Once Upon a Time in Math Class

A Practical Guide to Incorporating Children's Literature into Middle Grades Math Classes

Candice Y. Brucke (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2027
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-7397-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This book shares ways teachers/parents can use children’s literature to assist in teaching math concepts to middle-grade math students. Students can explore math concepts, like slope, Pythagorean Theorem, and box plots, while revisiting familiar childhood stories and characters, such as Cinderella, Skippyjon Jones, Goldilocks, Stellaluna, and Jeremy Jacob.

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What if we read children’s books in our middle grades math classes? Do you want to put a new spin on a difficult concept like surface area? Do you need an interesting way to create box plots? Are you looking for a way to meet the needs of different learners? Would you like to incorporate children’s books, articles, weird news stories, poems, and a novel or two in your math class? Can you integrate math manipulatives and literature into a single math lesson? Once Upon a Time in Math Class: A Practical Guide to Incorporating Children's Literature into Middle Grades Math Classes will help you learn how to link literature with math and address college and career readiness standards, consisting of the standards for mathematical practice, 2) ratios, rates, and proportions, 3) number sense, 4) expressions and equations, 5) geometry, 6) statistics and probability, and 7) functions. It includes lesson plans, a book list, suggested ways for students to take notes, rubrics, learning documents, and answer keys.

Autor

Candice Y. Brucke has over 32 years in public education, 31 of which were spent at the middle level (grades 6 - 8), which includes having taught English language arts, science, social studies, physical education, health, and math. She has spent 14 out of my 18 years in the classroom teaching math, including remedial math for middle and high school students, grade-level math, pre-algebra, and Algebra I for 7th graders, 8th graders, and high school students.

Inhalt

Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: What Does the Research Say?
Chapter 2: How to Use This Book
Chapter 3: The Book, The Idea, The Lesson
Chapter 4: Standards of Mathematical Practice
Chapter 5: Ratios, Rates, Proportions
Chapter 6: Number Sense
Chapter 7: Expressions and Equations
Chapter 8: Geometry
Chapter 9: Statistics and Probability
Chapter 10: Functions
Chapter 11: Manipulatives
Chapter 12: Different Types of Literature (articles, poems, novels, etc.)
Chapter 13: Meeting the Needs of Different Learners (SP ED, GT, MLL, SES, Ethnic)
Chapter 14: How Can We Use This Strategy in High School?
Chapter 15: How Can We Use This Strategy in Elementary School?
Chapter 16: Final Thoughts
Chapter 17: Five Frequently Asked Questions: An Interview with the Author
Appendix A:
Appendix B:
Appendix C:
Appendix D:
Appendix E:
Bibliography
About the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.4.2027
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-7397-2 / 1475873972
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-7397-9 / 9781475873979
• Zustand: Neuware