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Karin Otto
FAIRY TALE MATH
Topic: Arithmetic
Grade Level: 2 and up
Materials: crayons, paper
Description of activity:
Ask the students to revise their favorite fairy or
folk tale to include
numerical information. This new version of the tale
can be used as a source for generating story problems.
Directions to the student:
1. Pick a favorite fairy tale or folk tale. Read
the tale you have chosen.
2. Rewrite the tale by adding numerical information.
3. Write five story questions that someone
else could answer using the added information.
Sample tale: "The Five Bears" by Andrea
Kachel, Grade 2, Jefferson Elementary School
Once upon a time there were five bears. The Papa
bear was the oldest. He was 39 years old. Next came the Mama bear. She
was 36 years old. Next came their son Andrew. He was 18 years old. Next
came Andrea. She was 9 years old. Last came Jessica. She was 3 years old
and a real brat. Every day Mama bear would leave for work at 7:00 in the
morning and she would get home at 5:00 in the afternoon. The children left
for school at 8:00 in the morning and came home on the hot, noisy, bumpy bus
at 3:30. Papa bear took baby Jessica to the day care at 9:00 in the
morning on his way to work in the honey factory.
Source: "Teaching Children Mathematics"
February 1995
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