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Math-Literature Connection: Counting with Jack the Builder Lesson PlanMath-Literature Connection: Counting with Jack the Builder Lesson Plan
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Math-Literature Connection: Counting with Jack the Builder

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Connect literature (Jack the Builder) with mathematical concepts. In a series of computation, geometry and number sense activities, pupils count on to add, count back to subtract, build cylinders, cones, and rectangular prisms, and name numbers that are 1, 2 or 3 more than a given number. Resource contains 21 suggested texts to pair with math concepts for greater cross-curricular integration.

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3-d figures, 3-d, counting

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counting on, three dimensional shapes, math
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Grade
K - 2nd
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Math
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