Mr. P. Bear throws a formal New Year's party and invites his "best dressed" friends.

P. Bear's formal New Year's party teaches children basic counting skills as they count off his well-dressed animal guests. On board pages.

Little Bear gives a New Year's party and welcomes more guests than he invited.

Annotation This series helps teachers use the imaginative ideas in children s books for math lessons. Organized into four grade-level collections to respond to teachers specific classroom needs, this series includes favorite lessons based on a wide variety of children s books. Teachers will appreciate these books for the enjoyment and excitement they bring to math instruction. With introductions by Marilyn Burns, these books include vignettes of lessons and samples of student work. These lessons, based on popular children s books, address major mathematical topics such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, geometry, algebraic thinking, number sense, and place value.

Little Bear gives a New Year's party and welcomes more guests than he invited.