Using Children's Literature to Teach Problem Solving in Math: Addressing the Standards for Mathematical Practice in K-5
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Using Children's Literature to Teach Problem Solving in Math: Addressing the Standards for Mathematical Practice in K-5
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Overview
Learn how children’s literature can help K–5 students see the real-life applications of mathematical concepts. This user-friendly book shows how to use stories to engage students in building critical reasoning, abstract thinking, and communication skills, all while helping students understand the relevance of math in their everyday lives. Each chapter is dedicated to one of the eight Standards for Mathematical Practice, and offers examples of children’s literature that can be used to help students develop that practice.
You’ll find out how to:
- Encourage students to persevere in solving mathematical problems and use multiple approaches to find the answer;
- Help students reason abstractly with the aid of concrete objects and visuals;
- Guide students in constructing arguments to explain their reasoning and engage in critical discussion with their peers;
- Teach students to recognize mathematical patterns and use them to solve problems efficiently;
- And more!
The book offers activities for beginners as well as for more advanced problem solvers. Each chapter also provides guidance for ELLs and students with special needs, so no matter your classroom environment, you’ll be able to use these strategies to make math class more dynamic, engaging, and fun.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781138694705 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Publication date: | 08/16/2016 |
| Edition description: | Revised |
| Pages: | 184 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Jeanne White has been an educator since 1992 when she began teaching elementary school in the south suburbs of Chicago. She is currently a Professor of Education at Elmhurst College.
Table of Contents
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Introduction-Addressing the Standards for Mathematical Practice in K-5
Breaking Down the Practice Standards
Creating a Problem Solving Community
Chapter 1-Make Sense and Persevere
What Does This Standard Mean for Grades K-2 Problem Solvers?
7 Blind Mice-K.OA Decompose numbers into pairs
MATH-Terpieces: The Art of Problem Solving-1.OA Use 2 and 3 addends to find a sum
Splash!-2.OA Represent addition and subtraction problems
What Does This Standard Mean for Grades 3-5 Problem Solvers?
The Warlord’s Kites-3.MD Use the formula for the area of a rectangle
A Remainder of One-4.OA Solve multi-step word problems with whole numbers
Multiplying Menace-5.NF Multiply a whole number by a fraction
Wrapping It Up
Chapter 2- Reason Abstractly
What Does This Standard Mean for Grades K-2 Problem Solvers?
Each Orange Had 8 Slices-K.OA Count to answer, How many?
Ten Flashing Fireflies-1.OA Explore the Commutative Property of Addition
Rooster’s Off to See the World-1.OA Explore the Associative Property of Addition
Spaghetti and Meatballs for All!-2.G Partition rectangles into rows and columns
What Does This Standard Mean for Grades 3-5 Problem Solvers?
Racing Around-3.MD Solve problems involving perimeters of polygons
Fractions, Decimals and Percents-4.NF Understand decimal notation for fractions
Count to a Million-5.NBT Understand the value of 0 in a multi-digit number
Wrapping It Up
Chapter 3-Construct Arguments
What Does This Standard Mean for Grades K-2 Problem Solvers?
How Many Mice?-K.OA Represent addition and subtraction
Mall Mania-1.NBT Add two-digit numbers using various strategies
How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?-2.NBT Skip-count and compare three-digit numbers
What Does This Standard Mean for Grades 3-5 Problem Solvers?
Full House-3.NF Understand how fractions are written as part/whole
The Warlord’s Puzzle-4.G Classify 2-D figures and recognizing right triangles
The Hershey’s Fractions Book-5.NF Use equivalent fractions to add & subtract fractions
Wrapping It Up
Chapter 4-Create a Model
What Does This Standard Mean for Grades K-2 Problem Solvers?
The Doorbell Rang-K.OA Represent addition in various ways
Bigger, Better, Best!-1.G Compose 2-D shapes into composite shapes
Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday-2.MD Solve word problems with money
What Does This Standard Mean for Grades 3-5 Problem Solvers?
Tiger Math-3.MD Draw graphs to represent a data set with several categories
Actual Size-4.MD Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements
Polly’s Pen Pal-5.MD Convert among different-sized measurement units
Wrapping It Up
Chapter 5-Use Mathematical Tools
What Does This Standard Mean for Grades K-2 Problem Solvers?
Patterns in Peru-K.G Describe relative positions
How Big is a Foot?-1.MD Iterate length units
Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone-2.G Recognize attributes of 3D objects
What Does This Standard Mean for Grades 3-5 Problem Solvers?
Inchworm and a Half-3.MD Generate measurement data by measuring lengths
Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland-4.MD-Understand concepts of angles
Perimeter, Area and Volume-5.MD Understand concepts of volume measurement
Wrapping It Up
Chapter 6-Attend to Precision
What Does This Standard Mean for Grades K-2 Problem Solvers?
If You Were a Triangle-K.G Identify 2D shapes
Lemonade for Sale-1.MD Represent and interpret data
Measuring Penny-2.MD Measure and estimate lengths
What Does This Standard Mean for Grades 3-5 Problem Solvers?
Chimp Math-3.MD Solve problems involving measurement of intervals of time
Hershey’s Weights and Measures-4.MD Express and record units of measurement
Sir Cumference and the Viking’s Map-5.G Graph points on a coordinate plane
Wrapping It Up
Chapter 7-Look for Structure
What Does This Standard Mean for Grades K-2 Problem Solvers?
The Button Box-K.MD Identify attributes for sorting
The Greedy Triangle-1.G Explore attributes of shapes
Earth Day-Hooray!-2.NBT Use place value to add and subtract
What Does This Standard Mean for Grades 3-5 Problem Solvers?
Hershey’s Kisses Multiplication and Division-3.OA Relate multiplication and division
If You Hopped Like a Frog-4.MD Solve problems involving measurement
Cheetah Math-5.NBT Explain division calculations
Wrapping It Up
Chapter 8-Apply Repeated Reasoning
What Does This Standard Mean for Grades K-2 Problem Solvers?
Bunches of Buttons: Counting by Tens-K.CC Count to 100 by tens
The King’s Commissioners-1.NBT Represent tens and ones
Sir Cumference and All the King’s Tens-2.NBT Represent three-digit numbers
What Does This Standard Mean for Grades 3-5 Problem Solvers?
Math Appeal-3.OA Represent and solve problems involving multiplication
The Warlord’s Beads. -4.NBT Understand place value for multi-digit numbers
Anno’s Magic Seeds-5.OA Generate numerical patterns
Wrapping It Up
Next Steps
Appendix
References