My kindergarteners have been looking closely at the artwork of Wassily Kandinsky as we learn about geometry in math. We are using his art to explore shapes, lines, color and important vocabulary for positional words that are part of our state standards. I’m using Kandinsky’s art just like I use mentor texts throughout my literacy [...]
Posts Tagged ‘math’
Art as a mentor text
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged art, geometry, literacy, math, mentor texts, Pixie, technology on March 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Math & Literacy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blog, literacy, math on September 4, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Pat and I have the pleasure of kicking off a blog tour on October 3rd for a new math book from Stenhouse Publishers – Math Exchanges by Kassia Omohundro Wedekind. You may be wondering why we are reviewing a book on math here at Catching Readers. Well, Math Exchanges stands on the shoulders of great [...]
