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Using Literature to Teach Math. Shanna and Lexi March 21, 2013. The $1.00 Word Riddle Book. Written by our girl, Marilyn Burns. Making $1.00 words…. Let’s Try It!. Let’s Try It!. Let’s Try It!. Let’s Try It!. What do you call the last few games to decide who wins the pennant?
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Using Literature to Teach Math Shanna and Lexi March 21, 2013
The $1.00 Word Riddle Book Written by our girl, Marilyn Burns
Let’s Try It! • What do you call the last few games to decide who wins the pennant? • What do you call verses in a song? • What miner’s daughter had a song named after her?
Where is the math? • What Standards for Mathematical Practice did you use while solving these riddles? • Appropriate grade level? • How can we adjust this task (remediation/acceleration)? • What math skills did you use while solving?
Designing $1.00 posters • Use the poster paper and markers provided to create your own $1.00 picture, scene, or riddle. • Shhhh don’t tell the other groups…let’s see if they can solve the riddles you created
Let’s get CREATIVE! • Your group will be working to design lessons, discussions, questions, tasks, and activities to accompany good quality math read alouds. • You will have 2 options from which to choose: • Option 1 – activities • Option 2 – IRA questions
Option 1: • Pick a children’s book on which to concentrate • Using your story, create one or more activity or task to go along with your book (think RIGOR) • Actually DO the tasks you design! • Use the template provided to record and share your lesson/activity design
Option 2: • Pick a children’s book on which to concentrate • Using your story, write interactive read aloud questions to go along with your story context. • Try to come up with a variety of question types as appropriate for the grade level • Identify the specific standard(s) and grade level(s) addressed
Homework for our LAST session: • Use one of the read alouds you have been given OR use one of your own • Create a lesson around your book • Bring your lesson and book to the next class to present. • You can also bring a video of you teaching prior to our next meeting