The Math – Literature Connection

Investigations Connections

Grade 2

• How the Second Grade Got $8205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty by Nathan Zimelman [Coins, Coupons, and Combinations]
• The Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza [Coins, Coupons, and Combinations]
• The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins [Shapes, Halves and Symmetry]

Grade 3

• Each Orange Had 8 Slices by Paul Giganti [Things That Come in Groups]
• The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins [Fair Shares]
• The Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza [Flips, Turns, and Area]

Grade 4

• How the Second Grade Got $8205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty by Nathan Zimelman [Mathematical Thinking]
• Each Orange Had 8 Slices by Paul Giganti [Arrays and Shares]
• A Grain of Rice by Helena Clare Pittman [Landmarks in the Thousands]

Grade 5

• A Grain of Rice by Helena Clare Pittman [Mathematical Thinking]
• Jumanji, by Chris Van Allsburg [Between Never and Always]

Book Resources

How the Second Grade Got $8205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty

• About Profits
• Reading Rainbow Review
• Lesson Plan from Take Charge America

Each Orange Had 8 Slices

• From Florida Dept of Ed
• Utah Education Network

The Doorbell Rang

• Lesson Plans Page
• Education World

A Grain of Rice

• "Linking Mathematics and Literature" by Ron Zambo, Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, NCTM, April 2005
• Educator's Reference Desk

The Wolf's Chicken Stew

• The Wolf's Chicken Stew 100th Day Celebration
• The Virtual Vine: 100th Day of School activities, includes a long list of links to other 100th day sites
• Barbara's lesson

Remainder of One, by Elinor Princzes

• http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/05-1/lesson008.shtml
• http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=6096
• http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/3241.html

General Math – Literature Resources

TERC Recommendations for Literature Connections to Investigations Units

Houghton Mifflin Math Central: annotated lists by grade level and strand

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Math and Children's Literature

Quest 2005: Integration Strategies (will open in a new window)

Literature-based Math Lesson/Activity template: Word .doc or .pdf