Text-inspired lessons Text
Author
Topic
Scaredy Squirrel
Melanie Watt
Time/Writing Format
The Important Book
Margaret Wise Ideas/Organization Brown
Take Me Out of the Bathtub
Alan Katz
Ideas/Organization
Mathematickles
Betsy Franco
Ideas/Organization
Dear Mrs. LaRue
Mark Teague
Organization
The Joy of Cooking Math Poetry: Linking Language and Math in a Fresh Way Alexander, who used to be rich last Sunday
M.R. Becker, E. Organization Becker, and I. Rombauer Betsy Franco Ideas/Organization
Judith Viorst
Benny’s Pennies
Pat Brisson
Math-‐terpieces
Greg Tang
12 Ways to get to 11
Eve Merriam
Money, Subtraction, Addition
Lesson Idea
Grade Level Students create Grades timeline/schedule 1-‐2 of day Students create a Grades what’s important 2-‐12 about . . . Class, group, Grades individually 2-‐12 create a silly song about a math idea Read aloud and Grades let the students’ 2-‐12 imaginations take over Good read aloud Grades for R.A.F.T.s using 3-‐8 letter format Students create a Grades “recipe” about a 4 and math concept above Poetry frames, K-‐12 lesson ideas, samples, etc. in book
Use as read aloud or students create shorter version w/specified amt. Money, Use as read aloud Subtraction, or students create Addition shorter version w/specified amt. Ideas/Organization Problem solving Students could also create their own Number Students Operations brainstorm multiple “ways” to represent a number
Grades 2-‐5 Grades K-‐2 Grades 1-‐?? Grades 1-‐4
Text-inspired lessons The Grapes of Math
Greg Tang
Number Sense
One Hundred Hungry Ants The Secret Knowledge of Grown-‐Ups Mirror
Elinor Pinczes
Arrays
David Wisniewski
Writing Format
Suzy Lee
Symmetry
Arithme-‐ Tickles Cluck O’Clock
J. Patrick Lewis Kes Gray
Problem-‐solving riddles Time
The Rabbit Problem Each Orange Had 8 Slices
Emily Gravett
The $1.00 Word Riddle Book Number Art Thirteen 123s from around the world
Marilyn Burns
Math used in daily life Number Sense, division, multiplication, counting Problem-‐solving Making 100
Paul Giganti
Leonard Everett Fisher
Number Systems
Susan Whited Oak Lawn-‐Hometown District 123 swhited@d123.org
Students can Grade create their own 2-‐3 examples Students write Grades array problems 3-‐4 Students play Grades with math “rules” 4-‐? Introduce students to symmetry Students can solve the riddles Student created schedule Students could create a calendar Students create a problem using same format
Grades 1-‐5 Grades 2-‐3 Grades 3-‐5 Grades 1-‐3
Grades 2-‐5
Students explore ancient number systems and others from around the world
Grade 5 and up