Authors: Robin A. Ward
ISBN-13: 9780205530403, ISBN-10: 0205530400
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
Date Published: January 2008
Edition: 1st Edition
Robin Ward is a ten-year mathematics educator who has presented locally and nationally on improving mathematics pedagogy. She developed web-based materials for NASA, teaches integrated math-art classes to students in grades Pre-K-8, and offers professional development workshops for mathematics teachers. Robin is the Associate Director for Curriculum Integration at the Rice University School Mathematics Project and is the author ofNumeracy and Literacy: Teaching K-8 Mathematics Using Children's Literature.
This book provides easy-to-implement, literature-based activities that connect standards-based grades K-2 mathematics lessons with concepts derived from science, social studies, and the arts standards.
Introduction
Helpful Hints
Regarding Assessment
Chapter One: Literature-Based Mathematics and Science Activities
The Mathematics-Science Connection
Matrix of Activities
Activities featuring Number and Operations
- Counting in the Garden and The Reason for a Flower
- What Comes in 2’s, 3’s, & 4’s? and My Five Senses
- Activities featuring Algebra
- If You Give a Moose a Muffin and What if?
- A Hippopotamusn’t and Other Animal Poems; Zoo-ology; and What Would You Do with a Tail Like This?
- Activities featuring Geometry
- Let’s Fly a Kite and The Cloud Book
- Activities featuring Measurement
- Dem Bones and The Skeleton Inside You
- House for Birdie and Animals in Their Homes
- Activities featuring Data Analysis and Probability
- The Earth and I; Where Does the Garbage Go?; and Recycle! A Handbook for Kids
- Winter (The Seasons Series), Spring (The Seasons Series), Summer (The Seasons Series), Fall (The Seasons Series), and Sunshine Makes the Seasons
- Activities featuring Connections
- What Is a Scientist?
Chapter Two: Literature-Based Mathematics and Social Studies Activities
The Mathematics-Social Studies Connection
Matrix of Activities
Activities featuring Number and Operations
- Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book
- Lunch Money and Other Poems about School, 26 Letters and 99 Cents, and Money: A Rich History
- Activities featuring Algebra
- Nine in One Grr! Grr! and Teaching with Folk Stories of the Hmong: An Activity Book
- F Is for Flag and Red, White, and Blue: The Story of the American Flag
- Activities featuring Geometry
- Me on the Map and Where Do I Live?
- Activities featuring Measurement
- Nine O’Clock Lullaby
- Activities featuring Data Analysis and Probability
- Month by Month a Year Goes Round and A Busy Year
- If All the Seas Were One Sea
- So You Want to Be President?, What Presidents Are Made Of, and First Pets: Presidential Best Friends
- Activities featuring Connections
- Who Uses This? and ABC of Jobs
Chapter Three: Literature-Based Mathematics and Visual Arts Activities
The Mathematics-Visual Arts Connection
Matrix of Activities
Activities featuring Number and Operations
- I Spy Two Eyes: Numbers in Art and Museum 1 2 3
- How Many, How Much (a poem in A Light in the Attic); More, Fewer, Less; and A Child’s Book of Art
- Activities featuring Algebra
- 12 Ways to Get to Eleven and Math-terpieces
- Follow the Line and Henri Matisse (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists Series)
- Activities featuring Geometry
- When a Line Bends…A Shape Begins and Coyote Places the Stars
- Rectangles (City Shapes Series), Squares (City Shapes Series), and Mondrian (Great Modern Masters Series)
- I Spy Shapes in Art
- The Butterfly Counting Book
- Activities featuring Measurement
- The Best Bug Parade and Baby Einstein: The ABCs of Art
- Activities featuring Data Analysis and Probability
- A Closet Full of Shoes (a poem in Falling Up) and Joan Miro (Famous Artists Series)
Assessment Resources References
Children’s Literature References
Instructional Resources References
Research References
Appendix — Assessment Tools and Rubrics