The Boy Who Loved Math, The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos by Deborah Heiligman, LeUyen Pham

(courtesy of amazon.com) Title: The Boy Who Loved Math Authors: Deborah Heiligman, Leuyen Pham Lexile: AD550L Genre: Biographical Text, Picture Book, Informational Text Summary: The is the biography of famed mathematician Paul Erdos, a prolific mathematician who influenced many of the 20th century's greatest thinkers. Selling Tool: Book Talk https://youtu.be/7q0nxlKSRG0 Activity: 4th Grade students will have The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos read aloud during class. Reflecting on the story they will identify something in their own life that they use math to understand, such as the length of the basketball net to the foul line. They will then represent this understanding visually or in writing in a short expressive piece, which will then be presented to the class. Learning Standard: AASL Learning Standards, 2.1.6: Use the writing process, media and visual literacy, and technology skills to create products that express new understandings. Learning Goal: Students will represent their own experiences through math and document this experience in a written or visual form. Learning Objective: (S) Students will create a unique piece of work that expresses their personal understanding of math in their lives. Learning Outcome: By reflecting on how math is represented in their own lives, students will be able to connect the functions of math with the world around them.