Add A Literature Link to Your Math Lessons
We have been focusing on read alouds and how important they are in developing Reading Comprehension Strategies but we have some great books in our library to help enrich your math concepts as well. Adding a story to your math lessons can really engage the students and give concrete examples of using math in daily life. A story can help reinforce a concept you are trying to teach or introduce a new strategy. Here are a few examples of how you can integrate literature into your math lessons before, during or after you have taught the concept.
And remember – these books are right here in our Quest Library or in our Guided Reading Sets-
Count to A Million by Jerry Pallotta – number sense, place value and counting
Brian Cleary writes rhyming verse to introduce the concepts of addition and subtraction. Kindergarten and 1st graders will love the funny rhymes and great illustrations. Stop along the way to solve the problems!
The 512 Ants on Sullivan Street is a great book for reinforcing the concept that repeated addition is the same as multiplication and it is a fun story, too! There are some great lesson plans on line for this book!
Elapsed Time at the Olympics is a fun way to get kids thinking about elapsed time as the learn interesting facts about the Olympics. As you work your way through the book the students can stop and figure out the questions. I know that several teachers have been looking for new ways to help teach elapsed time!
Analyzing Data in the Jungle Park Case gets kids interested in graphing and looking at information as they solve real life problems. Higher Level Thinking Skills come into play with this one! Good for 4th and 5th grades.
There are even good books for the upper grades. Multiplying and Dividing at the Bake Sale is an interactive book that allows you to stop and solve problems as you read. This type of book is perfect for creating tasks for your students and increasing their Depth of Knowledge!
