Table of Contents
Introduction
Helpful Hints
Regarding Assessment
Chapter One: Literature-Based Mathematics and Science Activities
The Mathematics-Science Connection
Matrix of Mathematics and Science Activities
Activities featuring Number and Operations
Zebra Question (a poem in A Light in the Attic) and My Light
The Planet Mars (a poem in Where the Sidewalk Ends) and The Planets in Our Solar System
Activities featuring Algebra
Wild Fibonacci: Natureâ s Secret Code Revealed
Activities featuring Geometry
Strange Wind (a poem in A Light in the Attic) and Letâ s Fly a Kite
Activities featuring Measurement
Me and My Giant (a poem in Where the Sidewalk Ends) and Beanstalk: The Measure of a Giant
The Tongue Sticker-Outer (a poem in Falling Up) and If You Hopped Like a Frog
Activities featuring Data Analysis and Probability
A Closet Full of Shoes (a poem in Falling Up) and Zoo-ology
Good Enough to Eat: A Kidâ s Guide to Food and Nutrition
�The Moon Seems to Change
Activities featuring Connections
My First Book of Biographies
Chapter Two: Literature-Based Mathematics and Social Studies Activities
The Mathematics-Social Studies Connection
Matrix of Mathematics and Social Studies Activities
Activities featuring Number and Operations
Sam and the Lucky Money
The Great Divide and Is Somewhere Always Far Away?: Poems about Places
Activities featuring Algebra
One Grain of Rice
Activities featuring Geometry
Safe? (a poem in Falling Up) and Maps & Globes
Mummy Math and Mummies, Pyramids, and Pharaohs
Activities featuring Measurement
How Do You Know What Time It Is? andAlice Yazzieâ s Year
Activities featuring Data Analysis and Probability
Duck for President
If the World Were a Village
The Train of States
Activities featuring Connections
Invention (a poem in Where the Sidewalk Ends), Perfect Inventions = Perfect World, andGirls Think of Everything
Chapter Three: Literature-Based Mathematics and Visual Arts Activities
The Mathematics-Visual Arts Connection
Matrix of Mathematics and Visual Arts Activities
Activities featuring Number and Operations
A Million Dots, Georges Seurat (Getting to Know the Worldâ s Greatest Artists Series) and The Dot
Ed Emberleyâ s Picture Pie: A Circle Drawing Book and Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors
Activities featuring Algebra
Tessellations: The History and Making of Symmetrical Designs and A Cloak for the Dreamer
Activities featuring Geometry
Zoo in the Sky: A Book of Animal Constellations
I Spy Shapes in Art and Picasso (Getting to Know the Worldâ s Greatest Artists Series)
Grandfather Tangâ s Story: A Tale Told with Tangrams
Snowflake Bentley
Activities featuring Measurement
Follow the Line and Mondrian (Great Modern Masters Series)
Madlenka andZoom
Activities featuring Data Analysis and Probability
Probably Pistachio, Miro: Earth and Sky (Art for Children Series, and Joan Miro (Famous Artists Series)
Assessment Resources References
Childrenâ s Literature References
Instructional Resources References
Research References
Appendix â Assessment Tools and Rubrics
Author Biography
Robin Ward is a ten-year mathematics educator who has presented locally and nationally on improving mathematics pedagogy. She developed web-based materials for NASA, teaches integrated math-art classes to students in grades Pre-K-8, and offers professional development workshops for mathematics teachers. Robin is the Associate Director for Curriculum Integration at the Rice University School Mathematics Project and is the author of Numeracy and Literacy: Teaching K-8 Mathematics Using Children's Literature.