Kids are generally familiar with Frank Baum’s “The Wizard of Oz,” right? This leads to quick engagement with the story, upon which these math questions are based. As your gifted child tackles the math, they also get caught up in the story and can’t wait to continue!
This unit is a set of 77 constructed-response problems that covers story lines from “The Wizard of Oz” through math problems. There is an answer key in the back of each unit.
Skills Practiced:
Math vocabulary
Word problems
Operations and algebraic reasoning
Numbers and operations in base ten
Measurement
Geometry
Problem solving
Time
Extending counting, counting by 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s
Working with place value
Reasoning
Making sense of problems and persevering until solved
Making models
Using repeated reasoning
Addition and subtraction
Sharing (leading to future understanding of division)
Repeated addition (leading to future understanding of multiplication)
Fractions
51 pages in PDF format.
