Math Curse

Lesson
Objectives

The student will be able to find and understand the use of math in everyday encounters.



Grade
Level
4th Physical Education Standard/s
Use the four operations with whole numbers
to solve problems.
Solve problems involving measurement and
conversion of measurements from a larger
unit to a smaller unit.

Curricular
Focus
Math Curricular Standards/
Benchmarks
4.OA.A.2
Multiply or divide to solve word problems
involving multiplicative comparison, e.g., by
using drawings and equations with a symbol
for the unknown number to represent the
problem, distinguishing multiplicative
comparison from additive comparison.

4.MD.A.2
Use the four operations to solve word
problems involving distances, intervals of
time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and
money, including problems involving simple
fractions or decimals, and problems that
require expressing measurements given in a
larger unit in terms of a smaller unit.
Represent measurement quantities using
diagrams such as number line diagrams that
feature a measurement scale
Supporting
materials
Math Curse, construction paper,
newspapers, scholastic magazines
Assessment: Informal asking questions for
comprehension
Formal craft at the end of the lesson

Introduction/Anticipatory Set:
Ask students what they can find math in.
Explain that math problems can be found in almost everything.
Read Math Curse.
Ask students to give examples of things that could be a math problem like in the book.
Lesson Focus/Activity:
Give students newspapers and magazines, and tell them to cut out examples of math that they
can find. Then tell them to glue their sections to the construction paper.
Have the students come up with math problems that involves the math pieces found.
Ask the students to explain the pieces that they found to the class without explaining the math
problem found.

Lesson Closure/Assessment:
Put students into pairs.
Have the students trade their papers and have them highlight the math pieces in their partners
paper, and then try to solve the problems given.
Within the next few days, read Math Curse again and solve the math problem presented.
Put Math Curse in your classrooms bookshelf, and encourage students to reread the book when
they can and try to solve the problems again.





Prior Knowledge:
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, time
Anticipated Modifications:
If some students cannot finds examples of math, then
give them a specific magazine or newspaper clip that has
easily identified math.
Equipment/Materials:
Scissors, highlighter, glue

Safety Considerations:
Be careful with scissors
Resource:
Math Curse
Teacher
Date 10/21/14