Math Around Us

This Kidproj project ended in 1998.

1. Activity: Math Curse Revisited"

Start Date: October 1
End Date: Open throughout duration of project.
Summary:

In Jon Scieszka's book Math Curse, a little girl wakesup feeling she's been cursed...a "math curse", because everywhere she looks,everything she sees, everything that happens to her...she sees as somesort of math problem, because her teacher has told her "YOU KNOW, you canthink of almost everything as a math problem." For example, when she looksin her closet, she sees that she has

"...1 white shirt, 3 blue shirts, 3 striped shirts, andthat 1 ugly plaid shirt that Uncle Zeno sent me."

She then ponders the following questions:

"1. How many shirts is that all together?
2. How many shirts would I have if I threw away that awful plaid shirt?
3. When will Uncle Zeno quit sending me such ugly shirts?"

FOR OUR PROJECT---The teacher shares the story with their class.Kids then think of their next day "mathematically"...seeing how many waysthey can find math problems creeping up on them throughout the day. On the list, they'd share *their* "math curse" days.

Williams Elementary School
Mr. Smith's 5th grade Math Class
Georgetown, Texas

Saddle Rock Elementary School
Ms. Wachter 3rd Grade
& Mr. Covell 's 4th grade
Great Neck, New York

This page is posted by Mickie Flores-Ward, and was lastupdated on October 4, 1998.
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