The Greedy Triangle.
"Once there was a triangle that was -- as most triangles are -- always busy." The book points out some of the many frequent places where triangles can be found such as "holding up roofs, supporting bridges, making music, catching the wind for sailboats, being slices of pie . . . and more." "The triangle's favorite thing, however, was to slip into place when people put their hands on their hips." This last refers to the space between the arm and the body. The triangle likes this shape because "that way I always hear the latest news . . . which I can tell my friends." And his friends like that.
But the triangle finds this boring at some point, and seeks the help of a shapeshifter to become a quadrilateral. Ennui recurs and the former triangle moves through a transition successively into a pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, and decagon. For the first few shapes, the book outlines places you find these shapes in nature and human-made objects. A connection is also made as to whether those shapes provide juicy stories to tell friends.
The video could be stopped at various points and children could be asked to find triangles in the picture.
Resources:
But the triangle finds this boring at some point, and seeks the help of a shapeshifter to become a quadrilateral. Ennui recurs and the former triangle moves through a transition successively into a pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, and decagon. For the first few shapes, the book outlines places you find these shapes in nature and human-made objects. A connection is also made as to whether those shapes provide juicy stories to tell friends.
The video could be stopped at various points and children could be asked to find triangles in the picture.
Resources:
| greedytriangle.pdf |
| greedy_triangle_play.pdf |
| area_of_triangles.pdf |
| mmu_geometry_triangles.pdf |
| polygons_tzfmz.pdf |
Each Orange had 8 Slices.
There is so much in this story, the use of word problems to try and solve maths problems is excellent. It could be a good idea to use this story over a week, finding ways to solve the problems and making your own.
Resources:
Resources:
| each_orange-gr3.pdf |
| each-orange-had-8-slices.pdf |
| g3_tlg_lesson_4_1_mm_page_85.pdf |
Counting Crocodiles
Poor Monkey. All she has to eat are sour lemons. One day she spies a banana tree on a faraway island, but the only way to get there is to navigate the crocodile-infested waters of the Sillabobble Sea. That’s no problem when you’re a brave and clever monkey who can count to ten and back!
Resources:
Resources:
| counting_crocodiles.pdf |
| counting_crocodiles_i30.pdf |
| countingcrocodiles.ai.pdf |
A Remainder of One.
Ten Timid Ghosts. - Subtraction.
A great little story about timid ghosts that get scared one by one.
Resources:
Resources:
| tentimidghosts-page1.pdf |
| tentimidghosts-page2.pdf |
Roosters off to see the World - Simple addition and subtraction.
An introduction to numbers and their meaning. Here are some resources to help:
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/roosters-see-world-lesson-plan
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/roosters-see-world-lesson-plan
| roostersofftoseetheworld.ai.pdf |
365 Penguins - Various maths problems
A delightful story about penguins invading a family home, there are various maths problems during the story (Some very tricky).
Resources:
Resources:
| problem_penguins_task_sheet_2.pdf |
| penguinparade.pdf |
| penguinpuzzler.pdf |
| pascalspenguins2.pdf |
