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Bridging Literature and Mathematics by Visualizing Mathematical Concepts
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| Grades | 3 – 5 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Five 50-minute sessions |
| Lesson Author |
Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan
Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan |
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MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY
- Actual Size by Steve Jenkins
- If You Hopped Like a Frog by David M. Schwartz
STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades 3 – 10 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose
This interactive invites students to create original multigenre, multimodal works--one drawing and three written texts--making the tool flexible for multiple writing activities.
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose
The Stapleless Book can be used for taking notes while reading, making picture books, collecting facts, or creating vocabulary booklets . . . the possibilities are endless!
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose
The interactive Printing Press is designed to assist students in creating newspapers, brochures, and flyers.
PRINTOUTS
- Assessment Guidelines
- Options for Student Projects
- Venn Diagram Graphic Organizer
- Mathematical Notes about Actual Size by Steve Jenkins, and If You Hopped Like a Frog by David M. Schwartz
WEBSITES
- Imagine That! Playing with Genre through Newspapers and Short Stories
- Webcams in the Classroom: Animal Inquiry and Observation
- National Geographic Animal Facts
- Animal Weigh In
- KidsClick! Animals
PREPARATION
- Read carefully Actual Size and If You Hopped Like a Frog, including the endnotes of each text.
- Review the Mathematical Notes about Actual Size and If You Hopped Like a Frog, which act as a good reference for teachers.
- Collect measuring tools: rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, scale, tape measures, trundle wheel, etc.
- Test the Venn Diagram, Mulitgenre Mapper, Stapleless Book, and ReadWriteThink Printing Press on your computers to familiarize yourself with the tools and ensure that you have the Flash plug-in installed. You can download the plug-in from the technical support page.
- Select and bookmark several animal Websites from the Websites section for students to use in their research.