Math Curse

The math curse is that once a little girl begins to think about math that is all that she can think about. Everything she does turns into a math problem. It is an example of how math is in most everything that we do on a daily basis and gets children to think more about math!

A boy is learning math in class and suddenly everything he sees and thinks of in life becomes a math problem until finally he understands all the math skills. Good to use in a math class.

This is a hilarious book. I don't even really like math that much, but I enjoyed this book immensely when I was in elementary school, and I still find it funny and fun now.

This book should be used when discussing math with a child to show that its not scary. Math Curse is a book that understand that math is scary even though its used every where. There are math questions through out the book to show that math is every where but at the end it shows that math is not

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that scary and that a student can break the math curse. The pictures on the pages are amazing, so even if a child is not scared of math, they will enjoy looking at the pictures.

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This cute story follows a little boy who sees Math everywhere. This would be a great one to use with Elementary or Middle School Aged children (or even a fun intro for high school students!). This book has incredible illustrations and encourages children to see Math in their every day life. This

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would be a great project to have students start noticing the Math in their world. Finally, Scieszka's work tackles many students' fear of Math in a funny way.

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I loved this book, I had read Scieszka's book the Stinky Cheese Man and was again impressed with his work. This is a great way to make math fun and yet at the same time commiserate with students who don't like math and yet it pulls them in and gets their mind thinking about math.

A picture book that makes one day into a series of story problems. Will I be at the bus stop on time? How many M&M's would it take to measure the Mississippi River? Can the birthday cupcakes be divided evenly in the classroom? Bold illustrations accompany each page.

This book tells the story of a boy whose teacher put a math curse on him. Everything he encounters becomes a math problem. This book is a great way to introduce math to upper grade studnets for them to see how math plays into the real world.

This is a great book for 5th and 6th graders. Talks about how math is in your every day life.

Math Curse is a short fictional story about a young boy who comes to see everything in life as a math problem because of his teacher, Mrs. Fibonacci. When he wakes up Tuesday morning he spends his entire day thinking in "math terms." He must figure out how much time he has before he needs to be at

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the bus stop, how many shirts he has in his closet, how much milk he has left for his cereal and so on and even dreams at night about math! Thankfully, when he wakes up Tuesday morning his "math curse" has ended, but little does he know a new curse is already peeking around the corner!

Although I would recommend this book for third grade and up some pages can also be used in first and second grade (such as how many minutes in an hour question, which month has the fewest days or how many fingers are in our class). This book is an exemplary book for teaching a wide range of math concepts. It discusses the concept of time, measurement, counting, fractions, decimals, money and division. Perhaps the most effective part of the book is the large amount of questions it poses to the reader than can be answered by the surrounding text and information. Because many students can become intimidated or uninterested in math they will find this book amusing and relatable because not only is the main character their age but he also refers to his encounter with math as a "curse." It includes multiple visual representations (such as how to count my twos on your fingers or a pie that is divided into pieces/fractions) that allow students to see what the questions are asking them. This book can also be used with manipulatives; students could use or handle coins to assist them in learning amount exchanging cents for dollars and vice versa. Also, the storyline offers a sarcastic yet humorous twist that allows students to both vent about their similar frustrations with math yet also realize the importance and real-life situations in which they will use these important math concepts!

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Math Curse follows a little boy who sees Math everywhere. This would be a great one to use with Elementary or Middle School Aged children (or even a fun intro for high school students!). I did this book as a read-aloud and the book has incredible illustrations and encourages children to see Math in

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their every day life. This would be a great project to have students start noticing the Math in their world. Finally, Scieszka's work tackles many students' fear of Math in a funny way and helps them realize just how important learning math is in the real world!

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The teacher in this story tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem and it changes one students life!

I credit this book with being one of the first to get me interested in math. It is a perfect way to get students to see the everyday practical application of math.

This one left me with my head spinning, but I was smiling, so I can forgive him for that. It really was a lot to think about and his strange sense of humor pervades every page. The illusrations have a topsy-turvy, all-consuming sort of feel and the book as a whole is funny and thought-provoking.

You might not have realized that almost everything is a math problem until you've read this book. Everyone goes through math related problems everyday without knowing. This humorous story goes into details of a young girl going through what she believes is a math curse.

The Math Curse by Jon Scieszka begins by stating that "you know, you can think of almost everything as a math problem" at which point the main character goes through his day confronted by the many math problems that come up. Great to follow up on some of the problems with a class. My kids said that

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it was too much to do in one day!

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This book made my head hurt. It was enjoyable but took forever to read because I insisted on figuring out every math problem. It was a fun and enjoyable trip through numbers and math problems.

This would be an awesome book to get kids on the path to enjoying math and reading all in one book. A great

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book for also teaching kids about postmodern children's lit.

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When you can think of almost anything as a math problem, you soon find out your life has a lot of problems.

Math Curse is entertaining for a broad age range, with a pleasing artistic style and a great sense of humor. Kids will be able to put themselves in the shoes of the main character and her fear

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of math, as well as enjoy the collage-style illustrations. Teachers and math enthusiasts should get a chuckle out of references to concepts like binary numbers, Venn diagrams, and the Fibonacci sequence.

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age appropriateness: intermediate

genre: informational/fantasy

review: this is an excellent example of a fantasy because it tells the story of a girl who is in realistic enough situations that it is believable, but still impossible. The illustrations support the math problems, and the language is

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clever and humorous.

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Genre: Realistic Fiction
Media: Colored pencil
Age: Primary/Intermediate

Summary: I felt this book was realistic fiction because it told the story of a boy who could have been real, but was not a factual person. The theme of this book was that math is everywhere, not only at school.

The main character's math teacher tells him that everything is a math problem, which puts a math curse on him. For a whole week everything he experiences turns into a story problem with very funny results.

Follows an elementary school student through one day of the Math Curse: the inability to think in any terms other than mathematics. Includes many, many problems for solution using the basic formulas and information on the dust jacket. Also illustrates that not EVERYTHING can be solved using

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mathematical theory.

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Children will love these various real life math problems.

“Math Curse”
By Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith
This book is about a boy whose math teacher, Mrs. Fibonacci, tells him “You know, you can think of almost everything as a math problem.” This takes place on Monday and when he wakes up Tuesday everything becomes a math problem. He gets

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frustrated and finally figures it out during a nightmare he has that night. Then he is ok and can work out the problems with no problem. Everything is right in his world again. This is a wonderful book to use for a math class. For activities you can have the students solve the problems or make up their own problems with his for reference. I gave this book five stars because it is a great book full of real world experiences to use in my future classroom.

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What a curse! Everything is a math problem in some way. Math is always labelled as a dreadful subject, but math is something we use everyday. In this book, we are shown how many ways we use math in one day. The number of ways may even surprise you....