Maths stories
Turkey
Our student Cemre played the role of "Red Riding Hood".
While going to his grandmother in the forest, he collected flowers and made them come to life.
We used this animation to collect the problem.
Croatia
Math teachers Ivana Derniković / Natalija Križanac Momčilović and the 7th grade students
One of the workshops at „Math Night“ is related to Erasmus+ Project and "I'll Tell You a Math Story" activity. At the workshop there were several groups of 4 to 6 students where they rolled the dice with different numbers on it. The students wrote down those numbers on the paper. Then students were divided into two smaller groups (pairs or 3 students). They used the numbers written on the paper and four basic arithmetic operations to create and solve mathematical tasks. They wrote a mathematical story from the numerical expression. They were also told to find the inspiration in the characters of some famous fairy tales. They read their stories and the most creative story was rewarded at the end of the evening.
1st grade teacher Martina Mikulaš and the 1st grade students
We came up with mathematical stories by rolling the big dice. The stories contained as many princesses, dwarfs, dragons, cottages, witches, and fairies as the number on the dice had shown. So, there were stories of two kingdoms, four princesses, six angry dragons, and only one witch. At the end of our activity we drew stories that we made up.
Slovenia
In the spring we had distance learning. Teacher Irena Čokl taught children mathematics through fairy tales.
Other teachers also used fairy tales a lot and tried to bring the subject matter closer to children, especially to younger ones.
Also the pupils at home were in the role of teachers and taught stuffed animals through fairy tales.
Portugal - Madeira
Story about Maths
To carry out this activity, the students were given some key words to make a story about mathematics. The winning story participated in a national creative writing competition and the story was published in a book. The story was also illustrated by a regional artist. A mural was painted alluding to the Maths story and their personages (the cat and the fairy).
4º A
21 students
