Hey there! I'm linking up with the lovely ladies at Collaboration Cuties for their weekly mentor text link! This week I shared one of my favorite social studies picture books, however the text also has a great tie into our math curriculum! Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares has been a favorite read aloud for both myself and my third grade students while learning about my favorite founding father...Ben Franklin!
Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares not only highlights interesting information about Ben Franklin, it also connects to Ben's love of problem-solving and mathematical puzzles. The story tells how Ben Franklin generated the idea of a magic square, which consists of nine boxes with a digit inside each box. The numbers in rows, columns, and diagonally each added up to 15.
At the back of the book are directions from Ben on how to create your own magic square. My kiddies were so excited to get started on creating their own magic squares, just like Ben.
On Monday we were stuck inside for recess due to rainy weather, so a crew of third graders decided to work on creating magic squares during their inside recess!! Aren't they precious!!!
On a not so unrelated side-note....my kiddies have been working hard on learning their multiplication facts, strategies, and properties! Here are some of my favorite texts I've been able to pull in:
The Best of Times by Greg Tang
Too Many Cooks! by Andrea Buckless
Too Many Kangaroo Things to Do! by Stuart Murphy
Each Orange Has 8 Slices by Paul Giganti
Two of Everything by Lily Toy Hong
Hershey's Chocolate Math: From Addition to Multipication by Jerry Pallotta
Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar by Mitsumasa Anno
Two more days left for this week! Am I the only one or has this week taken FOREVER?!?
As always, thanks for reading!
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