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ORC Resource Number #4233
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Mathematics and Children's Literature: Shapes and Poetry
Promising Practice
PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY

This lesson is the first of three multi-topic lessons that focus on activities motivated by mathematically related stories from children's literature. The teacher reads the poem "Shapes" from A Light in the Attic, and students use cutouts or draw shapes to depict the story in the poem. An activity sheet and Internet extensions are included. This resource is adapted from an article that appeared in the May 1993 issue of Arithmetic Teacher. (author/sw)

OHIO STANDARDS
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Mathematics Academic Content Standards
Geometry and Spatial Sense Standard
NATIONAL STANDARDS
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Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
Geometry Standard
RESOURCE TYPE
Instructional Resource
PRACTICE LEVEL
Promising Practice
STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
Grades K–2
TOPICS
Mathematics --
Geometry;
Spatial sense;
Plane figures;
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Author: Marty Hopkins