Station 10: Literature Station
Book Choices:
A Cloak for a Dreamer by Aileen Friedman, Illustrated by Kim Howard
Date of Publication: 1994
This book follows the tailor's three sons as they each make a cloak for the Archduke. From bolts of fabric they cut different geometric shapes, circles, rectangles, triangles, hexagons, and other polygons. This book is also useful for exploring angles.
Date of Publication: 1994
This book follows the tailor's three sons as they each make a cloak for the Archduke. From bolts of fabric they cut different geometric shapes, circles, rectangles, triangles, hexagons, and other polygons. This book is also useful for exploring angles.
Shape Up!: Fun with Triangles and Other Polygons by David Adler, Illustrated by Nancy Tobin
Date of Publication: 2000
This picture book book uses food and everyday objects to introduce and identify polygons and angles.
Date of Publication: 2000
This picture book book uses food and everyday objects to introduce and identify polygons and angles.
Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns, Illustrated by Gordon Silveria
Date of Publication: 2008
This book introduces shapes and polygons in telling the story of a triangle that desires to have more and more angles. It introduces quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, octagons, and more and gives examples of where these shapes appear in the world.
Date of Publication: 2008
This book introduces shapes and polygons in telling the story of a triangle that desires to have more and more angles. It introduces quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, octagons, and more and gives examples of where these shapes appear in the world.
Station Description
- Skill/Content and Objective: S.O.L 4.12 - Students will identify and analysis the different geometric shapes while reading.
- Description of Station: This station will provide students with books that will improve their overall knowledge and confidence with polygons and angles. Being able to read the book of their choice while seeing shapes visually. After reading through the books, the students should be able to talk about polygons. Ask them to write down their favorite polygon, draw it, and then write down how it was used in the book(s). They also may explain what they learned about polygons and angles.
- Ideas for Differentiation: You can have them all read, Cloak of a Dreamer, and have them create their own cloak on a piece of paper using shapes. You could also have them do a sorting activity after they read. Giving them more experience to manipulate shapes will give them more confidence in Geometry.
- Formative Assessment: Observe and ask further follow up questions such as: What do you now know about shapes? What are these angles within them mean? How does the story you read going to help you with your knowledge of shapes? You could also have the students record on paper what shapes they learned and have them write down one characteristic of each shape and collect it.
- References:
- http://itweb.fcps.edu/connections/index.cfm