TITLE: Math Curse
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith PUBLISHER: Viking PUBLICATION DATE: 1995
GENRE: Fictional Picture Book READING LEVEL: 7+ years
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A student is frazzled with all the math that goes into day-to-day life! She breaks down how you need to know how to use math to function in every day life. She also connects several areas of math to student's lives in several ways children might not have thought possible.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have a mathematical pizza day to celebrate this special book! Divide the pizza into an even amount of slices, and have the students incorporate fractions into their pizza eating. IE- (Concept that 2 pieces of pizza from 8 slices is 2/8 or 1/4.)
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Patricia Price - VSU Teacher Candidate - LITR 3110 A
