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Read aloud grandfather tangs story and explain to students that a tangram is an ancient chinese puzzle. Grandfather tangs story book and activities library sciences at bellaonline. Grandfather tangs story book and activities library. Grandfather tangs story teachers network free lesson. This is a lesson plan i developed that teams up with the book grandfather tangs story by ann tompet. Grandfather tang s story dragonfly books ebooks for free. The grade 2s were excited to have a visit from mrs. Grandfather tang and little soo create a story using their tangrams about two fox fairies who have the ability to change into the shapes of any animals they choose. It would be used as digital storytelling to introduce the mathematical concept of. Grandfather tang s story uses these puzzles to make the characters come off the page. Sage video bringing teaching, learning and research to life. Introduce the 7 tangram pieces, counting the number of sides they have to practice common core standards.
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In grandfather tang s story, a grandfather tells his granddaughter a tale of two fox fairies who challenge each other by becoming stronger or faster animals. Grandfather tangs story k5 math teaching resources. Grandfather tangs story by ann tompert grandfather tang and little soo created a wonderful story about the supernatural fox fairies that are said to live for up to a thousand years. The teacher reads grandfather tang s story to the class.
Sage books mathematics through play in the early years. Create one of the animals in the story using all seven tangram pieces. Grandfather tangs story by ann tompert author and robert andrew parker illustrator. Lets do a story about the fox fairies, said little soo. As exactly what we intend to supply below, guide qualified grandfather tangs story, by ann tompert is not sort of obligated book. Apr 22, 2014 posts about grandfather tangs story written by ms. After reading and discussing the story give students this 10question quiz. After the story and once students are familiar with the tangram pieces, you can challenge them with the questions i have written in the lesson plan. The story is of two fairy foxes that are showing each other the great animals that they can become, but by grandfather tangs story is an excellent interactive story. Grandfather tangs story dragonfly books ebooks for free. Apr 02, 2015 this video was a project for edci 566 in purdue university master s program in learning design and technology. Materials a copy of grandfather tangs story by ann tompert one set of tangrams for each student see note in commentary a set of tangrams for t. Robert andrew parker s soft illustrations accompany ann tompert s magical fairy tale and informational section about the ancient chinese puzzles called tangrams. As he speaks, he rearranges two tangram puzzles to form the shapes of.
I did a quick search for more tangram activities, after we read grandfather tang s story, a tale told with tangrams by ann tompert, yeste. Literature is a great way to introduce mathematics content. It begins with the authors memories of his grandfather, who left japan for california, and eventually returned to japan with his family. Teachers network seeks to improve student learning by helping teachers integrate webbased lessons into their instructional practice. Walk around the class, house or neighborhood to find shapes and see how they are. Alison cherry, author of red, for real, look both ways, and the classy crooks club, grew up in a suburb of chicago and graduated from harvard. Grandfather tang s story by ann tompert published by crown publishers, inc isbn 0517572729 summary. See more ideas about childrens books, folk and books. When little soo asks for a story, grandfather tang arranges the tangram. Grandfather tangs story uses these puzzles to make the characters come off the page. The main appeal of this book is that it encourages the reader to make pictures using the shapes of. In this tangrams worksheet, students read ann tomperts book, grandfather tangs story and answer number sentence word problems and make tangrams. As the teacher comes to each character in the story, note the picture of the animal that is an outline of a shape that can be made with tangrams. Tangram animals learn to make cat, dog, horse, fish, eagle and crab duration.
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