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Animals on the move

Sarah Machajewski - Author

This is a maths-and-nature book: animal migrations provide contexts for learning place value and practising addition and subtraction with three-digit numbers. Visuals guide readers through the maths problems.

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Understanding the principles of base ten is essential to understanding numbers and operations. Students will become familiar with the concept of place value through engaging narratives and real-life situations. Students will then be challenged to use place value in the context of algebraic operations, demonstrating the knowledge they ve gained from reading. Eye-catching visuals help walk readers through the math problems, while age-appropriate language encourages learning. Readers will gain a deep understanding of adding and subtracting three-digit numbers as they learn about animal migrations around the world. This volume meets CCSS Math Standard 2.NBT.B.7.

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Animal migration· ExplainedPlace value· ExplainedAddition and subtraction· Explained

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animal migrationplace valueaddition and subtraction

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Themes in Context

Animal migration as a maths context

Migration examples and narratives provide real-life contexts for learning place value and working with three-digit addition and subtraction.Exploratory / explanatory

How the book presents it: The book presents animal migration as an informational setting for maths practice, rather than establishing a judgement about migration itself.

Talk about: Which animal examples make the number work easiest to picture?

Why It May Be Worth Reading

It may suit a reader who enjoys animals and is ready to connect number work with examples from the natural world. The contents include butterflies, birds, mammals, salmon and elephant seals.

What Deserves Attention

The book connects animal migration to number work, bringing natural-world examples together with maths practice.

A Conversation Worth Having

How does using animal migration as a setting affect the way you think about place value and adding or subtracting three-digit numbers?

Reading Approach

Read alongside the maths rather than treating the animal material as a separate topic. Pause at problems to talk through how place value helps with the calculation, then use the glossary or index to revisit terms.

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Theme indicators describe how the book presents a topic; they are not a verdict on the whole book or your family's values. Confidence reflects how much book-specific material was checked. Only part of the book information was available, so some details remain unconfirmed.

What remains unconfirmed

Animal migration as a maths context: The specific explanations of animal journeys and the detail of the maths problems are unclear.

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Checked: 1 October 2026.

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