Picture book activities

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Teaching and learning activities to accompany picture books with mathematical content. Each activity is linked to the levels and strands of the NZC.

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Level Three
Geometry and Measurement
Picture book activities
This is an activity based on the picture book In a Minute. This book may no longer be available for purchase.

Students will be able to accurately estimate the duration of time using the units of minute and second.

Students will be able to measure the duration of events using stopwatches and other timers.

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Level Two
Geometry and Measurement
Picture book activities
This is an activity based on the picture book In a Minute. This book may no longer be available for purchase.
  • Students will be able to accurately estimate the duration of time using the units of minute and second.
  • Students will be able to measure the duration of events using stopwatches and other timers.
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Level Two
Geometry and Measurement
Picture book activities
This is an activity based on the picture book Pepetuna. This book may no longer be available for purchase.

Students will be able to track and record the time involved in different two side-by-side narratives using the units of year and season.

Students will be able to represent time on a linear scale.

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Level One
Geometry and Measurement
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This is an activity based on the picture book Pepetuna. This book may no longer be available for purchase.

Students will be able to demonstrate through modeling their understanding of the link between reflection and doubling.

Students will be able to identify examples of reflection in the natural world.

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Level Three
Number and Algebra
Picture book activities
This is an activity based on the picture book Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! A Mathematical Story
  • Students will be able to find and discuss the multiplicative relationships between elements in simple ratios.
  • Students will be able to represent relationships in sequential patterns in both tables and line graphs.
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Level Two
Number and Algebra
Picture book activities
This is an activity based on the picture book The Great Divide: A Mathematical Marathon
  • Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of halving even sets within the context of dividing by two.  
  • Students will be able to model the concept of remainder of one, when halving odd numbers.
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Level One
Geometry and Measurement
Picture book activities
This is an activity based on the picture book Good Morning, Good Night. This book may no longer be available for purchase.

Students will be able to create a model representing the two halves of a 24-hour day.

Students will be able to order events using day and night as benchmarks within the unit of one day.

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Level Two
Number and Algebra
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This is an activity based on the picture book Mr Chicken Goes to Paris
  • Students will be able to use repeated addition or multiplication facts to identify factors and totals in arrays.
  • Students will be able to identify more than one array to represent a number.
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Level Two
Integrated
Picture book activities
This is an activity based on the picture book 365 Penguins
  • Students will be able to relate the features of the calendar to their number knowledge.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate how grouping is efficient way to organise their thinking and operating with larger numbers.
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Level Two
Integrated
Picture book activities
This is an activity based on the picture book My Map Book

Students will be able to communicate a proportional relationship and the connections between elements using the conventions of simple mapping.