers Level 4.2.1 -- The Math Bee (P) by Delores Lowe Friedman / Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth ***Number of 795 *** 9780618292516 *** Like New/Good Used *** 1
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Delores Lowe Friedman
17 books14 followersDelores Lowe Friedman was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended the New York City public schools. She gained both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Hunter College of the City University of New York. She holds a doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has taught in New York City public schools, and as a full professor at the City University of New York.
An advocate for literacy and parental involvement, she authored an education column for Essence magazine called “Education by Degrees” and a book titled Education Handbook for Black Families, published by Doubleday. During her twenty year academic career she was honored by the City University of New York several times as the recipient of major institutional grants. Her scholarly writings centered on her interest in equity in science education for girls and children of color, and early childhood education.
Now retired, Delores has returned to her first love: writing fiction. Wildflowers is her debut novel. In her spare time she enjoys figure drawing, going to the theater, and cooking. Her specialty is curried chicken. She and her husband of forty-four years live in New York City, and the two have a son who is a software engineer.
An advocate for literacy and parental involvement, she authored an education column for Essence magazine called “Education by Degrees” and a book titled Education Handbook for Black Families, published by Doubleday. During her twenty year academic career she was honored by the City University of New York several times as the recipient of major institutional grants. Her scholarly writings centered on her interest in equity in science education for girls and children of color, and early childhood education.
Now retired, Delores has returned to her first love: writing fiction. Wildflowers is her debut novel. In her spare time she enjoys figure drawing, going to the theater, and cooking. Her specialty is curried chicken. She and her husband of forty-four years live in New York City, and the two have a son who is a software engineer.
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April 15, 2011
I never been in a math bee before or any math contest, except for my brother who really liked math and got a lot of awards from winning those contests. I like math, unfortunately math don't like me, I always follow the trail but math always hide for his life. Once I got him, I'll torture him to death for not loving me.
For Portia it was like something she enjoyed with her father. Her father was a champion in a math bee when he was in high school now Portia wanted to enjoy what her father enjoys in his entire life. Now, her father asked her to go to the airport because one of the plane have problem in landing and she enjoyed what her father did.
When Miss Frew, announced in the class that the school will be having a math bee and Portia joined the team. She woke up early and study with the other student in the team with Ms. Frew at night she study math with her father.
In the end, she won what she worked for a month and she recieved a momento from her dad that will change her entire life and to become a successful aircraft designer, a chemist and a researcher. A true story of a successful woman, Dr. Portia B. Gordon-Ketosugbo, who grew up in Queens, New York who followed the path of numbers, lines and graphs.
The pictures looked like a painting, painted in a canvass the small boxes were emphasize by the illustrator. Compared to any picture book, this one had its own uniquenes, the shades are different. So do the story of numbers.
New word, Dyscalculia or math disability, difficulty in learning or comprehending mathematics and affects 3 to 6% of the population. Be careful you might encounter someone in heaven who will give you something that you might not expect.
Rating - The Math Bee by Delores Lowe Friedman and Bill Farnsworth (Illustrator), 5 Sweets and the love of math. (My sister liked this one so do I, we prefer math since we were kids. It was just that math don't liked me, I don't care. But for Portia, I'm glad she took the right path and enjoyed her entire life in research math and chemistry.)
Challenges:
Book #63 for 2011
Book #39 for Off the Shelf!
Book #5 for Read to Me - Picture Book Challenge
For Portia it was like something she enjoyed with her father. Her father was a champion in a math bee when he was in high school now Portia wanted to enjoy what her father enjoys in his entire life. Now, her father asked her to go to the airport because one of the plane have problem in landing and she enjoyed what her father did.
When Miss Frew, announced in the class that the school will be having a math bee and Portia joined the team. She woke up early and study with the other student in the team with Ms. Frew at night she study math with her father.
In the end, she won what she worked for a month and she recieved a momento from her dad that will change her entire life and to become a successful aircraft designer, a chemist and a researcher. A true story of a successful woman, Dr. Portia B. Gordon-Ketosugbo, who grew up in Queens, New York who followed the path of numbers, lines and graphs.
The pictures looked like a painting, painted in a canvass the small boxes were emphasize by the illustrator. Compared to any picture book, this one had its own uniquenes, the shades are different. So do the story of numbers.
New word, Dyscalculia or math disability, difficulty in learning or comprehending mathematics and affects 3 to 6% of the population. Be careful you might encounter someone in heaven who will give you something that you might not expect.
Rating - The Math Bee by Delores Lowe Friedman and Bill Farnsworth (Illustrator), 5 Sweets and the love of math. (My sister liked this one so do I, we prefer math since we were kids. It was just that math don't liked me, I don't care. But for Portia, I'm glad she took the right path and enjoyed her entire life in research math and chemistry.)
Challenges:
Book #63 for 2011
Book #39 for Off the Shelf!
Book #5 for Read to Me - Picture Book Challenge
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