Here arethe suggestions I received for the read aloud to the math class.
Thanks for the help. The day went so well. I had kids in all day who had
picked out books last week and had read them and were looking for another
book (even the young lady who took a book very reluctantly because she
hates to read-- and got a pass to come down second hour because she had
finished her book and really wanted to read something else. It was soooo
cool! Top it off with the ninth grade English teacher who never brings
his classes down (except once to type) asking if I would like to
colaborate on a reading theme for this month ( and a snow day today) and
I am really almost giddy! now to figure out something great to do with
the English class- he is thinking about discussing the different methods
of reading- phonics, whole language etc. and some kind of journaling-- I
jumped at the chance to get on board but haven't really the foggiest idea
how I'm going to tie into this. At this point the only thing I can think
of is booktalking some of our new non-fiction but I surely don't have
enough good stuff for the whole ninth grade. Open to any suggestions or
maybe I'll have one of those great moments on the drive to work tomorrow
Here are the math suggestions
I did One Grain of Rice by Demi. I had them guess how
many grains there were at the end. It's a picture
book, but a great one.
What about the first chapter of The Watsons go to Birmingham? Very funny!
The Number Devil: a Mathematical Adventure_ by Hans
Magnus Enzensberger.
Paperback: 262 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.76 x 9.31
x 6.18 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company; Reprint edition (May
2000) ISBN: 0805062998
Two people suggested:
You could even use The Math Curse by Sczieska for the math class. I used
to
read that aloud in science and then have my students write their own
"Science
Curse". The math teacher could easily build on that, too. The kids will
come up with some neat examples!
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table
Darlene Yasick
Media Specialist
Hopkins High School
lib027yas1@juno.com
Only the mediocre man is always at his best-- Somerset Maugham
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