Hi to all! Ms. A here from Oceans of First Grade Fun. I was so honored when Sheree from Petersons-Pad asked me to guest blog for her. I love her blog, especially the math and word work games she posts. I have such a good time planning for math so I thought I'd share with you one of the activities I use with my first graders every year.
Speaking of love, I love, love the book the Napping House. I read it every year during Math Workshop in my classroom. Usually on Wednesdays we will complete a math and literature connection, and this book kicks off the first Wonderful Wednesday Math and Literature activity in my classroom.
Here are some pictures from a few years ago. We created origami type houses to display our work.
This activity comes from the book Math and Literature. I've tweaked it over the years to include how many feet, hands and eyes are in their families.
The last page of this kit is where I really get to see their thinking in math class. Usually I'll hand out a random number (even) and my students have to come up with the make-up of the family. For example, if a student gets eight they could draw a mom, dad, son and a daughter. Or they might draw a mom, dad and a dog. To use the sheet I've provided you can plug in the number or have your students choose a number. Now, I've had a student use an odd number and come up with a really creative way to show that number.
I hope you enjoy the kit. Click on the picture to download your copy. I want to thank Sheree for asking me to guest post today! This was so much fun!
AWESOME as always! Thanks Ms. Arnold!
3 comments:
I have always loved this book, but now I have even more reasons to love it! Thank you for sharing!!
Jenny
Owl Things First
Looks good! Thanks again for having me as a guest blogger! Hope everyone enjoys the activities!
Ms.A
The Math and Literature books are some of my favorite math books!
Laurie
Chickadee Jubilee
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