Picture Books: Amazing

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"After lunch he chopped down an acre of trees and
split them into fireplace logs and still had time
for a nap before supper."Given an average
number of trees per acre, or per square yard,
etc., students can calculate the total number of
trees cut, and then determine total number of
trees cut per hour or other unit of time.

• (John Henry, 1994)

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"This was no ordinary boulder. It was as hard as
anger and so big around it took half a week for a
tall man to walk from one side to the
other."Given only the information in the
story, students can estimate the actual distance
around this enormous boulder.

• (John Henry, 1994)

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"The boulder shivered like the morning freedom
came to the slaves."This passage can be
developed as an introduction to a Social Studies
unit on slavery in the United States.

• (John Henry, 1994)

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"John Henry had come a mile and a quarter. The
steam drill had only come a quarter."Students
can now answer the following questions How
long was the tunnel? How long did it take them
to dig the tunnel? How many feet per hour did
John Henry dig? How many feet per hour did the
steam drill dig? How many steam drills strong
was John Henry?

• (John Henry, 1994)

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"But whether it was a whisper or a thought,
everyone had the same knowing at the same moment
'Dying ain't important. Everybody does that.
What matters is how well you do your
living.'"Connections to Life Skills, goal
setting, character study

• (John Henry, 1994)

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Picture Books

• Introductions
• John Henry
• Connections
• The Math Curse
• Free Fall
• Just a Little Bit
• Others

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The Mississippi River

• The Mississippi River is about 4,000 kilometers
  long.
• 1. Estimate how many MMs it would take to
  measure the length of the Mississippi River.
• 2. Estimate how many MMs you would eat if you
  had to measure the Mississippi River with MMs.

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Just a Little Bit
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"After lunch he chopped down an acre of trees and
split them into fireplace logs and still had time
for a nap before supper."
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"This was no ordinary boulder. It was as hard as
anger and so big around it took half a week for a
tall man to walk from one side to the
other."
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"The boulder shivered like the morning freedom
came to the slaves."
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"John Henry had come a mile and a quarter. The
steam drill had only come a quarter."
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"But whether it was a whisper or a thought,
everyone had the same knowing at the same moment
'Dying ain't important. Everybody does that.
What matters is how well you do your
living.'"
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Picture Books Amazing Unexpected Connections
for Grades 4-8

• Marj Economopoulos
• Diane Wilson
• Kennesaw State University

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Picture Books A Literature Connection to
Motivate Middle Grades Mathematics

• Marj Economopoulos
• Kennesaw State University
• Diane Wilson
• East Cobb Middle School