Math for All Seasons Posted By Jaffranna Castillo

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Mind-Stretching Math Riddles: Math for All Seasons, by Greg Tang POSTED BY JAFFRANNA CASTILLO

 

Title: Mind-Stretching Math Riddles: Math for All Seasons

Author: Greg Tang

Illustrator: Harry Briggs

Recommended Grade Level: K-2

Common Core Mathematics Standards Addressed:

K.OA.A.2 Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem.

1.OA.A.1 Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.¹

2.OA.B.2 Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies.² By end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers.

Summary: This book presents different math riddles using objects and colors from the different seasons of the year. Each riddle teaches different combinations of numbers and different strategies of grouping. The book teaches addition without using a set way or formula.

Rating: ***** I recommend this book to teachers for the 1^st and 2^nd grades to introduce addition in a more fun   way. The book provides different strategies for addition, it emphasizes on grouping.

Classroom Ideas: This book could be use in the classroom during a mini lesson as a warm up activity. This is a really god you to get students engagement and teach them different strategies for adding and grouping. Another idea I was thinking of was on the ride of a trip, for instance on the bus the teacher can read a riddle and ask students questions. This can be use as a strategy to maintain students quiet, entertain and learning at the same time.