THE SILLY STORY OF GOLDIE LOCKS AND THE THREE SQUARES
Author: Grace Maccarone
Illustrator: Anne Kennedy
Number of pages: 23
Publisher: Scholastic (USA) First published in: 1996 Format: Picturebook Is the mathematical focus explicit in the story? Yes Is this story part of a mathematics story series? Yes (Hello Math Reader) Click here to preview and/or purchase this book via the Amazon (UK) website Synopsis by the author/publisher
Visiting the pentagon-shaped house of the three Squares, Goldie Locks is amazed by the cottage's geometrically shaped furniture and remembers an important mathematical fact just in time to escape when the Squares come home. |
“Some of the noodle triangles had three equal sides. Some of the noodle triangles had two equal sides and one different side. Some of the noodle triangles had three unequal sides. None of the sides were the same.”
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8 years old +
Relevant topics:
2D shapes
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8 years old +
Relevant topics:
2D shapes
Possible teaching activities:
At MathsThroughStories.org, we believe that stories can be meaningfully incorporated in mathematics teaching in different ways. Thus, we are inviting you to share your experience of how you have used this story in your mathematics lesson with other members of the community. By sharing your experience with us, you will be added to our team of On-line Contributors here, where you can also find our submission guideline.