Book 3: Year 4 to 6
Teaching Mathematics Through Story Books by Dr Paul Swan, Sheila Griffin, Linda Marshall, Kristin Humphreys
 
This book takes 12 of the most popular story books for the Year 4 – Year 6 age range and provides a number of mathematical activities for students to do based off the story book; for example students have opportunities to practise reducing and simplifying factions in Edward Einhorns’ Fractions in Disguise. The book includes copiable resources to make using the activities a breeze. Each story book is given multiple mathematical activity options.
Titles covered:
Year 4
The Doorbell Rang
Heads or Tails
Equal Shmequal
Uno’s Garden
Year 5
The Once Upon a Time Map Book
A Place for Zero: A Math Adventure
How Big is a Million?
Just a Second
Year 6
Fractions in Disguise If the World Were 100 People
If… Spaghetti and Meatballs For All! More Story Books
We also list other books we think are great for these year levels