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A chair for my mother by Vera B. Williams.  Grandma Annii's Storytime

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Big Idea - Connecting Geometry and spatial Relationships
Specific:  E2.3 use the relationships between the radius, diameter, and circumference of a circle to explain the formula for finding the circumference and to solve related problems
Connecting:
This story can be used to introduce the terms related to circles and how to find the circumference of a circle

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Mrs. Kim Reads Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi (READ-ALOUD)

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Math Curse By: Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith

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Math Curse By: Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith

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*There are multiple strands and specific expectations tied to this book however I decided to go the SEL route.

Big Idea: To the best of their ability, students will learn to: think critically and creatively.

Specific

Goal: so they can… “make connections between math and everyday contexts to help them make informed judgements and decisions”

* This book can also support developing the 7 mathematical processes

Connecting

Math Curse really embraces the theme of “Math is Everywhere”. This would be a great book to work through for review of multiple skills (it is a little heavier on a number sense focus) and to support building problem solving strategies. It would also be a great jumping off point to getting your class to create their own ‘real life’ math word problems.

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Math Curse Read Aloud by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith

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What's your Angle, Pythagorus? by Julie Ellis (Mystie)

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What's your Angle, Pythagorus? by Julie Ellis (Mystie)

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Big Idea: Connecting Spatial Sense and Geometry

Specific: E2.4 - Describe the Pythagorean relationship using various geometric models, and apply the theorem to solve problems involving an unknown side length for a given right triangle.
Connecting: This book is a great way for students to visualize right triangles and gain a better understanding of the Pythagorean theorem.

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How Much Is A Million? by David M. Schwartz
Big Idea: B1. Number Sense

Specific: B1.1 read, represent, compose, and decompose whole numbers up to and including 10 000, using appropriate tools and strategies, and describe various ways they are used in everyday life

Connecting:
After reading this book, you could give students various numbers from 1-10 000 and ask them to see if they could place those numbers on a string with 1 being at one end, and 10 000 being at the other end. Allow students to explain the place value of the number their number and why they put it on the number line where they did.

The Sneetches Dr. Seuss
Big Idea: Patterns and Relationships

Specific: C1.1 identify and describe repeating and growing patterns, including patterns found in real-life contexts

Connecting:  use the machine idea in the book as an input/output machine. E.g., if 1 sneetch goes in and comes out with 3 stars on its tummy, what will how many stars will there be on tummies if 2 sneetch’s go in.

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⭐Dr Seuss read aloud THE SNEETCHES  Best Read aloud

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One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale By Demi

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One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale By Demi

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Big idea: exponential growth and the concept of doubling

Specific expectations: Grade 8 - Number - B1.1 represent and compare very large and very small numbers, including through the use of scientific notation, and describe various ways they are used in everyday life

Connection: The book supports the understanding of the magnitude of exponential growth. After reading, you can use the context of the story to teach exponents.
Other ways to use the book: https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Lessons/One-Grain-of-Rice/

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Sir Cumference and the Round Table - Cindy Neuschwander | Grade 7

Big Idea: Spatial Sense - Measurement
Specific:  E2.3 use the relationships between the radius, diameter, and circumference of a circle to explain the formula for finding the circumference and to solve related problems

Connecting:
When reading this with my class in the past, I actually have them act it out.  I’m the narrator and they do the actions.  It’s hilarious!
Scavenger hunt around the classroom looking for objects that are round that can be measured using the formula for a circle

We have made pretend cakes (2-3 tier) that are round so students can measure surface area to determine how much frosting is needed per cake

Math Curse - Jon Sciezka | Grade 7 (but any grade really)
Big Idea: Social Emotional Learning

connecting: make connections among mathematical concepts, procedures, and representations, and relate mathematical ideas to other contexts (e.g., other curriculum areas, daily life, sports)

communicating: express and understand mathematical thinking, and engage in mathematical arguments using everyday language, language resources as necessary, appropriate mathematical terminology, a variety of representations, and mathematical conventions

Get students to decorate their math journal that we will be using throughout the year. Answer the following question in journal: "What did you learn about math today and where can you find math in your everyday life."

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Sir Cumference and the Fraction Faire - by Cindy Neuschwander

Big Ideas: Quantity, Relationships, Representations

Specific Expectation (grade 4)

B1.4 represent fractions from halves to tenths using drawings, tools, and standard fractional notation, and explain the meanings of the denominator and the numerator

Connecting

The story addresses a common misconception that the bigger the denominators, the larger the parts. This story could connect to a lesson on comparing fractions and equivalent fractions.

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Big Ideas: Connecting area of a rectangle to area of a circle

Number- E2.3 use the relationships between the radius, diameter, and circumference of a circle to explain the formula for finding the circumference and to solve related problems

Connection: When reading the story with my class, we talk about the connection between squares and circles. It's always difficult to understand how a circle can be made out of squares so we start with a cutting activity where students cut out circles from graph paper and then roughly count how many squares make up the circle. Once they've done that we start to learn about the relationship between radius and finding the area.
Extensions: Construct various circles around the school and have students find the correct circle based on only measuring its radius.

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The Sir-Cumference Series

Big Idea - Connecting Geometry, Spatial Relationships, and Measurement

Specific: E2.3 solve problems involving the perimeter, circumference, area, volume, and surface area of composite two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects, using appropriate formulas

Connecting: The Sir-Cumference series about a knight, Sir Comference, who finds himself defending his kingdom. With the help of his family, Radius and Lady Di of Amater, Sir-Cumference solves problems related to the  volume and area of different shapes. The books from this series could be used in different ways. It could serve as a hook for the unit, or it could be an opportunity for students to help Sir-Cumference defend his kingdom.

Extensions: It might be cool to construct various shapes and collaboratively build a kingdom. As a class you could make connections to Geography and talk about economic systems.

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Mr. Fulford reads Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi

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Ball Game Math- Katie Marsico

Big idea: Measurement (however there are many you could take from this book)

Specific: E2.1 measure length, area, mass, and capacity using the appropriate metric units (Gr 6)

Connecting: This picture book has real facts about different aspects of baseball from base measurements, statistics, ball circumference and more. If you know your students and some even play baseball this could be really interesting for them. It can show them that there is definitely math in sports as well.

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Math is everywhere in sports! See who's scoring inside this book-and how we need math to finish the game! You'll need your math smarts to calculate scores and statistics, plan season schedules, measure distances, choose the right size equipment, and more. It all adds up to a lot of fun!

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Math is everywhere in sports! See who's scoring inside this book-and how we need math to finish the game! You'll need your math smarts to calculate scores and statistics, plan season schedules, measure distances, choose the right size equipment, and more. It all adds up to a lot of fun!

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Multiplying Menace By: Wayne Geehan (Also Multiplying Menace Divides)

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Multiplying Menace By: Wayne Geehan (Also Multiplying Menace Divides)

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Big Idea: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions Grade 5/6 +
Specific:
B2.8 multiply and

divide one-digit

whole numbers by

unit fractions, using

appropriate tools

and drawings (Grade 5)
Connecting:
In this story, Rumpelstiltskin has a multiplying stick. Everything it touches, is multiplied by a different factor. Rumpelstiltskin multiplies by fractions if he wants things smaller. In the M. M. divides, Peter works to fix all of Rumpelstiltskin's tricks again. This time he divides by whole numbers to make things smaller and by fractions to make more!
a)Multiplication/division of whole numbers

b)Multiplication/division of fractions
-Corinna

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Teaching Fractions with Math Picture Books

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Fraction concepts are often the most challenging for students to grasp and teachers to teach. On top of that, fraction operations can be even more challenging to teach because students are unable to connect the actions of fraction operations with that of whole numbers. Students need a lot of experiences to develop these skills and ...

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Andrea - Eight Hands Round A Patchwork Alphabet by Ann Whitford Paul

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Andrea - Eight Hands Round A Patchwork Alphabet by Ann Whitford Paul

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Big Idea: Patterning & Patterns in the real world.

Specific Expectations: C1.1 identify and compare a variety of repeating, growing, and shrinking patterns, including patterns found in real-life contexts, and compare linear growing and shrinking patterns on the basis of their constant rates and initial values

Connecting: Patchwork quilts have been important for hundreds of years, as no one could afford to waste good fabrics. People used tiny scraps leftover from dresses, shirts, and worn out clothing and sewed them together to make patchwork quilts. They used designs from their lives such as plants and animals to create the designs. The combinations of fabrics and colours made beautiful patterns. So when looking at the patchwork quilts, students can try to identify the pictures and symbols in patchwork quilts.  They can also see how repeated patterns of squares, triangles and other shapes create small pictures, which make a make a larger repeated  patterned view. This book represents 26 quilt patterns starting with the letters a-z which is only a small slice of quilt patterns available.

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Math Potatoes by Greg Tang

Big Idea: Adding/Subtracting/Multiplying depending on individual strategies

Specific: B2.1 use the properties of operations, and the relationships between addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, to solve problems involving whole numbers, including those requiring more than one operation, and check calculations (Gr 4)

Connecting:  This is a fun picture book with engaging rhymes that has a math questions for students to solve on each page. You could read a page at a time with students and they could work in pairs or groups and use their own strategies (addition/subtraction/multiplication) and then share with the class.

Extension: Students could write their own rhyme or own page for the book with a question for their peers to solve to consolidate their learning.

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Big Idea: Variables, Expressions, Equations and Equality (Intro Activity) Grade 5
Specific:
C2.1 translate among words, algebraic expressions, and visual representations that describe equivalent relationships
C2.2 evaluate algebraic expressions that involve whole numbers
C2.3 solve equations that involve whole numbers up to 100 in various contexts, and verify solutions
Connecting:
Animals see kids playing on a teeter totter and want to try it too! They realize that they have to balance each side (Note: mass equates with equal). Great introductory application to algebra.
a)Balance a teeter totter (aka equation)
b)Solve Balance Benders (Mobiles)
Other Resources (linked):
*Grade 5 Learning Activity Balancing Act (page 79-87)
*Balance Mobiles
-Corinna

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The Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers

By David J. Smith

Big Idea:

E1. describe and represent shape, location, and movement by applying geometric properties and spatial relationships in order to navigate the world around them

Specific Expectations:

E1.2 - make objects and models using appropriate scales, given their top, front, and side views or their perspective views

E1.3 - use scale drawings to calculate actual lengths and areas, and reproduce scale drawings at different ratios

Connecting:

This book is an awesome resource to look at things in our world (or universe) that are too big to grasp. It’s about taking objects and scaling them down. It provides examples of how to scale down big ideas and make them into something students can understand more. The book even provides great examples of activities that can be done with students to help them understand scale.

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The Sir-Cumference Series

Big Idea - Connecting Geometry, Spatial Relationships, and Measurement

Specific: E2.3 solve problems involving the perimeter, circumference, area, volume, and surface area of composite two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects, using appropriate formulas

Connecting: The Sir-Cumference series about a knight, Sir Comference, who finds himself defending his kingdom. With the help of his family, Radius and Lady Di of Amater, Sir-Cumference solves problems related to the  volume and area of different shapes. The books from this series could be used in different ways. It could serve as a hook for the unit, or it could be an opportunity for students to help Sir-Cumference defend his kingdom.

Extensions: It might be cool to construct various shapes and collaboratively build a kingdom. As a class you could make connections to Geography and talk about economic systems.

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This is awesome! I can't wait to use this book. I truly feel like this could be used for intermediate students as well. Many of my grade 7 students didn't grasp the concept that the smaller the denominator, the larger the pieces are. Thank you for sharing this!

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I’m Trying to Love Math by Bethany Barton 

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I’m Trying to Love Math by Bethany Barton 

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Julia Shugg

Big Idea: Spatial Sense - compare, estimate, and determine measurements in various contexts

Specific Expectations: use the relationships between the radius, diameter, and circumference of a circle to explain the formula for finding the circumference and to solve related problems

Connecting: This book demonstrates in humorous ways how to connect mathematics as a whole, to real-life situations. With regards to Spatial Sense specifically, this book can guide students in understanding the meaning of “Pi”, and it’s importance when solving for the size of a circle. With regard to Number Sense, it demonstrates for students how to compare unit fractions using a cookbook recipe.

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Big Idea:  Operations: use knowledge of numbers and operations to solve mathematical problems encountered in everyday life
Specific:
- B2.3 Use mental Math strategies

- B2.7 represent and solve problems using multiplication of whole numbers (2- and3-digit)
- B2.8 represent and solve problems using division of whole numbers with remainder

Connecting:
This story can be used to teach skip counting  and as a leading to multiplication. and division.

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Big Idea: F1. Money and Finances, demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to make informed financial decisions.

Specific: F1.3 explain the concepts of spending, saving, earning, investing, and donating, and identify key factors to consider when making basic decisions related to each

Connecting: This is book great for facilitating a discussion about each of the specific expectations listed above. Students can identify examples of spending, saving, earning, investing, and donating after listening to the story.

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Big Idea: B2 Operations, use knowledge of numbers and operations to solve mathematical problems encountered in everyday life.

Specific: B2.2, recall and demonstrate multiplication facts for 1 × 1 to 10 × 10, and related division facts

Connecting: This book is great for introducing a variety of multiplication strategies. After reading, students can make connections to single digit multiplication and demonstrating their thinking through the use of arrays.