Happy Wednesday!!! This is Layla from Fancy Free in 4th and I am so excited to be a guest blogger for Courtney today sharing my Five Favorite Math Picture Books to use for upper grade classrooms.
This is my go to Math Mentor text that I always use during the first week of school. I find that kids either LOVE math, because it is easy for them, or they are super intimidated by it. The Math Curse helps those students who are a little apprehensive about math see the fun in it… because Math is EVERYWHERE.
I use this book when I introduce division. It is a great book using ants, arrays and a parade to show dividing different groups up and what remains (poor Joe). When reading this, I pull out these little ant toys and have the kids use them as math manipulatives. The students love acting out the book with these ant math manipulatives! Grab the ants here on Amazon to do this fun math-tivity with your class.
David Alder has several math picture books that I am in love with. I use this one for our geometry unit. It is an entertaining book that helps go over height, depth and width. Using monsters and movies, the class learn about Perimeter How much fencing do the monsters need to buy to go around their yard?, Area How big is the movie screen? and Volume How much popcorn does a jumbo bag hold?
I hope some of these recommendations will help all of you upper grade teachers out there who love using pictures books to engage our students in learning! Using these, and many other math picture books, have helped engage the students and encourage those students who are a little bit apprehensive about new math concepts.
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I'm going to have to add the Monster Book of Dimensions to my list–I've haven't seen it before! Thank you!
Thanks for the recommendations! I am excited to check out the One Grain of Rice and the monster book!
Thanks for the recommendations. đŸ™‚