3-5
Three
pieces of literature are used to teach geometry and measurement topics.
3-5
This hands-on lesson uses the book,
A Remainder of One, by Elinor J. Pinczes, to introduce division with remainder. Students will enjoy the story context as they explore different remainder situations and model division with arrays.
Pre-K-2
In this lesson, students encounter the magical effect of reflection as they use a mirror to visually experience the concept of doubling quantities. This experience focuses student’s attention to using doubles as a strategy to make number operations easier, specifically addition. Literature is used as an introduction to provide a connection and motivation, a game is used for discovery and practice, and writing is used as closure to this lesson.
6-8
Students participate in activities in which they focus on connections between mathematics and children's literature. Using
The Phantom Tollbooth as a literature basis, students explore the concept of averages.
Pre-K-2
Students read the poem "Shapes" from
A Light in the Attic, by
Shel Silverstein, and create their own illustration of the poem. In
this lesson, students explore geometric figures and positional words.
Pre-K-2
In the following lesson, students participate in activities in which they focus on connections between mathematics and children's literature. Specifically, students use clues to sort and classify buttons.
