英语翻译Tan and the Shape Changer (Schiro,Casey,& Anderson,2002)

英语翻译
Tan and the Shape Changer (Schiro,Casey,& Anderson,2002) increases understanding of part-whole relationships.Grandmother Wei Lung,a Chinese dragon puppet,tells about Tan,a young boy in ancient China,who carries a tabletop made by his father,a master carpenter,to the Emperor of China.Tan must carry the tabletop a long way.He grows tired and accidentally drops the tabletop,which breaks into two
equal isosceles right triangles.Tan and the children discover they can reassemble the triangles to make the square tabletop.By investigating this one base shape in depth across a range of lessons,the children start to understand the mathematical properties of that shape and how it can be combined and taken apart at increasingly higher levels of complexity.A shift comes at the end when the story moves on to solving
3-dimensional cube puzzles.As the children help Tan solve the problems in the book,they achieve the NCTM (2000) geometry standards,by investigating and predicting the results of putting together and taking apart shapes,making slides,flip,and turns with shapes,and predicting the effect of transformations on shapes.
In Froglets Do the Measuring (Anderson,Casey,& Schiro,2002),Coqui,the Frog from the Puerto Rican rainforest,is the puppet storyteller.He proudly tells how his little sister helps the older frogs in the rainforest figure out how to equitably measure length to determine the winners in their yearly frog fiesta contests,thus showing how measurement skills can solve problems in our everyday lives (i.e.,sports
and contests).The new NCTM Pre-K-2 focus for measurement recommends a increased emphasis on the process of measurement (NCTM,2000).The goal of this book,designed for the Grades 1–2,is to introduce the complex methodology and rules for measurement within the simple context of estimation and measurement of length.It is also designed to help children make the transition between nonstandard and standard units of measure.
Finding Mathapotamus (Casey,Napoleon,Schiro,& Anderson,2002),the last book in the series for Grades 1–2,develops sorting,data analysis,and graphing skills.This story is set in Tanzania,and is told by a chameleon puppet,named Rafiki.Rafiki meets many wonderful creatures including the Lilypad creatures who paddle him upstream on their lily pad boats.Children start out by sorting Lilypad creature
cards into different attributes,and then represent the information on number tables and bar graphs.Consistent with the NCTM (2000) standards,the children conduct surveys,and represent the information on graphs in order to tell the characters in the stories about themselves.

还是的事先声明哈,书名和其中涉及的名字都是我自己译的,保险起见,你可以在汉语书名后标注出英文书名.还有那个缩写,NCTM,我找到的意思只有美国数学教师协会,觉得还靠谱,你也可以自己再看看还有没有更好的解释.
《谭与形状变化》（斯基罗,凯西与安德森合著,2002）一书增加了对整体部分关系的理解.维龙奶奶是一条中国龙式的木偶.她讲述了一个关于一个中国古代小男孩带着父亲做的桌面去见皇帝的故事.这个小男孩的父亲是个木匠.他必须带着桌面走很长一段路,在这途中,由于太累他一不小心把桌面掉到了地上.结果这个桌面被摔成了两块一样大的正三角形.谭和其他的小孩发现,类似的两个一样的三角形都可以拼成正方形桌面.通过一系列的课程,孩子们深入地研究一种基本图形,然后他们开始理解这种基本图形的数学性质,明白如何在更为复杂的情况下组合出这种图形或者如何分解这种图形.在故事的末尾,故事开始转向解决三位立方体拼图.
在书中,当孩子们帮谭解决问题的过程中,他们通过组合分解,滑动、翻转、旋转图形来调查和预测所得出的图形.他们的这种做法正符合美国数学教师协会（NCTM）标准.
在《小青蛙做测量》（安德森,凯西和斯基罗合著,2002）中,故事由来自波多黎各雨林的青蛙考齐讲述.考齐骄傲地讲述了一个关于她妹妹通过测量出相等的长度,帮老青蛙裁决出了一年一度青蛙节比赛冠军的故事.通过这个故事表明,测量技能可以解决我们生活中的（体育或比赛等）问题.
新的美国数学教师协会幼儿园前二年级的教学目标集中于测量问题,这大大地强调了对测量过程的侧重.（美国数学教师协会.2000）
本册书为一到二年级的幼儿设计,目标是在估量和测量长度的情景下,向幼儿介绍复杂的数学思想和测量规则.
本册书的设计也可以帮助幼儿完成从不规范测量单位到规范测量单位的过渡.
《寻找马瑟波特穆斯》（凯西,拿破仑和斯基罗合著,2002）是本系列丛书的最后一册书,适用于一到二年级幼儿.本册书用于开发幼儿分类、数据分析和绘图技能.
这次故事的背景设在坦桑尼亚,由一只叫做拉飞奇的变色龙讲述.拉飞奇遇到了很多有趣的像睡莲生物这样的生物.他们用睡莲船划着浆把他送到了河的上游.
孩子们从把睡莲分类到不同的属性中开始,然后把信息展现到数字表格和条形图中.
与美国数学教师协会（2000）标准一致,孩子们进行调查,然后在图表上展现信息.通过这些图表,孩子们可以在关于自己的故事讲述自己的性格.