Lesson Plans for Using Literature in
Middle and High School Mathematics

(developed by Leonor and edited by Elaine)

BOOK
AUTHOR
TOPIC
"A Rice Sandwich" from A House on Mango Street Cisneros Permutations; estimation; money; multiplication
A Cloak for the Dreamer Friedman Pattern, geometric shapes, tessellation, tiling
A Gebra Named Al Isdell Order of operations; algebra
A Grain of Rice Pittman Place value, face value
A Million Fish, More or Less McKissack Bar graph; statistics; mean/median/mode; data table; scatterplot; trend line
A Wrinkle in Time L'Engle Probability; compound events; equally likely
All Mixed Up! Gukova Permutations
Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar Masaichino & Mitsumasa Permutations; factorial; place value, scientific notation; problem solving; tree diagram
The Best of Times Tang Multiplication facts, number sense
Catherine Called Birdy Cushman 2-D shapes; length; metric system conversion; Fibonacci sequence
The Chronicles of Narnia Lewis Venn diagram; area; perimeter; radius; circumference
Counting on Frank Clement Estimation; nonstandard measurement; probability
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash Noble Number sense; sequences, combinations, operations
Do You Wanna Bet? Cushman Probability; chance
Equal Shmequal Kroll Weight; balance; algebra equations; statistical mean
The Fly on the Ceiling Glass Coordinate grid
Fraction Action Leedy Fractions, equivalent fractions, numerator, denominator, operations on fractions
Grandfather Tang's Story Tompert Geometric shapes, spatial reasoning, perimeter, problem solving
The Great Graph Contest Leedy Making graphs with accuracy, creativity, and neatness
Holes Sachar Ratio, proportion, data collection, percent
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth Lasky Circumference, pi, protractors, arcs
Math Curse Scieszka Permutations, problem solving, timeline, average, sequence, percent, vocabulary, volume
Moja Means One: A Swahili Counting Book Feelings Number systems; problem solving; logic & reasoning; measurement; conversion
More M&M Chocolate Candies Math McGrath Bar graph; estimation; average; multiplication; division
Mummy Math: An Adventure in Geometry Neuschwander Geometric solids & shapes; nets; spatial reasoning
My Rows and Piles of Coins Mollel Monetary systems; word problems; permutations
The Number Devil Enzensberger Number sense; combinations, decimals, fractions, fractals
One Hundred Hungry Ants Princzes Measurement, multiplication arrays, division, converting units, money
One Zillion Valentines Modell
Over the Wall Ritter
The Pit and the Pendulum Poe Problem solving; T table; graphing; prediction; modeling; pendulums
The Principal's New Clothes Calmenson Permutations; ratio; proportion
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Coerr Scalene/isosceles/right triangles, line of symmetry, transformations
Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp Shields Measurement; ratio; proportion; coordinate system; symmetry; transformation; area & volume; statistics; 3-D figures; perspective
Shape Up! Fun with Triangles and Other Polygons Adler Triangles, vertex, angles, quadrilaterals, polygons
Sir Cumference & the Dragon of Pi Neuschwander Circles, pi, irrational numbers, ratio
Sir Cumference & the First Round Table Neuschwander Geometric shapes, construction, deconstruction, spatial visualization
Sir Cumference & the Great Knight of Angleland Neuschwander Obtuse angles, right angles, acute angles, straight angles
Sir Cumference & the Sword in the Cone Neuschwander Geometric solids; cones; volume; Euler's Law
Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! A Mathematical Story Burns Perimeter, area, arrangements
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt Hopkinson Permutations, combinations, probability, square numbers, symmetry, tessellations
Tiger Math Nagda & Bickel Statistical graphs
The Warlord's Puzzle Pilegard Measurement; area; perimeter; fractions
Weslandia Fleischman Time; protractor; angles; number system; sundial
What's Your Angle Pythagoras? Ellis Pythagorean Theorem; right triangles; angles