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LitLinks: The 6 most popular MATH + ELA activities

September 28, 2022 LitLinks, LitLinks-Grade 3-5, LitLinks-Grade 6-8, LitLinks-Grade K-2 No Comments

COMPILED BY PATRICIA NEWMAN


When I taught remedial mathematics to students in grades eight to twelve, the most frequent comment I heard from them was, “Why do we have to learn math? I’m never going to use it.”

I always tried to demonstrate how we use mathematics concepts everyday, sometimes without recognizing it. Counting change at the store. Cooking. Cutting a pizza into equal-sized pieces. Sewing. Building and designing. Calculating our gas mileage. Charting the number of steps we take. Music. Finance. Engineering.

The M in STEM

Each of the six lessons below describes a variety of math activities linked to a children’s book by an award-winning author. Your students will practice many of the skills necessary not only for higher-level mathematics, but for daily life as well. These skills include:

  • sorting and classifying objects
  • finding and making patterns
  • measuring
  • calculating rate, time and distance was (and why it was vital in WWII)
  • practice seeing math in our every day lives

The best part of these six lessons is that the mathematics skills are integrated with rest of the curriculum, and include opporunities for reading, writing, speaking. Additionally, each activity has context and demonstrates the relevance of the M in STEM in science, history, and language arts.

Explore these 6 great mathematics lessons

Book: SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS
LitLinks: Math is EVERYWHERE! Three FUN ways to find it
Book: BARTALI’S BICYCLE
LitLinks: When figuring out the answer to math problems means life or death
Book: WHAT’S IN YOUR POCKET?
LitLinks: Match, sort, classify – Proven activities that captivate students
Book: IF YOU WANT TO KNIT SOME MITTENS
LitLinks: Measure twice, cut once–measurement as a math and science skill
Book: THE ANIMALS WOULD NOT SLEEP!
LitLinks: The math and science of sorting helps kids make sense of the world
Book: BRACLETS FOR BINA’S BROTHERS
LitLinks: Making and recognizing patterns – a math skill

I post new lessons to LitLinks every week, so please come back for future topics.

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