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.
Volume One of Literature-Based Activities for Integrating Mathematics with Other Content Areas introduces the rationale for and the research that supports using literature to teach mathematics, and other content areas, as well as the importance and benefits of teaching in an integrated fashion. Robin Ward provides the context and background teachers so often need to successfully implement each activity in their classroom. She includes summaries of the literature, reference to relevant NCTM and national content area standards, step-by-step descriptions of materials and activities, assessment thoughts, related websites and books, and reproducible worksheets, making this a perfect resource for every grade K-2 teacher.
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