Today we read the book, Math Curse, which gave us a wonderful introduction to our math curriculum for the school year. If you have never seen the book, you should definitely check it out! In the book, a female student is told by her teacher that "you can think of everything as a math problem." Sure enough, the next day, she wakes up and experiences math through every facet of her daily life! I used this book as a springboard as we discussed ways we use math in our everyday lives....with the recurring theme being "we cannot escape math!" We solved some of the girl's "math curse problems" together as a class, and then students demonstrated their own mathematical skills by solving problems individually (applying addition, subtraction, counting by 2's, 10's or repeated addition, and fractions).
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