After reading the book, we talked about how many mittens would be need fortrois personnes, deux chiens, ou quatre oiseaux. We used cubes as counters when necessary. On a number line, the children took turns skip counting odd and even numbers with the pointer. Each student also rolled a large dice, told us what the number was (in French), and explained whether the number was odd or even. Finally, we selected an assortment of boxes from our collection of recyclable material. We looked on the boxes to see how many items the packages contained, and we decided together whether there had been an odd or even number of cookies, bags of popcorn, granola bars, eggs, or light bulbs, etc. in each box. Storybooks are excellent tools for fostering a link between literature and mathematical ideas.
In our learning groups this week, we have been using Stuart J. Murphy’s book, Missing Mittens, to introduce and reinforce several math and language concepts. In the story, Farmer Bill and his barnyard animals are each missing one mitten. We discussed the difference between an even and an odd number, and why the animals need to have an even number of mittens for their even number of hands or feet. The book’s illustrations have many important clues about why the animals always have an odd number of mittens and about who has been stealing their mittens. (A silly goat is the thief!) The students were excellent at anticipating the story’s rhyming text and at predicting what would happen next.
After reading the book, we talked about how many mittens would be need fortrois personnes, deux chiens, ou quatre oiseaux. We used cubes as counters when necessary. On a number line, the children took turns skip counting odd and even numbers with the pointer. Each student also rolled a large dice, told us what the number was (in French), and explained whether the number was odd or even. Finally, we selected an assortment of boxes from our collection of recyclable material. We looked on the boxes to see how many items the packages contained, and we decided together whether there had been an odd or even number of cookies, bags of popcorn, granola bars, eggs, or light bulbs, etc. in each box. Storybooks are excellent tools for fostering a link between literature and mathematical ideas.
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