MBT Sampler Flipbook

50 Connections to Literature Promote Language Development One of the rich features of the programs are the varied language opportunities for students to maintain and generalize new learning across time and settings. Read to Me uses hundreds of children’s stories to bring math to life, building vocabulary and promoting language development. Story-based activities provide students with original problems to solve, ways to practice mental math and opportunities to develop problem-solving skills. Literature Ties Math to the Real World Trade Book Sets (10 varied titles) Math by Topic, Level A Grades 1–2 MBTABKv2 $200.00 Math by Topic, Level B Grades 3–4 MBTBBKv2 $200.00 Math by Topic, Level C Grades 5–6 MBTCBKv2 $200.00 Lesson 3, Page 10 E - Turtle Splash! Falwell, Cathryn Summary: One by one, ten turtles splash into the pond. It’s a colorful countdown that you can be a part of. Activity: After reading the story, pass Number Cards out to 10 students. Have them come to the front and put themselves in order from 1 to 10. Now read the story again. As a turtle jumps off the log, have the last number sit down. Each time, ask students how many turtles are still on the log. Next, ask if the students can tell you a number sentence that explains what is happening each time a turtle jumps off the log (10 – 1 = 9, 9 – 1 = 8). Next, pick 10 different students to come to the front to be the turtles and hold the cards. Make up your own story problems for the students to act out. For example, “There were 10 turtles on a log in a pond. A frog hops by and 3 turtles jump off the log. How many turtles are on the log now? What is the number sentence that will solve that problem?” (10 – 3 = 7). Give each student a blue piece of construction paper and a smaller piece of brown construction paper. Have them cut out a log for their 10 turtles (10 green interlocking cubes) to sit on. Continue making up word problems for the students to solve using their counters. Finally, give each student 10 green circles. They will glue some on their log and the others should be placed at the bottom of the pond. They will fill in the sentence, “(Name) saw 10 turtles on a log in the pond. A ____ came by and ___ turtles jumped off the log. Now there are ___ turtles on the log. 10 – ___ = ___.” These may be placed in a class book or put on a bulletin board. Sample StoryTime Activity Research indicates math vocabulary words highlighted in each lesson help students understand the “math meaning” of everyday words. Journal Prompts and Writing & Portfolio Activities help older students gain confdence and fluency through self-expression and problem solving preparing them for future success. Writing & Portfolio Activities Starting a Class File of Word Problems Provide each student with an addition or subtraction fact involving numbers up to 10 written on a half sheet of paper or index card. Ask students to write an addition or subtraction story about events that might happen at home or school. Make up a story about the fact you were given. Make the story about something that happened this week. Point out that a word problem must have a question and at least 2 facts. Have volunteers tell their stories to the class. Keep track of the storytellers, so each student has a turn to read a story he or she has written. The stories may be collected and distributed to other students in the class to read and then solve. Allow students time to ask each other for clarifica- tion of the word problem when necessary. This will improve the students’ abilities to write and under- stand the structure of word problems. Save stories for periodic review. Read to Me Read to Me