Reading in every subject: Why literacy is a math strategy (for Pi Day & beyond)
Every March 14, classrooms celebrate Pi Day with circles, puzzles, and plenty of mathematical curiosity. But Pi Day can also be an opportunity to think about something less obvious: the role reading plays in math success. When students struggle with math, especially word problems, the…
Celebrate Pi Day by preparing for the Big Library Read
March 14 is known around the world as Pi Day. This is a holiday dedicated to celebrating Pi, a number used in mathematics to represent the ratio of a circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi is famous for having been calculated to…
Happy Pi Day!
This year’s Pi Day isn’t just any ol’ holiday that celebrates an irrational and transcendental number, but a once in a lifetime date in which the year lines up with the number as well: 3.1415…. (3-14-15) To help celebrate this very mathematical date, the Collection…