Posts Tagged ‘Math and children’s literature’
August 16th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Teaching Math
Tuesday Teacher Tips: The Important Thing About…
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. Use the book The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown (Harper Collins Publishers, 1949) to create math poetry. Use the words [...]
August 9th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Math Learning
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Two of Everything
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. About the Book I was recently introduced to the book Two of Everything: A Chinese Folktale (1993) retold by Lily Toy [...]
August 2nd, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Summer Reading
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. This month I was able to hear Beth Skipper, journal editor of Teaching Children Mathematics present on including literature in the [...]
December 14th, 2010
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Teaching Math
Tuesday Teacher Tips: How Does 1 + 1 = 5?
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. An author and illustrator I admired a lot, David LaRochelle, recently came out with a new book, 1 + 1 = [...]
September 10th, 2008
by Tami in Math Learning, Parent Tips
A Mathematical Folktale: More Than Just a Bedtime Story
A few years ago, on a much-enjoyed trip down to Portland, Oregon, I visited Powell's Books. Whenever I visit Powell's, I tend to spend the better part of a day getting lost in the children's book section.
August 29th, 2008
by Sue in Math Learning, Parent Tips
Using Children’s Literature to Bridge Reading and Math Learning
One of the cool things about my marketing role at DreamBox Learning is that I come across a lot of information about learning math that I think parents might really appreciate! In fact, it’s a DreamBox goal to be a resource for this kind of useful information.
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