My favorite new book for the math classroom is Eat Your Math Homework Recipes for Hungry Minds by Ann McCallum. Students won't report to class claiming their dog ate their homework with activities such as the ones McCallum has cooked up. These tasty recipes can be followed at home or at school for a tasty snack of milk and math.
The recipes begin with "Fibonacci Snack Sticks" where children learn about patterns and sequences with a side of math history as they skewer a variety of ingredients to create edible patterns. Other recipes including "Fraction Chips," "Tessellating Two-Color Brownies," and Probability Trail Mix" will have students coming back for seconds.
Teaching Tip
Invite parents to join the class and assist small groups of children as they cook up some math.
[NOTE: I've provided links to both the hardcover and paperback versions of this book. You may want the hardcover for you personal library. I suggest multiple copies of the paperbacks so you have at least one copy for each small group.]
Dear Beth,
ReplyDeleteI would like to introduce you and your readers to the project started by my friend Maria Droujkova,
http://www.moebiusnoodles.com/. This is a great resource for parents and teachers alike.
Thank you for your blog,
Julia
www.artofinquiry.net