A Year-Long Math Adventure

Mathworld is a story I wrote about a kid who falls into a math worksheet in Mr. B's class and ends up in a fantasy world of math. I use the story as a structure for the progression our class makes throughout the year in math. In Mathworld, our class meets an evil money man, Fraction Fires, Ancient Steps of Multiplication, and a Forest of Pluses, among other friends and foes. There are 15 lands in all, each of which has a Quest which relates to one of the subjects in our second grade math curriculum. As our class moves through each land, we read the story that corresponds with that Mathworld land. Then we spend the next few weeks preparing for that land's Quest, which is a comprehensive test aligned with the 2nd grade Palo Alto standards for that math subject. As we pass each Quest, we move one step closer to "The Castle of the Third Grade." It is a fun way to mark our progress and build confidence as we study math in the second grade!

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