PIPPIN PUBLISHING

LINKING MATHEMATICS AND LANGUAGE: PRACTICAL CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

ISBN: 0-88751-038-8 View Graphical Site Go Back

Descript:
A teaching principal and a university professor join forces to provide teachers and parents with a set of introductory activities in mathematics for children 12 years and under, using language instruction as a tool for the development of mathematical concepts. The authors hope that the suggested activities in this unusual and stimulating book will provide a model for the development and implementation of lessons in maths that are consistent with the principles of holistic instruction. Bibliography included.

Special Features: Masses of photocopiable charts, games and activities.

Audience: All teachers and parents of children from ages 6 - 12.

Paperback 6" x 9"

Table of contents:

Introduction
The Purpose of This Text
Identifying Patterns: The Key to Mathematics
Basic Instructional Methods in Whole Math Instruction
Whole Math Activities for Primary and Elementary Classrooms
Bibliography
Matrix Showing Math Focus by Strand

Logic
1. Comparing and Ordering
2. Similarities and Differences: I
3. Similarities and Differences: II
4. Venn Diagrams
5. Cooperative Logic: What's My Line?
6. Cooperative Logic: What's My Number?
7. All Sorts of Stuff

Geometry
8. Patterns Walk
9. Investigating Blocks
10. Over the Wall
11. Pattern Block Creations
12. Grab Bag

Measurement
13. Measurement Tool
14. Body Measurements
15. Body Scale
16. Classroom Model
17. Time Lines
18. Calendar Daze
19. Measurement Investigations

Number
20. Numbers All Around Us
21. Estimation
22. Number Posters
23. Number Plays
24. Headlines
25. Hundred Chart
26. The Land of Doy

Probability and Statistics
27. Student Statistics
28. Burning Questions
29. Mystery Graphs: Open Bar
30. Mystery Graphs: Natural Phenomena
31. Mystery Graphs: The Plot Tickens