Math Appeal (Mind-Stretching Math Riddles Series) Book

I chose to rate this book because I am a math teacher and use it in my 4th grade classroom. I use it for a cross-curricular approach in my math class. In this book there are 16 different poems. The poems are short in length, rhyme and are riddles. These poems are great exposure for poetry and comprehension. I use this book for my "Poem of the Week" as a early finisher. Yes, I have a poem of the week in math class! It last 16 weeks! I have it displayed at a table and when kids finish early they can read the poem and write their answer on a sticky note and place it in the jar. At the end of they week I read all of the answers out of the jar aloud in whole group time and we have a discussion about the incorrect answers and how might that student have gotten that answer. Finally, we discuss the correct answer. On Monday's, I display a new poem. With new social distancing rules, only one student at a time is allowed to go to the table and read the poem. The illustrations go along with the poem, that helps every reader but especially ELL students. Overall, the math is pretty easy but the author throws in some tricky sayings time to time to make the reader think about how they need to solve the problem. That is what I like about this book the most. It makes students think about how to solve a problem and makes them reread until they comprehend it! I think this book would be appropriate for second, third or fourth grade classrooms. This books genre could be poetry or nonfiction. I enjoy using this book because I can see students tackle comprehension, poetry and math all-in-one!