BREAKING THE MATH MOLD
Well, I decided we were not going to use a math textbook for say this upcoming school year. Yes I said, NO math textbook. I know some of you are thinking what in the world ... rest assured, I have put a lot of thought and prayer into this decision and I have decided this year and more than likely next year our math world with not be defined or confine by a textbook. Trust me, I looked high and low for a textbook that would fit our needs, but with no avail I decided to step out in faith and come up with my own plan. When I started the process of building my own math schedule I had knots in my stomach, but now I am jumping at the bits to get started. My plan includes a lot of living math books, hands on projects, online resources, and board games and of course worksheets.
Well, I decided we were not going to use a math textbook for say this upcoming school year. Yes I said, NO math textbook. I know some of you are thinking what in the world ... rest assured, I have put a lot of thought and prayer into this decision and I have decided this year and more than likely next year our math world with not be defined or confine by a textbook. Trust me, I looked high and low for a textbook that would fit our needs, but with no avail I decided to step out in faith and come up with my own plan. When I started the process of building my own math schedule I had knots in my stomach, but now I am jumping at the bits to get started. My plan includes a lot of living math books, hands on projects, online resources, and board games and of course worksheets.
Throughout the school year I
will be sharing in great detail our math adventure with you in hopes that our
adventure will encourage you to bring math to life in your household, but for
now here is sneak peak into our math adventure. Please keep in mind this a
general schedule and we are a MATH FAMILY! That said; don’t have a heart attack
when you see what I going to attempt to teach an upcoming 1st and 2nd grader
this school year. The living books listed, are books I have in house, we more
than likely will not read all of them, but it is always good to know what you
have at your disposal.
September
Subject: History of Numbers, Addition and Subtraction,
Multiplication and Division, Integers
|Living
Books: Fun with Roman Numbers, Why Pi. Numbers, Everybody Counts, Mouse
Counts, Sir Cumference and All King Tens, Ben Franklin and Magic Square, Shark
Swimathon, Counting on Frank, Mission Addition, The Biggest Soap, Double Duck,
Multiplying Menace, Divide Menace
Hands
On Activity: Make Board Game
October
Fractions, Decimal, Exponents
Living Books: The Number Devil, Math Curse, Big Numbers, Negative
Nine, My Full Moon is Square, Full House, Let's Fly a Kite, Apple Fraction,
Life of Fred
Hands On
Activity: Square Root Painting
November
Charts, Money
Living Books: Twizzlers, Lemonade for Sale
Hands On Activity: Set
up store
December and January
Measuring
Living Books: Bean Stock, Sir Cumference and Isle of Immeter,
Pepper Journal, Mathopolis: Estimate and Measuring, Heatwave, Millions to
Measure, Exploring with Time, Grandpa Gazillion, Just a Second, Game Time,
Polly the Pen Pal
Hands On Activity: Estimate
Candy, Plant Bean, Make Watch
February
Triangles
Living Books: Greedy Triangle, What's Your Angle Pythagoras, Sir
Knight of Angleland
Hands On Activity: Build Bridge
March
Circles
Living Books: Sir Cumference and Dragon Pi
Hands on Activity: Bake Pie, Make Round Shield, KNEX
April
Other Shapes
Living Books: Mummy Math, Sir Cumference and Sword in the
Cone, Caption Invincible and Space Shapes, Jack the Builder
Hands On Activity: KNEX,
Build Shapes out of Dots
May
Patterns and Equations
Living Books: Math Potatoes
Hands On Activity: Hands
on Equations
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