Monday Math Literature Volume 2

I hope you enjoyed last week's installment of Monday Math Literature where I discussed Sir Cumference And The Dragon Of Pi .  Click here if you missed it and want to check it out!

This week I want to talk about my favorite Marilyn Burns book, Spaghetti and Meatballs for All!

I love Marilyn Burns!  I own several of her math literature books and a small pile of her professional development books.

This story is about Mr. and Mrs. Comfort's family reunion.  It is a great way for kids to explore area and perimeter while seeing how different table arrangements (constant area) result in a different number of seats available for family members (changing perimeter).  The story is fun and lighthearted and easy for students to connect with.  It is also a great story for kids to "act out" using tiles to model the tables.  I have used this book in grades 2-5 to help kids work on area and perimeter and it is especially good at getting kids to understand that rectangles can have equivalent areas but very different perimeters.

I bought this book in the library/school binding edition.  It is a little more up-front costs but after 5 years of use it still looks new!

What is your favorite Marilyn Burns book?

Want to read more about great math literature?  Click here to head over to part 3:)