Fun Math Stories Life of Fred 3rd to 7th Grade
We returned from Oklahoma this weekend and life should settle down now. I am ready to kick Homeschooling Charlie into high gear. Although one of the subjects I dread teaching Charlie is math. Because math has changed so much.
I do not know how to do a lot of the math Charlie will need to be taught. Charlie has been trying to teach me. Which has turned out to be pretty interesting because there is a lot I don’t understand and like me he gets upset and frustrated with me. Which leads to fights and arguments.
I am happy to share another Homeschooling Resource with you for math. The new resources is the Life of Fred Math books. I received them at Christmas but we haven’t had the time to sit down and look through them. I plan to this week because inside the books are stories we will read as we learn math. I think the Life of Fred Math books will keep Charlie more interested in what we are learning.
Here is information on the Life of Fred Math Books because I thought you might like to try them out in your classroom. If you have used any of the Life of Fred books would you let me know what you think of them.
If you have used the Life of Fred Books elementary set, then you will not want to miss this 3-book Life of Fred intermediate set. If you haven’t met Fred, these books would be a great place to get started!!
Life of Fred books are designed for students under age 12, but already finished the Life of Fred elementary book series. These are best for students who can add, subtract, and who understand multiplication and division.
Overview: In the Intermediate series, students continue doing algebra they learned in the elementary series, but they also learn to identify and build functions, set theory, how to analyze mathematically logic arguments, and arithmetic sequences. Also, each book is filled with teasers about future books: “Name one solution for x3=64. There are two other solutions, but you won’t be able to name then until you have had the last week of trig.”
Who is it for? 3rd to 7th grade
Concepts covered: Milliliters, writing numerals in checks ($4000 and not $40.00), idioms, 1/4 + 1/4 +1/4 = 3/4, elapsed time, metaphors, milligrams and pounds, rounding numbers, three-eights of 19,416, and more!
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
