Using Literature To Teach Math
As I read this week's chapter, I could not help but to think about how children need to practice the concepts of addition and subtraction through hands-on activities. Music and familiar stories came to mind.
I created this to go along with
the Five Little Monkeys series. Any of the books will do. I imagine my students acting out the story at the big book center early in the year but later working in a math tub writing math problems with a partner. One of my favorite math routines is to listen to this song by CJ - FUNdamentals CD. This rhythmic song really gets the kids moving!
Another favorite story that children love is There Were 10 in the Bed
. Usually, I have enough dog stuffed animals to have the children act it out as they read the big book. As I was thinking, I feel like I don't have enough literature to teach addition using story. Do you have any suggestions? Leave a comment and let me know what you use.
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Dr. Jean has tons of music for math and my class can't get enough of it. She even has a zero the hero song.
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One book I love is Ten Black Dots and
100 Angry Ants, and 12 ways to get to 11.
There are so many...
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Here are some titles I use:
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Ten Flashing Fireflies
10 for Dinner
The Napping House
How Many Feet in the Bed
Mouse Count
12 Ways to Get to Eleven
Quack and Count
Six Dinner Sid
Ten Sly Piranhas
Rooster's Off to See the World Double the Ducks
Domino Addition
Counting Crocodiles
Splash
Fish Eyes
Mission Addition...I could go on and on....can you tell I love math and literature.
Ms. A
I love Stuart Murphy books about math topics. A great addition strategies book is "Mall Mania". This book is great for more advanced K or 1st learners. The story line is that the 100th person to enter Parkside Mall would get lots of gifts. Students could keep tract of how many people are in the mall by using base 10 blocks and trading for tens when needed. Lastly, they could stack the "tens sticks" on top of a hundred block so they could see when they have reached 100. Or a student could use a calculator to keep a running total toward 100 also.
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I have lots of math literature links on my website at www.lindaslearninglinks. On my blog I have posted several math literature connections you might want to check out.
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I also use the Napping House but I save it for later in the year. I read the story to them and I tell them to listen carefully for details. Then I break them up into groups of 5 or 6. I give them a big sheet of craft paper and tell them to count how many legs were in the story. So they have to 1)Work together to remember the story 2)Figure out how many legs each character has (tough when they get to the flea!) and 3)Add up all the numbers. Then I have the group leader present their work to the rest of the class and explain their thinking, drawings, etc. In all the years I've done this, only once has a group remembered to count the legs on the bed too! It's a fun activity for linking math to literature.
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