Mathematics, Children's Literature, and Internet Activities

Georgia Educational Technology Conference - GaETC 2007

Session 223, November 16, 2007, 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Dr. Deborah A. McAllister, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Deborah-McAllister@utc.edu

Shirley A. McDonald, Ringgold Middle School, Ringgold, GA

Web Site: http://oneweb.utc.edu/~deborah-mcallister/tetc2005pres.htm

Session Handout: http://oneweb.utc.edu/~deborah-mcallister/gaetc07ho.htm

Description of Session

Participants will view Web sites that link mathematics activities and children’s literature for elementary grades. Links include authors’ sites, online stories and activities, lesson plans, and summaries. Activities are correlated to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards, with each of the 10 curriculum standards represented by several books and Web sites.

Selected Activities

Follow the Money, by Loreen Leedy - http://www.loreenleedy.com/

• U.S. Mint - Kids/Games - http://www.usmint.gov/kids/games/
• Practice Counting Money Game - http://www.apples4theteacher.com/java/counting/money.html
• My Schoolhouse Elementary Lessons - http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/Sample.htm
• Tutorials - Coin Combination Practice - http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/math/math_lessons/mathles3/tutor.htm
• How Many Cents? - http://www.little-g.com/shockwave/cents.html
• Money Flashcards - http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/flashcards/money
• Money Math Games - http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000785.shtml

Earth Day - Hooray!, by Stuart J. Murphy - http://www.stuartjmurphy.com/

• Stuart J. Murphy - Math Start - http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/mathstart/murphy.asp
• Kids Domain - Earth Day - http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/earthday/
• Earth Day - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day
• Recycle City - http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/
• Earth Day Lesson Plans, Ideas, and Activities - http://www.lessonplanspage.com/EarthDay.htm
• The Teacher's Guide Recycling Themes Page - http://www.theteachersguide.com/Recyclinglessonplans.htm
• Place Value Games - http://www.gamequarium.com/placevalue.html
• Internet4Classrooms - Mathematics - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/math.htm

A Place for Zero, by Angeline Sparagna LoPresti

• U.S. Mint - Kids/Games - http://www.usmint.gov/kids/games/
• Practice Counting Money Game - http://www.apples4theteacher.com/java/counting/money.html
• My Schoolhouse Elementary Lessons - http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/Sample.htm
• Tutorials - Coin Combination Practice - http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/math/math_lessons/mathles3/tutor.htm
• How Many Cents? - http://www.little-g.com/shockwave/cents.html
• Money Flashcards - http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/flashcards/money

A Remainder of One, by Elinor J. Pinczes - http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=2987

• Division Activity (with remainders) - http://www.numbernut.com/basic/activities/div_quiz_2x1rem.shtml
• Coloring Remainders in Pascal's Triangle - http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ColoringRemainder/
• When Division is Not Exact - http://www.homeschoolmath.net/teaching/md/not_exact_division.php

Less than Zero, by Stuart J. Murphy - http://www.stuartjmurphy.com/

• Order of Operations - What is it? - http://www.eduplace.com/math/mathsteps/4/a/index.html
• Positive & Negative Numbers - Lesson Plan - http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MathPosNegNumbersCardGameIdea3.htm
• Negative Numbers - http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/whatarenumbers/negativenumbers/
• Adding and Subtracting Positive and Negative Numbers - http://www.mcwdn.org/Algebra/AddSubPosNeg.html

Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland, by Cindy Neuschwander

• Fun with Numbers - http://www.newdream.net/~sage/old/numbers/
• Using a Protractor - http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/protractor-using.html
• Geometry Index - http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/index.html

What's Your Angle, Pythagoras?, by Julie Ellis

• The History of Pythagoras and His Theorem - http://www.arcytech.org/java/pythagoras/history.html
• Pythagorean Triples - http://www.math.clemson.edu/~simms/neat/math/pyth/

Pepper's Journal, by Stuart J. Murphy - http://www.stuartjmurphy.com/

• I Can Make a Calendar - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/calendar/icanmake/
• Calendar Activity - Applet - http://www.fi.edu/time/Journey/JustInTime/calendar/calendar1.html
• Calendar Math Activities, K-2 - http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/k2/calendar.htm
• Learning the Days of the Week - PK Lesson Plan - http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/228.shtml
• Numbers from One to Thirty-one - http://richardphillips.org.uk/number/

Lemonade for Sale, by Stuart J. Murphy - http://www.stuartjmurphy.com/

• Bar Chart - NLVM - http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_323_g_2_t_5.html

The Sundae Scoop, by Stuart J. Murphy - http://www.stuartjmurphy.com/

• Pizza, Pizza - http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L223
• Bobbie Bear - http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=3

Rabbits Rabbits Everywhere, A Fibonacci Tale, by Ann McCallum

• Fibonacci Activities - http://www.crews.org/curriculum/math/Fibonacci/activities.htm
• Easier Fibonacci Number Puzzles - http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibpuzzles.html

Math Curse, by Jon Scieszka

• Student Stories - http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/Math97/curse.html
• Lesson Plan - http://www.k-state.edu/smartbooks/Lesson017.html
• Numbers from One to Thirty-One - http://richardphillips.org.uk/number/
• Fun with Numbers - http://www.newdream.net/~sage/old/numbers/
• National Math Trail - http://www.nationalmathtrail.org/
• Chattanooga Math Trail - (placed on Sun Server - http://sparky.ceca.utc.edu/mcallister/; full text is also located in ERIC under my name - http://www.eric.ed.gov/)