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Arithmetic Fairytales STANDARDS: ** ISBE: 6.B.1. Solve one- and two-step problems with whole numbers using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. WIDA Standard 2: English Language Learners communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in Language Arts. ** THEME: LESSON TOPIC: OBJECTIVES: Language: Students will write an abbreviated version of a popular fairytale. Content: Students will include correct mathematical knowledge in their writing. ** LEARNING STRATEGIES: KEY VOCABULARY: MATERIALS: MOTIVATION: **// (Building background) // Ask the students what their favorite fairytale is. Allow several students to share their favorites. ** PRESENTATION: (Language and content objectives, comprehensible input, strategies, interaction, feedback)
 * Arithmetic Fairytales **
 * Arithmetic **
 * Creative writing**
 * arithmetic, fairytale **
 * Crayons, pencil, and paper. ||

Read a fairytale to the students and discuss how arithmetic could be added to the fairytale. // (Meaningful activities, interaction, strategies, practice and application, feedback) // 1. Pick a favorite fairy tale or folk tale. 2. Read the tale you have chosen. 3. Rewrite the tale by adding numerical information. 4. Write five story questions that someone else could answer using the added information. 5. Students can share their stories with the class. 6. The students can exchange their book with a classmate, read their classmate's book, and answer the questions. ** REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT: (Review objectives and vocabulary, assess learning) // Review the students' stories. Did they follow the original fairytale? Did they include numerica information? ** EXTENSION: The students could create original stories and include arithmetic in their own stories. ||
 * PRACTICE AND APPLICATION:**//