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Method 2: Multiplication through Literature

What is it? 

Curriculum integration is a great way to get students excited about learning. Teachers can introduce or reinforce the concept of multiplication by utilizing various pieces of literature.

Why is it effective?

Why is it effective?

Students who love reading but dislike math might become more engaged when you allow literature to help explain the mathematics.

Example Pieces of Literature

  • What comes in 2’s, 3’s and 4’s? (Suzanne Aker)

  • Each Orange Had 8 Slices (Paul Giganti, Jr.)

  • Amanda Bean's Amazing: A Mathematical Story (Cindy Neuschwander)

  • The Best of Times: Math Strategies that Multiply (Greg Tang)

  • The Lion’s Share: A Tale of Halving Cake and Eating It, Too (Matthew McElligott)

  • 2 x 2 = Boo: A Set of Spooky Multiplication Stories (Loreen Leedy)

  • Multiplying Menace: The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin (Pam Calvert)

  • 365 Penguins (Jean-Luc Fromental)

  • The Grapes of Math: Mind-Stretching Math Riddles (Greg Tang)

  • Now…for My Next Number!: Songs for Multiplying Fun (Margaret Park)

  • Too Many Kangaroo Things To Do (Stuart Murphy)

  • 7 x 9 = Trouble! (Claudia Mills)

  • Math Attack (Joan Horton)

References

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