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Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Math Out Loud
This site provides a listing of books with songs, poems, and folk tales featuring math concepts for making the connection between math and our culture.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: What if We Changed the Book? Problem Posing With Sixteen Cows
After reading a piece of math-related children's literature aloud, students pose and solve new problems by asking what-if questions about the events in the story.
Kids' Wings
Little Red Schoolhouse: "Honus and Me"
Here you will find a wide variety of enrichment activities, information and games to enhance the book "Honus and Me."
Scholastic
Scholastic Lesson Plan: A Chair for My Mother
This extensive lesson plan uses the Children's Literature book "A Chair for My Mother," by Vera B. Williams to teach the concepts of saving and reaching a goal. Primary learners are the target for this lesson.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Patterns and Picture Books
CarolHurst.com provides a sample chapter from Picturing Math, which teaches geometric concepts using picture books and activities.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Know and Learn: Falling Stars
A counting book where students count stars. Includes audio narration in 9 additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Know and Learn: Spot the Shapes
A book about the shapes around us. Includes audio narration in 17 additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Know and Learn: Counting Sheep
Have fun counting sheep and parts of their bodies in this book. Includes audio narration in 12 additional languages with text in English.
DLTK
Kidzone: Gingerbread Man Theme Unit
This five day theme unit for the Gingerbread Man is full of great ideas. It is suitable for children in preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary. From Language Arts to Math, this site has it all!
Scholastic
Scholastic Lesson Plan: Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich..
This multipart lesson plan the cost of opportunities when you have limited resources. It uses the hilarious children's book, "Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday" by Judith Viorst to drive the lesson home.
Other
K 3 Learning pages.com: 100th Day of School
This site features several links for kindergarten through third grade resources for the 100th Day of School. These links include activities, songs, poems and more.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Know and Learn: Violet Counts Cookies
Violet must resist eating a cookie before she finishes counting them. Includes audio narration in 20 additional languages with text in English.
University at Buffalo
University at Buffalo: Maya Angelou Faq
A website from the University at Buffalo on the life and accomplishments of writer Maya Angelou, "Maya Angelou FAQ" is organized into the following sections: "a mini-biography," "a mini-bibliography," and "Maya Angelou Links."
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Clever Santa
Help Santa figure out how many puzzles and books to leave for the children of this family. Once you figure it out you can check the solution.