Math and Literature K-1

Math & Literature for Kindergarten–1st Grade

This series of classroom-tested lessons for incorporating literature in math lessons is published by Marilyn Burns’ Math Solutions. Below is the teacher’s manual with the lessons and the accompanying literature books for Kindergarten–1st Grade. (other grades)

	Math and Literature Grades K-1 by Marilyn Burns & Stephanie Sheffield Teacher’s Guide
	The Button Box by Margarette S. Reid An imaginative boy likes playing with his grandmother’s button collection. Activity: sorting, counting, describing, comparing
	Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein “Band-Aids” tells of an overzealous application. Activity: creating number sentences
	A Pig is Big by Douglas Florian A pig is big, what is bigger? Activity: making books of things bigger or smaller than a pig
	Ten Flashing Fireflies by Philemon Sturges Two children capture 10 fireflies and then release them one by one. Activity: number sentences for combinations of 10
	Six-Dinner Sid by Inga Moore Sid the cat convinces six different households to feed him dinner. Activity: How many dinners would Sid eat in a week?
	Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni The story of an inchworm who can measure anything. Activity: exploration of inches and linear measurement
	One Monday Morning by Uri Shulevitz The royal family comes to visit a small boy. Activity: counting, creating concrete graph
	Cats Add Up! by Dianne Ochiltree A young girl keeps adopting cats until she has ten. Activity: addition and subtraction
	A Three Hat Day by Laura Geringer The lonely R.R. Pottle the Third wears three hats and finds love. Activity: problem solving with permutations
	Rooster’s Off to See the World by Eric Carle Rooster sets off on a journey, gathering friends along the way. Activity: figuring out how many animals in all
	Ready or Not, Here I Come! by Teddy Slater A game of Hide-and-Seek features various ways to count to 100. Activity: counting to 100 by ones, fives, tens, and twenties

	Benny’s Pennies by Pat Brisson A boy has 5 pennies and wants to spend them all. Activity: counting and handling money
	Quack and Count by Keith Baker Seven ducklings in many different groupings. Activity: creating and illustrating number sentences to show the sum of seven
	Two of Everything by Lily Toy Hong Chinese folktale about a magic doubling pot. Activity: doubling numbers
	Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen Five animals squash into a boat. Activity: using Cuisenaire rods to visualize combinations of five
	The Shape of Things by Dayle Ann Dodds Shows how circles, squares, and triangles are parts of everyday things. Activity: identifying and naming shapes
	Ten Sly Piranhas by William Wise Ten piranhas disappear one at a time; a counting book in reverse. Activity: writing subtraction number sentences
	12 Ways to Get to 11 by Eve Merriam Different objects are combined in different ways to make groups of 11. Activity: finding combinations that total 11
	When a Line Bends…a Shape Begins by Rhonda Gowler Greene Rhymes and a bending line illustrate 10 different shapes. Activity: making shapes from pipe cleaners
	Let’s Go Visiting by Sue Williams A child and his dog visit various animals. Activity: addition
	Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews Dots and rhymes illustrate everyday objects. Activity: making a similar book and creating a problem-solving activity
	Pattern Fish by Trudy Harris Humorous rhymes about sea creatures with repeating patterns. Activity: searching for patterns
	The Napping House by Audrey Wood A napping granny is joined by a child and several animals. Activity: problem-solving with multiple answers