Numbers Rounding introduces primary-aged students to the characters of Numbers Elementary School and showcases a lesson learned when a new student, Five, joins the class. This story teaches children the basic mathematical rule of rounding, while following a problem that the main character, Five, faces as he enters his new school. Children will be sure to remember how to round the number five, but along the way, will also learn to always treat others with kindness and respect.
Pittsburgh-based Mike Shuck is not only a fifth grade teacher at Fred L. Aiken Elementary School, but also the author of Numbers Elementary: Rounding.
Not the usual boring math book, Shuck combines mathematical concepts and moral points, giving kids the opportunity of being taught math skills while picking up some of life's valuable lessons. It's an ideal book for both individual elementary-school age children and a classroom aid.